Moody’s reiterates long-term concerns about Clear Channel
When Moody’s Investors Service upgraded its debt ratings for Clear Channel Communications, it also noted that the company had only delayed an eventual financial restructuring. Now Moody’s analyst Neil Begley has reiterated that an eventual
23rd Dick Purtan Radiothon readies in Detroit
CBS Radio’s 104.3 WOMC, Dick Purtan and Purtan’s People and The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit are once again joining forces for the annual...
Sirius XM beats financial guidance – a lot
Q4 revenues grew 6% to $684 million. “The paid subscriber business model works well in radio,” declared CEO Mel Karmazin. And he noted
Karmazin says tune to Stern for contract updates
Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin had nothing new to report in his quarterly conference call on whether the company will renew its contract with Howard Stern. But he
RAB's Jeff Haley adds a board seat
RBR-TVBR FIRSTRadio Advertising Bureau President and CEO Jeff Haley is taking a seat on the board of directors at Avenue Right, a software company...
WFAN welcomes John Feinstein for new show
CBS Radio’s WFAN-AM NY announced that beginning 2/24 and continuing through the end of the College Basketball season, John Feinstein will host a new...
Dial Global Talkers take on the Big Apple
Dial Global’s Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartmann are celebrating. Stephanie has completed her move to New York, as her show becomes truly bi-coastal. Stephanie...
“The Gayle King Show” expands on Sirius XM
Sirius XM Radio and Harpo Radio announced that Gayle King’s live, daily morning call-in show has been expanded to two hours on Oprah Radio,...
PRA battle starting to get ugly
The organization musicFIRST, which carries forward the record label’s campaign in support of the Performance Rights Act, is now using a pig to describe the radio industry. It has kicked off a new website called
Radio talk leads to TV suspension
ESPN has pulled Tony Kornheiser off of “Pardon the Interruption” for two weeks. The suspension came because of remarks that Kornheiser made about another ESPN host on his local radio show in Washington, DC. Kornheiser’s radio show
Bill Schroeder dead at 96
Veteran broadcaster Willard “Bill” Schroeder died Tuesday at his home in Michigan. He was 96.Schroeder had owned WOOD-AM & FM Grand Rapids, MI for...
Compass announces coverage of 2010 NCAA Football
After a successful inaugural season, Compass Media Networks announced expanded and enhanced coverage of NCAA Football featuring 18 of the country's most compelling games....
CRS 2010 to kick off in face of recessionary times
Nashville’s biggest annual Country radio industry event opens Wednesday, February 24th as CRS 2010 kicks off in downtown Nashville at the Convention Center. The...
Q4 improved for Entercom
Revenues for the final quarter of 2009 were down only by a single digit percentage for Entercom, heralding improvement in a year that was...
FCC says 93M lack broadband
Nearly a third of the US population is not connected to the internet, according to an FCC study released in advance of the unveiling of the National Broadband Plan next month. Of this total, only 19% have opted