Marketron signs Regent
Marketron has won a long-term contract to provide broadcast management solutions to Regent Communications. The Regent deal included Marketron business system software as well...
Next gen Zune devices to include HD Radio
Microsoft announced that the next generation Zune HD device will feature HD Radio technology. The Zune HD is expected to be available at national...
More problems with NYC PPM data
Arbitron says it will release the April 2009 monthly PPM report for New York today, a week late, as announced last week. However, the ratings company has found more problems with its PPM data for NYC
No fireworks for Emmis
SkyConcert, which has been billed as “Indiana's biggest festival and fireworks show,” is the latest victim of the recession. Emmis Communications has called off...
Civil Rights groups press Senate for royalty hearing
Minority broadcasters and civil rights groups didn’t get the hearing they believed they had been promised before the House Judiciary Committee voted 21-9
Skarzynski continues to remake Arbitron
After 26 years at Arbitron, Thom Mocarsky, currently Senior Vice President, Press and Investor Relations, will leave the company in late June. This is just the latest of the changes being made
Lenders become owners at Nassau
Lou Mercatanti's Nassau Broadcasting has filed its restructuring agreement with the FCC under which its lenders will swap their loans for equity. The senior lenders will, after closing, own all of WCRB-FM
Another Arbitron exit
After 26 years at Arbitron, Thom Mocarsky, currently Senior Vice President, Press and Investor Relations, will leave the company in late June. His successor...
Stations sold: Is it the start of something big?
In recent weeks there have been three significant sales of major market radio stations. Is the market opening up? We checked with a couple of veterans
Shake-up on Chicago FM dial
Part of the shake-up is an expansion of the FM dial in the Windy City. Listeners can find a new station to the left of where the FM band normally begins. But it has a familiar format. Clear Channel Radio on Friday
Radio’s Lois Lane dies
The Washington Post reports the death of Joan Alexander, who in the 1940s played Lois Lane on Mutual Radio’s “The Adventures of Superman.” She...
Senate Republicans facing retirement issues
When it comes to the federal legislature, winning and incumbency tend to go hand in hand. That is why Senate Republicans are concerned about...
Traffic congestion loosens
Despite onslaughts from various competitors, from tape decks to CD players to satellite audio services, radio is still king of the automobile when it...
Mancow gets waterboarded
Waterboarding: Erich Mancow Muller thought it was no big deal. Friday morning, he and co-host Pat Cassidy found out. Providing a first-hand account of...
“Seismic shift” for radio revenues in Q1
You knew Q1 was a horrible quarter for radio, since the public companies have already reported their dismal revenue numbers. Now the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) has issued the tally for the entire industry – a 24% drop in total radio revenues