Citadel’s stock rebounds
How could it not? After plunging to a single penny in Thursday’s last day of trading on the NYSE, Citadel Broadcasting’s stock opened at...
Regent CEO says radio has to bring in new advertisers
The equation is simple, Bill Stakelin says nearly all advertisers are reducing spending in the current economic downturn, so his radio station sales staffs have to go out and find more advertisers
Citadel is the ultimate Penny Stock
Citadel Broadcasting traded for the last time Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange, being booted by the NYSE as of today. And what...
Obama spokesman can now tune in
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, while discussing comments by and about Rush Limbaugh, noted Wednesday that he doesn’t even have a radio. Ever...
Clock starts for stations to accept NAB online rates
The agreement negotiated between NAB and SoundExchange is now published in the Federal Register, putting stations who wish to abide by those terms on...
ABCRN updates programming for Paul Harvey timeslots
Beginning Monday ABC Radio Networks will feed Gil Gross and Doug Limerick via XDS to all current Paul Harvey affiliates at the existing feed...
Limbaugh remains in eye of hurricane
The free publicity tsunami generated by Rush Limbaugh v. Democrats continues unabated, and Limbaugh isn’t doing a thing to slow it down. He’s challenged
Nielsen hails success of sticker diary test
As Nielsen began its radio ratings survey Thursday in 51 US markets, the company announced that its pilot survey conducted in Lexington, KY in December proved that sticker diaries work in the US and
Peter Kosann launches Compass Media Networks
Connoisseur Media COO Peter Kosann has launched Compass Media Networks. The former Westwood One CEO said the new syndication company launches with “Download HD,”...
Talker gets five-year sentence
Newspapers in the Ft. Walton Beach, FL area report that local sports talk show host Charles “Scott” McKinney was sentenced last week to five...
Bonus time at Cumulus
Cumulus Media has filed with the SEC the bonuses being paid to top executives for their performance in 2008. CEO Lew Dickey gets $500,000...
Cox Radio revenues fell 13.1% in Q4
CEO Bob Neil told analysts that the company’s stations outperformed their markets, which were down 16%, but that’s not much consolation in this depressed...
Two radio pioneers dead
In Philadelphia, local talk radio pioneer Frank Ford has died at 92. The Philadelphia Inquirer traced his radio career back to 1937 and said...
SHO Emmy campaign goes mobile
Showtime is taking its Primetime Emmy campaign to a whole new platform as it launches the 2009 Emmy season. Beginning this April, voting members...
Minority broadcasters still dissatisfied with PPM
Arbitron’s latest moves to extend to all markets many of the enhancements to its Portable People Meter (PPM) radio ratings system required in its