Live Nation and Ticketmaster announce merger

The rumor is now reality. Live Nation, the former Clear Channel Entertainment, announced agreement on a tax-free merger of equals with Ticketmaster

Indy reporter blasts performance fee

Indianapolis Star media reporter Erika Smith spent some ink looking into the Performance Rights Act, and has come to the conclusion that soaking radio

WOTT changes frequency in Watertown

Community Broadcasters LLC, a broadcast company which owns eight radio stations in Watertown and the St. Lawrence Valley, has announced a frequency change for...

Arbitron lands in the Hudson River

Pamal Broadcasting has signed for Arbitron to do Custom Survey Area Reports (CSAR) reports for the Hudson Valley area of New York. Why is Arbitron to anxious to get into the market?

Clear Channel grabs more cash

The coffers are full at Clear Channel Communications, after the company drew the remaining $1.6 billion available under its revolving credit facility. What will the cash be used for? The company says it

Maryland AG cuts “me too” PPM deal

Arbitron and Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler announced an agreement similar to the previous deals with the AGs of New York and New Jersey...

WBIX owner: Rennie was never an employee

Alexander Langer, President, 1060 Communications, which owns WBIX-AM Boston, issued a statement regarding a Boston Globe article last month that was noted by RBR and...

The Limbaugh mandate

Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) begged forgiveness for remarks critical of Rush Limbaugh recently, but Barack Obama has made no such effort to take back...

Cavell Mertz & Associates announces new features of FCCInfo.com

Cavell Mertz and Associates, Inc. has been providing the widely used online database services of FCCInfo.com for more than 8 years. They have now...

Sirius XM launches Mad Dog Channel

Sirius XM Radio announced that Mad Dog Radio, the new all-sports talk channel headlined by Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, has launched nationwide exclusively on...

SMS messaging used in emergency broadcasting situation

Last week snow and ice storms swept through Kentucky and left many areas in complete devastation.  Kentucky Farm Bureau needed to get on the...

Royalty bills include exceptions

Patrick Leahy says that the performance royalty he and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) are pushing will have minimal affect on most radio operators in the US. In fact, over 75% will be capped at a maximum $5K

Warner Music Group posts a profit

That was a surprise to Wall Street. And even if you subtract a one-time gain, the quarterly loss for the only major label based...

Live Nation, Ticketmaster expected to merge

Critics howled about one company having too much control of the music industry when what is now Live Nation was called Clear Channel Entertainment...

Triton Digital partners with McVay New Media

Triton Digital Media, supplier of digital products to the radio industry, announced a partnership with McVay New Media, an interactive consultancy to media companies...