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Volume 23, Issue 199, Jim Carnegie, Editor & Publisher

Thursday Morning October 12th, 2006

Radio News ®

Arbitron sues
The Media Audit/Ipsos
The ratings device battle heads to federal court now, with Arbitron claiming that the system being used by The Media Audit/Ipsos, based on Smart Cell Phones, violates three of the patents that Arbitron filed for its Portable People Meter (PPM). In announcing the lawsuit, Arbitron CEO Steve Morris said he is all for competition, but "we must take action against companies that attempt to profit from our innovation by infringing Arbitron's patents on the technology that we have worked so long and at such expense to develop. We have invested significant financial and other resources during the last 15 years in the development and testing of our PPM System and we will work aggressively to protect our investment and our intellectual property." The lawsuit, filed with the federal district court in Marshall, TX, seeks a permanent injunction against TMA/Ipsos and unspecified monetary damages.

Just what PPM patents does Arbitron claim TMA/Ipsos is treading on? Arbitron VP/Communications Thom Mocarsky told RBR/TVBR that one of the patents is for encoding audio with an inaudible message. TMA/Ipsos uses both encoding and sound matching and Arbitron recently matched that dual-monitoring capability by adding sound matching to its previous use of encoding-only for PPM (9/12/06 RBR #177). With this lawsuit, it appears Arbitron is claiming sole ownership of the encoding idea for broadcast audience measurement. Mocarsky said a second patent relates to portable monitoring devices and methods for monitoring audio signals for identification codes as well as for detecting that the devices are being carried. The third patent relates to systems and methods for promoting compliance by panel members. RBR sought comment from TMA/Ipsos, but all that was forthcoming was this statement issued late yesterday, attributed jointly to Richard Silman, CEO of Ipsos Worldwide, and Bob Jordan, President of The Media Audit: "We have not seen the petition, it has not been served. At the point this happens, we will consult with our legal counsel and will then issue a further statement." Clear Channel said it would have no comment on whether this lawsuit will affect the Next-Generation RFP process to select an electronic radio ratings system.

RBR observation: There is nothing random about this lawsuit being filed with the federal court in Marshall, TX. The small Eastern District of Texas court has become a hotbed of patent litigation. A September 24th story in the New York Times detailed how more patent disputes are filed in the East Texas court than any other federal court district except Los Angeles. More than 200 patent cases will likely be filed in Marshall, TX this year, drawn by a fast-moving docket and a reputation for plaintiff-friendly juries. While only 5% of the cases actually go to trial, the Times story quoted data from LegalMetric, which tracks such things, showing that patent holders win 78% of the time in the Eastern District of Texas, compared to 59% of the time for all federal courts. But that courtroom battling is still months down the road, maybe years. More immediately, Steve Morris can tell Wall Street analysts and investors next week on his quarterly conference call (10/19) that Arbitron is moving to squash the challenger like a bug - OK, he won't be quite that blunt - and move full-steam ahead to roll out PPM as the new standard for US radio ratings.

Political: 1B still in warchests
TNS Media Intelligence says the staggering figure of 1.4 billion represents the minimum that will be spent on broadcast advertising this year. And even more amazing is the estimate that only about 400M of that has been spent, leaving at least one billion still on the table and seeking airtime. 84% of the cash earmarked for House of Representative races and 74% earmarked for Senate races is said to remain on hand and ready for spending. The data is provided by Atlantic Video, which works out of Washington, and recently helped put together an edition of "Real Time With Bill Maher" for HBO. It's hoping to benefit by helping out last minute production shoppers clients.

RBR observation: This would appear to justify the impression that Gannett expressed at its third quarter conference yesterday (reported and analyzed in TVBR this morning) that a great deal of political money has not yet been spent and will fuel positive results for Q4, particularly on the TV side. But the much larger issue is the ad category of Political. Broadcasters think political during elections but look at that number of 1.4 B and RBR reminds all again that Political will be a consistent stream of local ad revenue. Watch it in 2007.

People say to keep the cap on
Citizens in Clear Channel's own backyard think broadcast consolidation has gone far enough, according to an informal poll taken by the local San Antonio Business Journal. Its Business Pulse survey asked if the FCC should loosen the current rules, which generally hold radio ownership down to eight stations in a large market. SABJ noted that Clear Channel wants the caps lifted, but found that 66% of its readers want no further increases. 24% said raise the cap, and 8% had no opinion. SABJ realizes that this type of poll should be taken with a grain of salt, and explains that it is "...not scientific but is designed to provide a snapshot of what readers are thinking on a given topic." Apparently, the Journal's readers are not happy with the results of prior waves of consolidation, and say that allowing any more would result in "further degradation of content." Some went so far as to suggest that rather than being raised, the caps should be rolled back to bring in a greater diversity of ownership and content.

RBR observation: We would guess that readers of something with "business journal" in its name are not predisposed to call business practices into question. The fact that two-thirds of this particular audience sees broadcasting in a negative light, regardless of how unscientific the poll and/or knee-jerk the reaction, can not be spun into a good thing. If the San Antonio market is lacking stations which inspire the love and admiration of local listeners and inspire listeners to say "great owner, give them more so they can give me more," then that's a problem. But again, it is an unscientific look at consolidation. But at the very least, it should inspire every station to be lovable and admirable, regardless of who owns it and what it's co-owned with.

Emmis guidance foreboding for radio
You can add Jonathan Jacoby at Bank of America to the list of analysts who think the guidance that Emmis gave for the current quarter (10/11/06 RBR #198) should be seen as a "foreboding" sign for how calendar Q4 is shaping up for all of radio. Jacoby notes that Emmis doesn't appear to be getting a lift from political, even though it has hot contests in some of its markets. Also, auto remains sluggish. But he also notes that his own checks of local markets show great disparity. "For example, our checks indicate that national pacing numbers in New York are pacing down 15% for the October and November timeframe," Jacoby told clients. But he also warned that it is difficult to extrapolate from Emmis for the entire radio industry, since Emmis is so concentrated in a few large markets, has been underperforming due to weak ratings and is not in too many hot political markets. Nonetheless, he is concerned. "Our recent channel checks with buyers have been more mixed than we would expect at this point in a political year. National pacing numbers are surprisingly weak in several markets for October and November, and the auto category remains weak," Jacoby said.

Ad Business Report TM

KRG launches Katz Mobile
Katz Radio Group (KRG) has launched Katz Mobile, a new division stemming from its partnership with HipCricket, it was announced by Mark Gray, President of Katz Radio Group. Dennis Jackson will run the unit as DOS. "Mobile Messaging has become the fastest growing communications medium in the country," said Gray. "By partnering radio with mobile messages we believe we can increase revenues for our client stations. Dennis is an expert on the mobile messaging industry and he will work with our advertisers to make mobile a part of their future campaigns." As Director of Sales, Jackson will be responsible for directing the KRG sales efforts with HipCricket. Most recently, he served as Manager of the Katz Events Marketing, a position he held since 2001. Says Jackson: "The synergy of our broadcast media and mobile messaging is very powerful. It allows consumers to respond immediately and directly to the marketing messages of advertisers while providing marketers with tangible real time results of their campaigns."

RBR observation: While many mobile campaigns have been pitched alongside traditional radio buys, having the two packaged together with a powerhouse like Katz will certainly make it a more comfortable sell to the media agencies. One-stop shopping, where it makes sense, is always preferable. The combined inventory opportunities with Katz Radio clients will make a big difference as well.

CompUsa bringing back
"PC Modem and Bob"
CompUSA announced the return of Ellen Miller, current president and founder of Insider Marketing, as its new acting chief marketing officer. In addition, CompUSA named Schroepfer, Wessels, Jolesch (SWJ) as its new AOR. The agency was brought on to evolve CompUSA's "PC Modem and Bob" radio campaign, one of the most popular in the industry. SWJ will launch a new version of "PC Modem and Bob" that dominated the airwaves in the early nineties. The campaign will feature the female character, Meg Pixels who replaces PC Modem. Meg, the technology expert, plays off of Bob's outlandish humor. "As we researched and explored options, we found there is still tremendous equity in the 'PC Modem and Bob' campaign. As a result we contemporized it for today's shopper," said Jerry Wessels, partner, SWJ. "We believe the ads will appeal to today's consumers and provide technology information in a fun format."

Media Business Report TM

R.J. Reynolds, Attorneys General agree on flavored cigarette marketing
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and a multi-state group of attorneys general announced a collective agreement on the future marketing of specialty "flavored" cigarettes to adult smokers. "This agreement codifies R.J. Reynolds' practice for some time of not using language describing fruit or candy flavors in magazine and newspaper advertising, or point-of-sale communications in non-age-restricted venues," said Lynn J. Beasley, R.J. Reynolds' president and chief operating officer. Under the agreement, other than in adult-only venues and communications, R.J. Reynolds' specialty blends will not use the name of a fruit, candy or alcoholic beverage in the future naming of its cigarette brand styles. R.J. Reynolds further agreed to limit its use of fruit, candy and alcoholic beverage names and images in a variety of non age-restricted marketing communications. Most of R.J. Reynolds' specialty "flavored" cigarettes were marketed as part of the Camel Exotic Blend family of styles, which were originally introduced in 1999 as a premium priced product.

Media Markets & Money TM

Wilks halves remaining CBS Radio inventory
The CBS Radio sell-off stalled, but not for long. After a hiatus of a little over a month, it's found a buyer for stations in the sixth and seventh markets it had put on the block, with two more to go. For 138M, Wilks Broadcast Group moves into Kansas City MO and Columbus OH. For its investment, Wilks gets two ready-made pure-FM superduopolies. In Kansas City, the stations are KFKF-FM, KBEQ-FM, KMXV-FM & KCKC-FM; and in Columbus is gets WLVQ-FM, WHOK-FM & WAZU-FM. Broker Michael Bergner assisted Wilks with the acquisition. The Wicks Group-backed company was a radio seller not so long ago, but returned to the acquisition side of the table in 2005, picking up stations in Fresno CA, Reno NV and Lubbock TX. Buyer Jeff Wilks said, "We are excited to add these assets to our portfolio and build upon the success we have achieved in our other markets. Kansas City and Columbus are tremendous markets with dominating stations and employees that have consistently outperformed their competitors in ratings and revenue." From CBS's standpoint, it follow the 262M sale of stations in Memphis, Rochester, Cincinnati and Austin to Entercom; the 45M sale of San Antonio properties to Border Media; and the 125M sale of Buffalo stations to Regent, bringing the sell-off take to 570M.

RBR observation: So what's left? Two markets. * Greensboro-Winston Salem: WSJS-AM, WMFR-AM, WSML-AM. * Fresno: KFPT-AM, KMJ-AM, KSKS-FM, KOQO-FM, KWYE-FM, KMGV-FM, KFJK-FM. Wilks couldn't have bought in Fresno, not all of it anyway, since it already has three FMs there. Whoever buys there will also be going up against Clear Channel and Univision. The North Carolina cluster may be a tough sell since it is FM-free. Maybe CBS will be able to persuade in-market FM-only competitors to spring for the trio. Candidates would include Clear Channel and Dick Broadcasting.

Washington Media Business Report TM

Murdoch gets some waives from the FCC
The various entities under the News Corp. umbrella received a helping hand from the FCC in a pair of markets, and in different ways. In New York, the Commission reaffirmed its waivers giving Rupert Murdoch's Fox Television Stations holdings the right to operate WWOR-TV and WNYW-TV alongside its New York Post. In the case of WWOR, it is a reaffirmation of a permanent waiver. The WNYW waiver, on the other hand, is temporary, with a term of two years. The FCC says it will allow the company to keep the newspaper open for business while avoiding a sale of WNWY at fire sale prices. The other waiver, more routine in nature, allows the company to continue operating KFCT-TV in Fort Collins CO as a satellite of KDVR-TV Denver.

Entertainment Media Business Report TM

WAMU adds HD3 channel
WAMU-FM DC has begun airing Bluegrass Country on its third digital channel, WAMU HD-3. The station, formally known as WAMU's Bluegrass Country, will broadcast on-air content currently available exclusively online via Bluegrasscountry.org. "Bluegrass music has been a vital part of WAMU-FM's past, and this new digital channel ensures its place in our future, as well," WAMU GM Caryn Mathes said. "I am thrilled that Washington, D.C., will once again have bluegrass on the radio every day, and that our station is the one to bring it back." WAMU's HD-2 Channel is currently AAA "Xponential Radio."

RBR observation: WAMU is among 15 or so broadcasters nationwide airing HD-3 formats. Most of them, however, offer NOAA weather or simulcasts of sister AM stations. A further waste of what HD multicasting could be bringing to the table in each market in the way of increased format variety, but give it time. Many stations may end up opting for only one multicast channel (HD-2) - each HD broadcast has 96 kbps to divide up between the main signal and multicasts. Music-intensive stations may wish to keep the sound quality higher than add two more music HD channels.

Engineering Media Business Report TM

New Hampshire Public Radio
going digital
Today, New Hampshire Public Radio is announcing an effort to bring a statewide digital signal to New Hampshire, along with a new studio that will allow the station to bring its listeners the best use of new technologies. The station launched a 6.5 million capital campaign to build a new digital broadcasting studio in Concord. They announced yesterday that they have reached 40% of their goal. "NHPR has grown from serving the Concord Region to being a source of news and information for all of New Hampshire," says by Betsy Gardella, NHPR president and CEO. "We were a pioneer in statewide radio coverage, now we intend to be a pioneer in the digital age. In the future, digital technology will be the standard in New Hampshire, and NHPR will be there," Gardella said. "That is why we are investing in the upgrade of our broadcasting technology, and building a new state of the art studio. As New Hampshire's needs change, so will NHPR." The station also is announcing special programs and initiatives to mark its 25th anniversary, introduced its members to what will become its new studio space, and kicked off a "Campaign for New Hampshire Public Radio; 21st Century Radio in for the Granite State."

BE develops EAS text "messagecasting"
Broadcast Electronics announced emergency-alert Messagecasting has been added to TRE Message Manager, the company's text application suite for RDS, HD Radio and the Web. The optional Emergency Alert System (EAS) module is makes it possible for stations such as WWL-FM New Orleans to feed text messages originated by civil authorities to RDS/HD Radio receivers as well as the station website. "Emergency text is the latest development in our overall strategy to improve broadcasts in the markets we serve," said Marty Hadfield, Vice President of Engineering for Entercom, which is using BE products for its national text initiative. WWL installed BE's TRE Message Manager text application to automate promos, traffic and song text by station and cluster, and added the EAS module in April to provide another public service. With the new module, text readouts of emergency alerts instantly appear on the face of HD Radio and RDS tuners in place of song title and artist name.

Ratings & Research

Howard Stern most popular talker
for 6th consecutive year
LYCOS announced its sixth annual list of the most popular talk radio personalities with web users, based on The LYCOS 50 (http://50.lycos.com). The LYCOS 50 is an authoritative weekly list of the most popular people, places and things web users search for everyday. For the sixth year in a row, Howard Stern continues his reign as the most-searched talk radio personality with web users, generating 232% more online interest than Adam Corolla, who holds the number two spot this year. Don Imus of "Imus in the Morning" also barely registered last year and takes number five in 2006; presumably, his rise is also due to Stern's departure. Some favorites from past years saw notable drops in 2006, the biggest being Bill O'Reilly. O'Reilly is 92% less popular than he was in 2005, falling completely out of the top 20 this year. Dr. Laura also drops off this year's list, dipping 81%, while Bob and Tom drop 83, but still manage to remain in the top 20. Michael Savage also drops 74%, falling from number five last year. Of the top 20 talk radio personalities of 2006, six are making first-ever appearances, including Wendy Williams, Emma B, Jim Cramer, Chris Evans, Sara Cox and Carolla. In addition to O'Reilly, other notables falling out of the top 20 in 2006 include David Lee Roth, Larry King, Dr. Laura, Kim Komando, Mancow, Laura Ingraham and Paul Harvey.
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Transactions

1.25M KDCD-FM/KMDX-FM San Angelo TX from Regency Broadcasting Inc.[ (Jack L. Auldridge Sr., Jack L. Auldridge Jr., M. Beth Auldridge, Joanna Auldridge) to Four R Broadcasting Inc. (Frank A. DeFrancesco, Christine DeFrancesco). 62.5K escrow, balance in cash at closing. Includes non-compete. [File date 9/18/06.]

1.025M WZAZ-AM Jacksonville FL from Caron Broadcasting Inc., a subsidiary of Salem Communications Corporation (Stuart W. Epperson, Edward G. Atsinger III) to Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation (Nancy A. Epperson). 50K earnest money, balance in cash at closing. Superduopoly with WJGR-AM & WZNZ-AM, coming same seller in separately-filed transaction. [File date 9/18/06.]

126.5K KMTF-TV CP Helena MT. 51% of Rocky Mountain Broadcasting Company from Uhlmann/Latshaw Broadcasting LLC (Robert Uhlmann, John Latshaw) (51% to 0%) to Meridian Communications of Montana Inc. (Suzanne E. Rogers, Perry C. Rogers, Kimberly R. Cell) (49% to 100%). Prepaid 66.5K purchase option (3/3/97), 60K cash. Meridian had contributed 73.5K for its 49% stake when the station was a CP. Station is CW affiliate on Channel 10 (DTV 29). [File date 9/18/06.]

Stock Talk

Nervous market heads lower
Lack-luster results from Alco and nervousness about a small plane crashing into a Manhattan skyscraper sent stocks lower on Wednesday. The Dow Industrials fell 15 points, or 0.1%, to 11,852.

Radio stocks fell even more a day after Emmis gave soft guidance. The Radio Index fell 0.713, or 0.5%, to 139.715. Emmis led the retreat, falling another 2%. Citadel was down 1.5%.

Radio Stocks

**Here's how stocks fared on Wednesday**
Company	Symbol	Close		Change	Company	Symbol	Close		Change
Arbitron	ARB		38.31	+0.09	Hearst-Argyle	HTV		23.35	+0.02
Beasley	BBGI		6.85	unch	Journal Comm.	JRN		11.22	-0.13
CBS CI. B	CBS		28.61	+0.24	Lincoln Natl.	LNC		62.65	-0.38
CBS CI. A	CBSa		28.60	+0.20	Radio One, Cl. A	ROIA		6.21	+0.01
Citadel	CDL		9.46	-0.14	Radio One, Cl. D	ROIAK		6.21	+0.02
Clear Channel	CCU		30.37	-0.01	Regent	RGCI		3.83	-0.06
Cox Radio	CXR		15.34	-0.13	Saga Commun.	SGA		7.71	+0.06
Cumulus	CMLS		9.66	-0.08	Salem Comm.	SALM		11.10	-0.01
Disney	DIS		31.31	+0.06	Sirius Sat. Radio	SIRI		3.79	-0.07
Emmis	EMMS		11.42	-0.23	Spanish Bcg.	SBSA		4.99	+0.01
Entercom	ETM		25.74	-0.10	Univision	UVN		34.79	-0.06
Entravision	EVC		7.32	-0.07	Westwood One	WON		7.23	-0.09
Fisher	FSCI		40.45	-0.06	XM Sat. Radio	XMSR		11.61	-0.13
Gaylord	GET		45.60	-0.75	-	-	-	-	-

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No break for Jim Kerr
Jim Kerr is going to have to keep waking up at 4:00 am to go to work. He has signed a new contract with Clear Channel's WAXQ-FM "Q104.3" New York that runs through 2009. Kerr has been on the air in the New York market for 33 years now, 32 of them in morning drive, and has been at WAXQ since 2003.

New PD in
California capital
Laurie Larson has been named Program Director for the four Salem Sacramento radio stations: KKFS-FM, KTKZ-AM, KTKZ-FM & KFIA-AM. Larson previously served as operations manager for Salem's KPXQ-AM & KKNT-AM Phoenix.

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Well, duh!
We can excuse a Reuters reporter in Mexico City for asking Televisa CEO Emilio Azcarraga Jean whether his company will now go ahead and sell its stake in Univision after losing the bidding war to Haim Saban - there is no reason they would understand how US corporate law works. But you would think that an editor in New York would have known to kill the story. The issue was decided by the shareholders vote last month (9/28/06 RBR #189). Once regulatory approvals are obtained, all current Univision shareholders, including Televisa, will receive 36.25 per share - no ifs, ands or buts about it. "Our share sale will go ahead," Azcarraga told Reuters. Of course it will.

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Emmis bellwether negative for radio
Wall Street agrees to disagree on Emmis. Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Wienkes in a note to investors after Emmis issued its numbers Q2 results and soft Q3 outlook for revenue down low double digits against another low single digit rise in operating expenses sets the tone for the other operators, which are set to report Q3 results in late October/early November. Radio continues to see a challenging environment, with indications that growth and profitability will be pressured into 2007. At Bear Stears Victor Miller disagreed with the idea that Emmis was a negative indicator for the rest of radio. Miller believes the weakness in Emmis' guidance is related to company specific issues. In addition to weakness in the New York and Los Angeles markets ..Emmis is facing competitive issues at its urban formatted radio stations in both markets, and recently reformatted its country station in Los Angeles. We do not believe that other radio companies are experiencing the same type of operating weakness.

Publisher note: It is always good to see and hear health discussion from Wall Street. Wienkes and Miller agree to disagree as RBR mentions another analyst disagrees with one of RBR readers. Just does my 57 year old heart good to know all can speak and be heard. RBR always has the room for broadcasters to interact. Comments can be sent to [email protected] For complete details on the financial findings read
10/11/06 RBR #198

How about two Clear Channels?
Bear Stearns analyst Victor Miller is pitching the idea of a total split, with the Clear Channel radio/TV operation taken private under Randall Mays, while Mark Mays heads publicly traded Clear Channel Outdoor.

RBR observation: Vic Miller has a habit of giving companies advice they haven't asked for. Sometimes he gets their attention and sometimes he is ignored. For a further observation read see
10/11/06 RBR #198

Internet advertising
continuing to gain
The Interactive Advertising Bureau, along with Price Waterhouse, is claiming 7.9B in first half revenues, over half of which it pulled in during Q2. The Q2 total of 4.1B was a 5.5% pick-up over Q1, and the medium is 37% ahead of where it was at the halfway point of 2005.

RBR observation: All hot new ad categories follow the same arc. They can't help it. If it is a viable medium at all, its early growth is exponential as income has minimal comps in prior measuring periods to deal with. If it is a viable medium, its bottom line will continue to grow even as the once-gaudy comparison percentages start to level off. However, online is likely to face the same problem facing all media at this point: The increasing difficulty of getting the attention of a large audience in an increasingly fragmented world. Now the real work for all begins.

Publisher note: This year we have witnessed a number of companies buying just for the sake of buying. But experience says 2007 the playing field will be level because the buyers will now have to figure out how to manage their purchases. Key for 2007 Content Is King and Brand Recognition Queen with Technology and Presentation the Ace up the sleeve. Got it then you Win.
10/10/06 RBR #197

VNU wants all of NetRatings
New CEO David Calhoun is moving quickly to put his stamp on VNU. The latest major step is to make a bid to buy out the public shareholders of NetRatings and make the Internet ratings company, now owned 60.5% by VNU, a wholly owned subsidiary. VNU also noted that it is not interested in selling any of its stake - only buying out the other shareholders, so there will be no auction of the company. NetRatings acknowledged that it had received the offer and was calling a special meeting of its board to decide what course to take.
10/10/06 RBR #197

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