Katz hosts party after NABOB awards dinner
Katz Media Group hosted the after-party for The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) 26th Annual Communications Awards Dinner on 3/19. Comedian, actress...
Radio Industry Leader, Auto Dealer Scott Ginsburg Dies
In 1983, he acquired his first radio station outside of Florida: WCFL-AM in Chicago. The $8 million deal was the first of many big deals involving Scott K. Ginsburg. Ginsburg would exit the radio industry in 1998, founding a Dallas-area luxury automobile dealership. RBR+TVBR has now confirmed Ginsburg's passing.
iHeart & Disney in Huge-Large-Modest Deal
It’s not too often the three adjectives we used can be applied to the same headline
WZZS-FM/WZSP-FM sale closes in Florida
Heartland Broadcasting has closed on the sale of Country WZZS-FM Zolfo Springs/Arcadia, FL and Regional Mexican WZSP-FM Nocatee/Port
What nationalization will mean to American Radio
Over the course of the last year, the programming strategies for American commercial radio’s ‘big boys’ – Clear Channel and Cumulus – have come increasingly into focus. Whether they believe it is the right thing to do for ratings, or for cost containment, or both, the two “Big C’s” are rapidly nationalizing the programming across their groups.
RHOF Reveals 2024 ‘Legends’ Inductees
The selection of eight new "Legends inductees" into the Radio Hall of Fame for 2024 has been made. The honors, the Hall says, recognize "the talents and efforts of on-air personalities, programmers and operators who contributed with greatness to the radio industry and have since passed away."
Barclays adds coverage of Pandora Media
Veteran media analyst Anthony DiClemente at Barclays Capital has added Pandora Media to his
The Philly PPM in-tab explanation
Yes, in-tab numbers for PPM were down for Week 1 of March in Philadelphia (4/2/08 RBR #65). After checking into it, Arbitron Sr. VP...
Cumulus Stops Its Share Slide With An Important Gain
The last six months haven't been pretty for Cumulus Media shareholders. That's why a gain on Wednesday was a win, as it reversed a steep dip that started at the start of 2020.
FOX News Radio expands updates
Beginning 10/4, FOX News Radio will expand their FOX Business updates from 3x per day syndicated business reports to hourly updates. The new Fox...
PPM draws repeated fire
Two committees of the New York City Council held a hearing yesterday on a proposed resolution calling for the FCC to investigate whether Arbitron’s PPM undercounts minority listeners. Of course
LPFM Gets Proposed Fine For Stepping Over Commercial Line
Did the licensee of a low-power FM radio station serving Greeley, Colo., violate FCC rules by promoting products, services or businesses? That's what the Enforcement Bureau says, as it has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability against a purveyor of Oldies music branded as "Pirate Radio."
Pandora hits 200M registered users
The milestone refers to registered users just in the US. The music discovery radio service had its first user register in the summer of...
Saga announces approval for reverse stock split
The Saga Communications Board of Directors has authorized, but not implemented, a reverse stock split of its Class A and Class B Common Stock,...
Unusual swap meet in Texas
It’s not every day we hear about an FM station being traded for an FM translator