Indecency explanations to be required Down Under
That will be the case when the Australian Communication and Media Authority begins operating under a new code 1/1/10. Said to have been inspired...
Wexler Named WBA Board Chair
An individual who oversees a group of radio stations that are up for sale has just become the Chair of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association. Other positions were filled, and taking the role of Vice Chair-Radio/Chair-Elect is a woman associated with an FM in Lake Geneva, Wisc.
K-LOVE adds in Washington
The ever-expanding K-LOVE Network, put forth by Educational Media Foundation, has struck again. This time its moving into the Wenatchee WA market with KFIO-FM,...
The Promise of Programmatic Ads
Programmatic ad buying and selling is going to be big.
After 73 Years, This AM Is Gone For Good
After 73 years, an AM radio station serving Ventura County, Calif., is no more. Why? Cumulus Media surrendered the station's license to the FCC. It was an affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers radio network, but Cumulus has a new FM home in the market for those broadcasts.
CC Radio syndicates new Ryan Seacrest show
Clear Channel Radio and Ryan Seacrest announced a new three-hour syndicated entertainment news program, “On Air with Ryan Seacrest.” Set to launch this spring...
Fringe Tulsa Trio Flipped
An FM threesome stacked to the east of Tulsa OK is headed to a new owner
EMF To Resurrect This Utah FM
A silent FM radio station on the campus of a major university along the Wasatch Front will soon be brought back to life. That’s thanks to a transaction that sees one of the most prolific buyers in recent months adding yet another station to its stable of noncomms. In other TRANSACTIONS TODAY from RBR+TVBR: Greg Davis adds to his Atlanta-area stable with this deal involving a MARTA rail station parking lot.
Non-profit’s commercial station kicks off
The new owner will run it as a mainstream for-profit outlet.
More radio results from September
Radio veteran Clark Smidt is back with another look at the month that just was: September 2014:
KMBZ-AM Kansas City adding FM
Yet another news-talker adding FM: This time its Entercom’s Newsradio 980. At 2:00pm 3/30 the broadcast expands to the FM side of the dial...
iheartradio programming to feature new artists of SXSW
For the past five years, Clear Channel Radio has shined a bright light on developing artists via its NEW! program, which features the best...
Emmis Austin FM ducks payola charge
A 2006 complaint against KROX-FM Austin TX, one of several Emmis Communications radio stations in the Texas capital, has been settled via the tried...
From Canada To You: Outsourced Music Scheduling
An Ottawa-based company now specializes in the outsourcing of music scheduling programming for radio stations.
Audacy Readies Opening Day For Music City Studio Space
It faces the Cumberland River and East Nashville, from the corner of First Avenue North and "Lower Broad." Yes, the Hard Rock Café has a home in the heart of Country music, and starting September 5, the venue will serve as the home for Audacy Inc.'s seventh broadcast sound space.