FM piracy on a budget
A spectrum buccaneer was caught plying the waters of 92.7 MHz in the pirate-infested airwaves of the Miami FL, and the apprehended target of...
“An FM Translator Could Make The Difference”
Many, many AM minority station owners are “barely hanging on,” says NABOB.
Is this CC’s slash day?
For weeks rumors have been swirling that on December 15th Clear Channel Radio would announce massive staff cuts, primarily in programming, with fewer formats...
A ‘Loud’ Move For Foreign Licensees and a Saratoga Pair
British and Polish citizens, respectively, who emerged as the buyers of an Upstate New York FM left for dead by its previous licensee in May 2019 formed a partnership with another husband-and-wife operator of radio stations in the region. Now, the two couples have united in licensee matrimony.
FCC greenlights 50,000 watts for KRKO
Perseverance finally pays off for the Skotdal family, local operators of Everett-based KRKO-AM 1380, one of eight locally operated radio stations left in the...
LPFM activists taking their case to the NAB
Proponents of the bipartisan Local Community Radio Act have seen the bill make its way through both houses of Congress only to stall during the 11th hour in the Senate, and they believe that the NAB is finding senators willing to hold the bill up
O’Shaughnessy Family Sells WVIP To Tim Dukes’ Group
It's the end of an era in Westchester County, N.Y., as the descendants of the late Bill O'Shaughnessy, who died in May 2022 at the age of 84, have agreed to sell the Class A FM licensed to New Rochelle that's served as a home for diverse, multicultural programming.
In New Mexico, Two FM Translator Deals Are Cemented
On October 14, 2022, "The Eighties Channel" arrived on a 250-watt transmitter with a signal blanketing New Mexico's largest city, Albuquerque. Now, Don Davis is ensuring that the syndicated format courtesy of consultant K.M. Richards stays on the facility. How so? His group is buying it, and shifting from a lease. Meanwhile, in Santa Fe, the same seller is ready to say goodbye to an FM translator in that municipality.
JVC Enters New Year With 14 Model-Year Receivers
Eleven models are currently available; three will ship by end of December
Alden complains of Emmis support for lawsuit
RBR-TVBR First: Alden Global Capital is complaining of the action by Emmis Communications to provide funding to sue Alden over its abandoned deal
Lotus Buys Back An AM in Reno, To Silence Another
In April 2016, Lotus Communications agreed to part ways with a Class B AM, selling it for $50,000. Now, it is buying back the regional Mexican station. How much is it paying for the Northern Nevada facility that's been known most recently to locals as "La Mexicana"? That could be a lesser question than asking why Lotus is doing the deal with Lazer Broadcasting.
Auction 84 offers AMs to limited bidding pool
The seeds of the AM stations that are about to go on the FCC auction block date all the way back to 11/6/03, when the FCC first announced a window for proposals aimed at their creation. Now, more than ten years later, their auction to a group of mutually-exclusive proponents has been announced.
Cumulus Promotes Brian Philips To Lead Content Role
He's been the Head of FM Programming in Atlanta and Dallas for the former Susquehanna Radio, as the PD of KDWB in Minneapolis-St. Paul who pushed the Top 40 outlet ahead of WLOL to win the Twin Cities format war, and as the President of cable TV's CMT Network. Now, he's been promoted to Chief Content Officer at Cumulus Media.
Opus tagged with grand slam file fine
It’s bad enough to take a hit from the FCC for a public file violation – but it’s even worse when each station in...
Tom Skinner back as chair of Arbitron Radio Advisory Council
The new Chairperson of the Arbitron Radio Advisory Council (RAC) won’t need any time to get up to speed in the post. Tom Skinner,...