Details on Sherwood/Chessare exit from Westwood/DG
Rod Sherwood's tenure running Westwood One was a good one. He successfully turned around a struggling company operating in tough times and made it an attractive acquisition target for Verge Media/Dial Global. Just to note:
HOT 97 TV Debuts Tuesday In Its Home Market
Originally fueled by freestyle dance music and extended remixes of pop hits, WQHT-FM in New York followed sibling "POWER 106" in Los Angeles in the early 1990s with a transition to Hip-Hop. Today, the "HOT 97" brand is where hip-hop lives for a generation of New Yorkers. Now, it is getting a television home.
Martha Stewart Living Radio launching “Thanksgiving Hotline”
SIRIUS XM Radio announced that more than 30 top chefs and entertaining experts will participate in the Martha Stewart Living Radio “Thanksgiving Hotline.” For...
Surrender: Randy Michaels’ Current Tune
On Aug. 3 RBR+TVBR reported that the FCC had adopted a hearing designation order pertaining to an FM radio station in north-central Michigan to determine whether the station’s license renewal application should be granted. The station has operated just one day a year since it was initially licensed in 2010, and is owned by Radioactive LLC, led by noted radio industry executive Randy Michaels. There will be no hearing, and here's why.
Sirius XM boosted by bullish analyst
Sirius XM Radio is trading near its 52-week high of $1.88 after an analyst upgraded the stock to
Thieves steal $30,000 worth of copper from radio towers
About $30,000 worth of copper was reported stolen from two radio towers in West Palmetto, FL on 3/31, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said.
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Jason Rantz joins KIRO
Bonneville’s News-Talk KIRO Radio 97.3 FM Seattle announced the addition of The Jason Rantz Show to the weekday lineup from 7 to 10 p.m....
Westwood One renews NBC News rights
Westwood One announced a new multi-year deal with NBC News to continue distributing NBC News Radio and “Meet the Press” on radio.The relationship between...
Opinion: Smart Speakers Require Smart Speech
Smart speakers are the biggest boon to radio in the home since, well, the Reagan era. But, is there one key ingredient needed to lure consumers to a radio station's audio stream, instead of another Pandora-powered audio stream or Spotify playlist of choice? Yes, says Clark Smidt. Voices carry, especially good ones.
House gives thumbs up to low power FM radio
The prospects for low power FM operator-wannabes got considerably brighter as the House of Representatives cleared rules that will make it easier to locate
Former Broadcast Industry Council Leader Don LeBrecht Dies
From 1982 until his retirement in 1999, Roger D. "Don" LeBrecht served as Executive Director of the Broadcast Industry Council, working with the NAB on various projects to improve American productivity and literacy. LeBrecht passed away on Thursday in the Sarasota suburb of Lakewood Ranch, Fla.
Is A UMass FM The Next KPLU?
Station volunteers have started a campaign designed to thwart the sale of UMass Dartmouth's WUMD
Another Nasdaq Delinquency Warning For Urban One
The multimedia company superserving African American consumers has until June 7 to file its 2023 annual report and Q1 2024 earnings with the Securities and Exchange Commission — or submit a plan with Nasdaq — in order to regain compliance with the stock exchange's trading rules.
Struggling Salem Secures NobleCon16 Seats
Thursday marked another gloomy trading session for Salem Media Group, which will see company representatives pitching itself to investors later this month at Noble Capital Markets’ Sixteenth Annual Institutional Investor Conference in Hollywood, Fla. SALM is trading at its lowest price since the summer of 2009.
RRC Signs A New Nielsen Noncomm Deal
RRC is an independent, not-for-profit research firm that contracts with Nielsen to produce local market audience estimates for non-commercial radio stations. RRC serves station managers, programmers, marketing, and development professionals.