Two Decades On Radio for Sean Hannity
As America mourned and recovered from the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, Premiere Networks rolled out a syndicated talk show featuring Sean Hannity. Today, the program is still going strong, and is heard on more than 650 stations.
Indeed … A Balance of Top Brands at Radio
Wade past all of the in-house iHeartMedia activity, including promotional announcements for its podcasts and the iHeartRadio Music Awards, and one thing is clear on the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten Radio report. The iHeart-owned service shows Indeed is, indeed, one of the biggest supporters of Spot Radio at this time.
Dimes Bets On An Additional SLO Translator
Dimes Media's holdings in San Luis Obispo, Calif., include "The Beach;" a simulcast partner of "KPIG;" and Classic Country and News/Talk services linked to Class B1 "Wild 106.1." Is Dimes ready to add a new brand to this market, as it is purchasing a third FM translator serving the Cuesta Grade?
New President, Officers for SBE
The SBE has a new president and slate of officers
Todd Schnitt scales back to one radio show
After years of hosting both a morning music show on one Clear Channel station in Tampa and an afternoon talk show on another station...
Highlights from Arbitron’s Network Radio Today 2013
Arbitron's study was released to customers 9/12. Network radio is heard by nearly 179 million people each week. That’s two-thirds of the U.S. population...
Golden opportunity for more FM
Should the FCC put FM radio on Channels 5 and 6? TV over-air Channels 5 and 6 abut the lower end of the FM...
Magic 96.7 signs on in Peterborough, Ontario
After three years of planning and building, the new Magic 96.7 (CJWV-FM) has begun testing its transmitter, playing 10,000 songs in a row commercial...
Radio’s Growth Trend: An Ugly Portrait from MoffettNathanson
Fueled by stronger than anticipated digital advertising results, respected Wall Street financial analysts at MoffettNathanson are raising its 2021 overall U.S. ad growth estimate. This will be partially offset by lower than expected broadcast and cable advertising. But, what do the radio advertising trends look like?
NAACP criticizes Chaffetz internet radio royalty bill
Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) has introduced legislation designed to even the playing field in the digital audio distribution business, but the NAACP is saying his...
Vegas AM picks up Fox Sports Radio
Kemp Broadcasting has already been bringing a sports format to citizens and visitors in Las Vegas NV, and now it will be doing so...
Envision Radio Networks serving up Bob FM
Envision Radio Networks is now the national syndicator of Kroeger Media’s Bob FM, the variety format that plays the best of the 80s, 90s...
Man sentenced for threatening NPR hosts
John Crosby of Maine was arrested in January for sending threats to two NPR hosts and in April pleaded guilty to charges of sending...
A Major Channel Shift Is Coming To Sirius XM
"We’re shuffling a few things around to make room for even more great content." That's how the SiriusXM Listener Care center explained a significant realignment of some of its music channels — a November 3 move that put an end to its "50s on 5" and "60s on 6" channels with their relocation far up the channel lineup. At the same time, "SiriusXM Love" came off the satellite radio dial.
‘Tepid’: The Current Flow Of Ad Dollars To Radio
A word that some may have wished should never be uttered during the radio industry's biggest annual convention parted from the lips of more than one of the panelists participating in the one 2017 Radio Show session focused on the current state of ad dollars flowing to radio. That word is "tepid," and it was repeated throughout Pillsbury's Broadcast Finance 2017. We've got a full report from Austin.