Westwood One details 2007 year-end Talk specials
Westwood One presents special 2007 year-end talk programming:12/27 and 28 - Dennis Miller will take a look back at the major stories of 2007...
DAS, RCS partner to improve EAS insertion (audio)
Bill Robertson:
Monroe Electronics’ Digital Alert Systems, which manufactures Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) and Emergency Alert Systems (EAS), announced a new technology partnership with RCS...
New York Radio Touts Its Ability To Pump Purchases
The latest quarterly NYMRAD State of the Market Report is out, and it includes details on specific business trends and local information from a variety of sources. It's designed to give marketers a complete and accurate snapshot of the New York Tri-State Area and local radio's impact on consumers -- in addition to its "prominent role" in the local advertising landscape.
A 21st Century Broadcaster Wins A Wyoming FM
The CEO of a radio broadcasting company based in the Houston-Galveston market has just been gifted a Class C3 FM facility that can be heard in three states. The value of this donation has been left up to a third-party appraiser.
Infinity Name Resurfaces At CRS With Audacy Move
For a generation of radio broadcasting industry professionals, the name "Infinity" may conjure up images of Mel Karmazin, Howard Stern, The Don & Mike Show and Opie & Anthony. Now, the Infinity name is returning thanks to the company that merged with CBS Radio — the successor to the original Infinity Broadcasting.
DOJ Makes No Change in ASCAP
The DOJ finishes its review of consent decrees governing ASCAP & BMI.
Karmazin may lose by winning
If the DOJ approves the satellite radio merger – still a very big IF – approval to follow from the FCC might carry requirements so heavy it just could collapse…
Larkin Lands An Entercom RVP Role
It seems Entercom wasn't done in revealing what the company's executive ranks will now look like as it prepares to integrate the CBS Radio stations into its roster of AMs and FMs. The broadcast radio pure-play on Tuesday named a Regional VP, and selected its candidate by looking to the Sunshine State.
Beasley adds Mancow to Philadelphia
Talk Radio Network-FM's Erich "Mancow" Muller had added another station, WWDB-FM Philadelphia, to his affiliate list. Bruce Gilbert, General Sales Manager of WWDB says,...
Blue Jays Giveaway Report Yields Broadcast Standards Scorn
The station known as "680 NewsRadio Toronto" was found to have breached Article 4.0 of the Radio Television Digital News Association of Canada’s Code of Journalistic Ethics when it failed to disclose in a report about a Toronto Blue Jays World Series ticket giveaway that Rogers owns both the team and CFTR-AM.
“Car Care tor the Clueless: Daily Edition” adds affiliates
Ft. Myers, Florida-based Pam Oakes is a national authority on autos, and several radio stations have decided to air one minute segments giving their...
Westwood One reverse split on hold
Friday’s special shareholders meeting didn’t produce slam-dunk votes for Westwood One’s recapitalization and reverse split measures after all. The voting has been put on...
CCU: Sharing the pain
The Wall Street Journal has been dissecting the CCU agreement, and notes that all parties decided there would be more pain if the deal...
How Many U.S. Adults Own At Least One Smart Speaker?
Some 60 million people in the U.S. aged 18 and older own at least one smart speaker device. That's the biggest takeaway from the latest Smart Audio Report survey, conducted after the December 2019 holidays, by NPR and Edison Research.
MLB puts radio streams on iPhone
Major League Baseball has announced a “game changing” application for Apple’s iPhone that delivers the live radio broadcasts of every game of every team. “MLB.com At Bat 2009” was developed