DTS to Acquire iBiquity for Some $172 Million
DTS intends to acquire iBiquity Digital for about $172 million.
Looking For an FM Translator?
Cavell Mertz created a search tool to help AM owners find an FM translator.
Punjabi Picked As iHeart/S.F. Market President
In July 2020, a 14-year Cox Media Group veteran who five years earlier was promoted to General Sales Manager for its Miami-Fort Lauderdale stations joined iHeartMedia. He moved to Charleston, S.C., taking on the role of Market President. Now, this veteran radio industry sales and operations pro is heading to the land of Giants, Warriors and 49ers to lead iHeart's five FM and one AM radio station serving the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose region.
New Jersey files, too
As well, New Jersey AG Anne Milgram is suing Arbitron, charging its use of the "new, unaccredited system for measuring listenership harms minority consumers and violates New Jersey’s consumer fraud
New CRB Rates Draw Intense Interest
New CRB rates draw intense interest.
Larry Kruger dead at 66
WPRO-AM Providence reports that long-time morning show sidekick Larry Kruger has died at age 66. Kruger was a fixture on WPRO from 1973 through...
Harris, Geo-Broadcast Solutions test “ZoneCasting”
Harris and Geo-Broadcast Solutions (GBS) have broken ground on the first commercial test for ZoneCasting — technology that enables targeted, over-the-air radio content transmission...
Jeff Kuhner takes morning drive at WRKO
Entercom’s WRKO-AM 680 Boston announced “The Kuhner Report” with Jeff Kuhner will take over morning drive from 6:00am – 9:00am, starting Thursday, 11/1. Kuhner,...
Pandora Media pitches its first market ratings
The various individual streams delivered by Pandora Media to listeners aren
Citadel to nix Doug Banks; more?
Citadel Media has informed affiliates of "Afternoons with Doug and DeDe" the show will end on 12/31. Banks has been with the network (first ABC Radio and now Citadel), since the mid-90's (beginning in morning
Tucson tragedy dredges up Fairness Doctrine debate
RBR-TVBR observation: Every so often, a Democrat on Capitol Hill will suggest bringing the Fairness Doctrine back to life. However, no legislative attempts to exhume the Doctrine have gained the slightest amount of traction
Katrina cited to support FM on cellular
A constituent of Sen. Mary Landrieu wrote her a letter countering a CTIA claim that wireless was a reliable form of communication when Hurricane...
Transaction parties fined for incomplete disclosure
Ultimately, the FCC gets to decide what is and is not germane information when it comes to a station transfer, and one of the...
WGN’s new FM: “The Game”
Chicago has two Sports Talk stations in WSCR-AM and ESPN’s WMVP-AM, but now it has one more—and it’s live and local.
Schlesingers Snap Up Central Pa. Trio From Michael Stapleford
A decade ago, Jeffrey and Mark Schlesinger obtained WBPZ-AM and WSNU-FM in Lock Haven, Pa., to the southwest of Williamsport and northeast of State College. They must like Happy Valley. A pair of asset purchase agreements have been filed that will give them control of two FMs, an FM translator and an AM serving a region that is home to Penn State University.