WGN getting FM 87.7 in Chicago
Tribune’s WGN-AM has reached an agreement to run 87.7 FM through an LMA and will launch
Stocks end week with best gains this year
Stocks ended the week with the best gains this year, sending the Nasdaq to the highest level since July 2000. Investors shrugged off a...
Cox Radio Buys Tampa translators
Cox Radio has agreed to purchase the CPs for translators W246CY (97.1) Bradenton, FL and W273CP (102.5) New Port Richey, FL from Circuitwerkes, Inc. The purchase price is...
93.7 The Beat names PD, lineup
CCME’s KQBT-FM 93.7 The Beat, Houston's REAL Hip Hop and R&B, announced Mara Melendez has been named the station’s first PD. She most recently programmed 103.5 The Beat (WMIB-FM) in Miami after being part of the team that launched Power 105.1 WWPR-FM NYC.
Charter + Cox Communications next?
After the just-announced deal between Comcast and Time Warner Cable, speculation is rising that
JVC Media debuts WOW FM in Gainesville
JVC Media has flipped Country WYGC-FM 104.9 in Ocala-Gainesville, FL to Classic Hits "104.9 WOW FM." WYGC was simulcasting sister station, Country WTRS-FM. This, after JVC Media/JVC Broadcasting expanded from its Long Island NY radio base by purchasing Asterisk Communications' Gainesville/Ocala, FL cluster last May.
‘American Idol’ down; ‘Rake’ flat against Olympics
NBC was number one with adults 18-49 and with total viewers. Day 8 coverage of the Winter Olympics earned a 5.9 adults 18-49 rating,...
Scripps allows $1B for repurchase program; increases dividend
Scripps Networks Interactive’s board has authorized an additional $1 billion for its share repurchase program
Pandora knows your political affiliation
Next time you listen to a Bob Marley channel on Pandora, the Internet radio service may peg you as
WFAN details Yankees coverage
While Howie Rose and Josh Lewin will return as the Mets’ radio team as the games shift to WOR-AM from CBS Radio’s WFAN-A/M, the Yankees have moved to WFAN from WCBS-AM 880. Here are details of its first year of a multi-year contract as the flagship station of Yankees baseball. It begins with...
Tucson gets a new talker
Talker Jim Parisi, who last summer told the Tucson Weekly he was pursuing efforts to operate a radio station, has come through on that promise. Parisi, who previously aired on KTUC, KTKT, KJLL (now KWFM) and KVOI in that market, launches Power Talk (Sports and Talk) KEVT 1210 AM on 2/17. To do so, he’s...
Red Bull Global Rallycross signs with NBC
Red Bull Global Rallycross announced a multi-year partnership with NBC Sports Group, beginning with the
Brian Roberts has the Midas Touch
The Street reports that the $45.2 billion deal bringing Time Warner Cable into the Comcast fold
Univision Q4: Television up, radio down
Net revenue for the company increased 3.6% to $696.2 million in Q4. FY net revenue was up
Dunkin’ Donuts pulls ads on WEEI
Dunkin’ Donuts has cancelled all advertising on the Entercom Boston/New England sports