Darrell Brown named Bonneville International President
Bonneville International has promoted Darrell to president. Brown joined Bonneville in August of 2013
KZMG-FM sold to FM Idaho via Boise move-in
KZMG-FM, licensed to Melba, ID and owned by Kevin Terry of JLD Media, is being sold to FM Idaho of Boise
Tom Kent Radio Network launches “Totally 90s Now”
The new five hour weekly show hosted by Tom Kent is launching with nine stations including NextMedia’s Hot AC WHBC-FM Canton/Cleveland
Portland’s Fan raises $120K for Special Olympics
Entercom’s KFXX “ESPN Sports Radio 1080 The FAN” Portland’s finished up their 3rd Annual radiothon with over $120,000 raised for Special Olympics Oregon. The...
Cumulus flips WDRQ to NASH FM in Detroit
Cumulus flipped Classic Hits WDRQ (Doug FM) to NASH FM 93.1 on 12/13, marking its
Last.fm lost $6 million last year
The CBS-owned streaming music service, which had 23 million subscribers in 2012, showed a loss of $6,517,237 last year, as income sank by 70%...
‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘The Big Bang Theory’ rise
CBS was number one with adults 18-49 and with total viewers. On CBS, The Big Bang Theory earned a 5.3 up 10% from last...
AXE returning to the Super Bowl
The ad, via BBH London, marks the men’s grooming brand’s second appearance during the big game: Last year during Super Bowl XLVII, the company...
Study: Listeners aren’t tweeting much about radio
Brandwatch released report on radio’s relationship to Twitter in the US vs. the UK. While the survey
NRF: Holiday sales on target with forecast
The shortened holiday shopping season spurred consumer spending in November, as Americans took advantage of Black Friday and Cyber Monday
NFL, DirecTV nearing new Sunday Ticket deal
They’ve signed off on a framework for negotiations to renew the satcaster's contract to offer the NFL Sunday Ticket football package. Renewing
Commission denies Petition for Reconsideration in Florida
Media Services Group Managing Director George Reed filed a Petition for Partial Reconsideration for WHNR-AM (Regional Mexican) Cypress Gardens
Comcast taps strategy chief for merger-making
Comcast has named a new head of corporate development and strategy in Alexander Evans amid
Nielsen ranks top audio formats of 2013 by demo
As the year draws to a close, Nielsen has compiled the top 10 rankers of formats in US radio by Persons 6+, 18-34 and 25-54. This year, Nielsen says Country grow among younger listeners and set all-time highs for audience shares across the 48 Nielsen PPM markets; Pop CHR mature by increasing its listening share in the 25-54 demo; News/Talk and Sports made a big rebound during the fall; and both Urban and Hot AC had banner years—among their best ever. Classic Rock continues its downward trend:
Cumulus completes WestwoodOne (Dial Global) buy
Cumulus Media says it has completed the previously announced acquisition of WestwoodOne, formerly