Larry King back in radio via vignettes
After six decades, King has launched air on more than 50 Cumulus stations beginning 11/11...
Stocks rise as strong jobs report sparks debate
Stocks rose on Friday, as investors weighed a stronger-than-expected October jobs report against a weaker-than-expected reading on consumer sentiment. The Dow added 94.58 points,...
Report: Pandora’s negative trending
Seeking Alpha's Andrei Volgin is seeing some negative trending occurring with Pandora--likely since the launch of Apple's iTunes Radio and a new mobile listening cap. While Pandora just released its audience metrics for October that showed growth in total listener hours to 1.47 billion from 1.36 billion in September (hours per listener also increased), Volgin notes that one extra day in October accounts for 45% of the increase in total hours and 33% of the increase in hours per listener. More importantly, the company lost 1.8 million active listeners, he observed.
Country Oldies Show offering Christmas special
Envision Radio Networks is offering up its free annual Country Oldies Show Christmas Special beginning 12/16 through the 25th. Host Steve Warren will spin...
iHeartRadio hits 40m registered users; gets SVP
CCME’s digital radio service has surpassed 40 million registered users and 260 million downloads. These numbers don’t include the millions who listen to the...
Media General/Young merger gets key approvals
Both shareholders of Media General and the FCC have bestowed their blessings on the merger...
KUHA fires top talent over funding downturn
The $9 million sale of Rice University's KTRU-FM Houston (now Classical KUHA) to University of Houston’s Houston Public Media has potentially put the organization...
Time Warner Cable, A+E Networks re-up
The renewal of their distribution agreement will allow both Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks to continue delivery of A+E Networks’ channels to...
Weekend Adventure captures syndie competition
Topping 11M viewers was more than enough for a comfortable lead in total viewers for Weekend Adventure, and it brought a nice ratings margin...
CBS Bangs out a Thursday win
Big Bang Theory won is time slot in a walk and was the top show for the night, propelling CBS to a ratings win....
Dean Dillon recognized as BMI icon
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) presented the 2013 BMI Country Awards, honoring the prolific songwriting career of BMI Icon Dean Dillon, as well as the...
NBC lays off some ad sales staffers
No exact numbers were available, but the layoffs total about 3.5% of the staff, a source told The Wrap. The layoffs came this week...
Savage interviews Tom Tradup on FCC monitoring of Talk radio (audio)
Salem Radio Network Vice President of News & Talk Programming Tom Tradup recently wrote a piece...
As advertised: FCC to look at foreign broadcast ownership
As regular readers of this space know, broadcast matters have not been a primary focus of the FCC since the completion of the DTV...
Saga expands in Itaca
A deal to acquire an FM out of bankruptcy is giving Saga Communications its 5th station and 3rd FM in the Ithaca NY market....