WEEI’s Pete Sheppard quits on air
WEEI Boston weekend host Pete Sheppard said he could no longer stand working for the company and quit on-air. Sheppard was fired by the...
Dish offers $25.5 billion for Sprint
Dish Network’s bid for Sprint Nextel is seen as an effort to derail the No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier's acquisition by Japan’s SoftBank. Sprint...
Stocks close slightly lower, rise on week
Stocks finished fractionally lower Friday to break a streak of record-setting-high days as they pared steep losses following weak retail sales and consumer confidence...
Benchmarking LPFM and FM translators
There are over 15,000 full power AM and FM radio stations licensed in the US right now – and that number doesn’t figure to...
Translator deal in Jacksonville
Nancy Epperson’s Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting is spending $200K to add a translator to its portfolio. The facility will join the company’s AM station in the...
Class As clamor for auction info
SpectrumEvolution.org President Greg Herman thanked the FCC for meeting with Class A television licensees at NAB in Las Vegas, but was forced to add...
Auction-related international spectrum talks in progress
In order to pull of the incentive auction program of television spectrum in 2014, the FCC must
Atlanta AM wannabe sold
WDGR-AM is licensed to the town of Dahlonega GA, an off-the-beaten-path locality in terms of Arbitron audience measurement. It is hoping to approach Atlanta under the auspices of a new owner is a CP for a new community of license can be extended.
Greater Media Charlotte signs with vCreative PPO
Greater Media’s WBT-AM/FM and WLNK-FM have adopted vCreative PPO as their new production/continuity system in addition to their existing traffic, music scheduling, and automation...
GM returns to FB with Chevrolet Sonic effort
In a report from The Wall Street Journal, GM’s marketing VP for its Chevrolet division, Chris Perry, was quoted as saying that the company...
Radio a good choice to target Millennials
Digital and social media play a big role in the pre-shop behaviors of Millennials, but so does a more traditional medium: radio. Millennials (born...
“Hannibal” matches NBC’s best 18-49 slot rating
Thursday Results -- "Hannibal" is currently at a 1.64 in 18-49, close to rounding up to a 1.7): At 10:01 p.m. ET, “Hannibal” (1.6/5...
Carly Rae Jepsen top bill for Hot 100.5 concert
Max Media’s CHR Hot 100.5 (WVHT-FM Norfolk-Virginia Beach) will officially kick-off summer in Hampton Roads with a star-studded lineup for the first-ever Hot Summer...
Z104’s Shaggfest returning to VA Beach
It’s Entercom’s WNVZ-FM Norfolk-Virginia Beach’s 2nd Annual Z104 Shaggfest. Locally produced by the Z Morning Zoo’s own Shaggy, ShaggFest will feature three stages of...
Five beans in sold Lima radio pod
$2.1M WCIT-AM/WEGE-FM/WWSR-FM, WFGF-FM & WDOH-FM Lima OH (Lima, Wapakoketa, Delphos OH) from Maverick Media of Lima (Gary S. Rozynek) to Childers Media Group LLC...