Former BMI CEO Frances Preston passes
Music industry pioneer Frances Williams Preston died peacefully of congestive heart failure on 6/13 at her home in Nashville. Preston served as President and...
Radio action in Hawaii, Illinois
$500K KIPA-AM/KHBC-FM & KHWI-FM Hilo HI (Hilo, Holualoa HI) from Chapparal Broadcasting Inc. (Jerrold T. Lundquist) to Resonate Hawaii LLC (Dan Deeb, Carla Maria...
EMF buys trouble Youngstown station
The FCC finally cleared away the last objection to the sale out of bankruptcy of WRBP-FM Hubbard OH, and with that matter cleared up,...
ESPN Radio stations launch on Slacker Radio
Slacker announced the availability of six new national, regional and Spanish language ESPN stations dedicated to live streaming of ESPN shows and sporting events.
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Ads can be attention-getters for mobile users
It all depends what the user of a smartphone is doing: A new BIGinsight report links some mobile activities to engagement with advertising messages;...
Obama campaign commits $14M in nine states
Capitol Hill newspaper Politico is reporting the outlines of an advertising volley being launched by the Obama campaign that will hit nine states between...
New kids on the Albany radio block
A three-AM one-FM radio cluster serving the Albany-Schenectady-Troy market will become the only radio properties of Empire Broadcasting Corporation once a newly-filed transaction hits...
Unlikely defender for Rush Limbaugh
A prominent media voice has come to the defense of radio talker Rush Limbaugh, saying that threats to advertisers in retaliation for comments made...
CNBC, Yahoo! Finance sign alliance
Yahoo! Finance, the most visited finance website for the last 53 straight months, is teaming with CNBC to deliver enhanced content across multiple media...
vCreative PPO signs Cox Media
On the heels of Cox Media Birmingham enlisting vCreative PPO early this year, Cox Media has just added Atlanta, San Antonio, Tulsa, Miami and...
Blue-chips recover Monday drop
Stocks rallied Tuesday to recoup much of the prior day's steep drop, with a market on the prowl for signs of central bank action....
SiriusXM launches David Webb on Patriot channel
The David Webb Show is a daily live, call-in show hosted by the conservative commentator and co-founder of New York City’s TeaParty 365. Webb’s...
RADAR 113: 242.1 million tune in weekly
Arbitron has published highlights from its June 2012 RADAR 113 National Radio Listening Report. Radio’s audience increased slightly year over year by 590,000 persons...
Union looks to head of Verizon/cable spectrum deal
The Communications Workers of America see monopolistic business practices and lost jobs if a consortium of cable companies are allowed to sell spectrum to...
Two takes on viewability sunset
The FCC’s decision to allow the rule requiring dual carriage of broadcast TV digital and analog signals to expire has one organization clapping and...