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CNN has cut more than 40 senior journalists as part of a reorganization of the business under new president Jeff Zucker, appointed at the...

On 1/23 Target Market News broke the story that DOJ and the largest tobacco companies had negotiated a consent order in the long running...

Twitter has been banned from being mentioned on broadcasts by Britain's TalkSport network in protest at the social network's lack of response over abusive messages sent to its top talent Stan Collymore. Collymore had called on Twitter to take immediate action against users sending him death threats and racist epithets after he suggested Liverpool Soccer forward Luis Suarez dived to win a penalty last weekend.

“The FCC is redistributing spectrum, not freeing it,” says Mark Fowler Chairman of the Federal

The Free Lance-Star Publishing Co. (FLS) of Fredericksburg, VA filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition 1/23

It’s a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for failure to enclose the antenna structures for WTOR-AM 770 Youngstown/Buffalo, NY within

Journal Broadcast Group announced some major organizational changes to its leadership team reflecting the

For the last week, Headline News Network (HLN) has been airing infomercials in the morning (at least in the NYC DMA on Time Warner Cable), rather than Robin Meade, which is supposed to air “Morning Express with Robin Meade” starting at 6AM and going until noon. Of course, for the past few weeks, the press has been rumbling about some “major changes” at HLN.

Here are comments the NAB filed 1/22 with the FCC regarding its NPRM on AM revitalization

Here’s the latest development with the ANA and the Ad Tax proposal: Advertising is a driving force

The Weather Channel wants DirecTV to waive its steep cancellation fees for customers seeking to drop

Pandora and ASCAP began a long-awaited federal trial 1/21 to determine how much the music streaming service should pay

As a subscriber to Radio Business Report, I thought you may have an interest in reviewing my Comments filed 1/21 with the FCC regarding the NPRM Docket 13-249 ‘Revitalization of the AM Radio Service’. Congratulations on a great Magazine!: “Randy D. Gehman, previously a long-term licensee of Broadcast Stations and presently the owner of Gehman Compliance & Consulting {GC&C}, a professional broadcast management and engineering consultant; hereby respectfully submits comments in the above-captioned notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) The Commission released seeking input to establish/modify Rules that will facilitate an effective ‘Revitalization of the AM Radio Service.’ Having personally constructed, owned and operated high powered (10 kw and 50 kw) AM Stations; Having implemented the first Motorola AM Stereo System in the southeast US in the early 80’s; Having implemented the first Audio Processor built with an NRSC AM Pre-Emphasis Curve; Having personally completed allocation measurements, conducted proof of performances, and successfully diagnosed and repaired both Non-Directional and Directional Antenna Systems across the Country; Having personally witnessed the demise of AM Broadcasting since my Broadcast Career began in 1970; I hereby request that the FCC’s Standard Broadcast Rules be expeditiously modified to enable the accomplishment of the ten (10) formal recommendations as outlined on the following pages of these comments.

Yet another competitor for eardrums: Beats Music (the high-priced headphones company) launched

The Philadelphia Daily News sources tell the paper that last Friday’s abrupt exit of CBS Radio’s