Station operating income up for Radio One
Radio One CEO Alfred Liggins conducts his conference call with analysts this morning, but the company put out its Q4 numbers Wednesday evening. Compared...
Salem gives preview of down quarter
Salem Communications won’t release its complete report until March 12th, but it gave Wall Street a heads up Wednesday that Q4 revenue will be...
Business is good for Comcast
The cable giant reported that Q4 pro forma revenues increased 7% to $8.2 billion and operating cash flow also increased 7% to $3.2 billion....
Promoters of economic crisis exposed
You may have thought that there were many key factors contributing to the creation of the current economic crisis that is facing the entire...
Commentary on the Fairness Doctrine
One of the first things tyrannical governments do when they grab power is to silence the opposition by seizing control of the media. It could plausibly be argued that attempts to control
The Station Log vs. The Program Log
As always, Gregg Skall is right on target with his article about the Station Log in your 02/18/09 edition of RBR. But, we just want to clarify for Radio Broadcasters- not to confuse
CBS confirms: It’s a tough economy
The multimedia giant says it’s taking steps to make sure when the economy turns, it will be primed to take advantage. That means a focus on
Moody’s feels broadcasters’ pain
Or at least the credit rating agency is measuring the pain. So far in 2009, Moody’s Investors Service says the adverse impact of the contracting US economy on radio and television station revenues is
Tight journo playlist focuses on economy
Economic concerns were front and center across all media, according to the latest report from the Project for Excellence in Journalism covering the week...
MMTC petitions for expanded ad nondiscrimination
In the broadcasting world, the FCC has taken steps to ban the practice of no-Urban dictates, no-Hispanic dictates and other such arrangements that tend...
UBS dubious about US ad prospects
2008 was not a good year for advertising-based businesses. And the bad news is that the year 2009 lacks an election and an Olympic...
Arbitron CEO vows to grow company, expand in multi-media
Arbitron’s revenues grew 16.8% in Q4 due to more Portable People Meter (PPM) markets, but profits were down a bit, though in line with
For those about to shrink, we salute you
Analysts at Barclays Capital expect that CBS earnings will be almost halved from the 54 cents per share they were a year ago, suffering...
Consumers padlocking wallets
Gallup Poll has quantified just how tight the average American has gotten of late. During the two week period ending 2/11/08, Americans were spending...
Chrysler, GM plans due today
Today, GM and Chrysler will submit cost-cutting plans that call for shedding thousands of jobs, closing plants, paring union benefits and cutting their debts,...