Cause for celebration
If you’re looking for something to celebrate a week from today…well, there’s Jackie Mason’s birthday, or Michael J. Fox’s birthday. Or you can celebrate...
Radio: Throwing away 41% of the inventory
Inside baseball: Radio sports ace Les Grobstein delivered a rant yesterday during The Big 89 Rewind on WLS. Les wondered why sports radio stations...
Temporary order certainly looks temporary
RBR/TVBR has obtained a copy of the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by a federal judge to block former Clear Channel employee Andrew Friedman...
Murdoch labels Obama a rock star
News Corp. media mogul Rupert Murdoch did more than that – at a digital media conference, he said of Barack Obama, "He is a...
Ready for a bash?
This is an event where it’ll be more about getting bashed than attending a bash. We refer of course to the for the 2008...
Hearst-Argyle redeeming its debs
Hearst-Argyle Television has notified the trustee that it will redeem its 7.5% convertible junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures, series B, due 2021 (we’re not...
Posting a one-way street
Have you seen details anywhere in this dialogue as to what will happen when Radio stations OVERDELIVER? Of course not. This is just one...
Battle for the Senate shaping up
The Republican Party figured to have a tough time defending its share of the Senate under any circumstances. Due to the luck of the...
Fisher may divest last real estate holdings
Fisher Communications previously sold most of its real estate holdings (not to mention its flour mills) as it sought to focus on its radio,...
Campaign in the neck?
Are we the only ones getting a little tired of Campaign 2008? The news media sure isn't, particularly the folks over there at the...
Posting & PPM – Another P.O.V.
Another point of view,Radio: Doing exactly the right thing, precisely the wrong wayTwo examples of radio getting in its own way, again.Posting. The topic...
Print hitching its fortunes to the web
Radio isn’t the only medium to focus on the year 2020. Magazines are also hoping that’s the year they start earning serious money on...
Consumers group demands hearing on XM/Sirius
It would seem that the “highly confidential document” may fall short of a smoking gun with fingerprints, but it obviously contains highly sensitive information and seems to have been discovered on the scene of the alleged crime.
Taking stock at Cumulus
With its going-private transaction called off, Cumulus Media’s board of directors has now approved awards of restricted common stock as an incentive to key...
Buddy, can you spare $120 million?
As it waits…and waits…and waits for the FCC to act on its application to merge with Sirius, XM Satellite Radio has had to come...