Salem Communications Q2 revenues up 5.2%
Non-broadcast revenue growth outpaced broadcast at Salem Communications in Q2. Radio revenues rose 3.5% to $45.5 million, while non-broadcast revenues (primarily from Internet businesses)...
Dr Laura quits terrestrial radio heads to internet radio (video)
Top rated radio host and often controversial, from Talk Radio Networks (TRN), Dr. Laura Schlesinger is giving up commercial radio broadcasting
Fake News? Radio Audience Dwarfs Streaming Champs
The third quarter 2018 edition of Edison Research's "Share of Ear," released Monday, was the focus of a blog post from Cumulus Media and Westwood One Chief Insights Officer Pierre Bouvard. Front and center is data suggesting that AM and FM radio outreach ad-supported audio platforms daily. Really??
Local Augusta GA radio host heads off funeral protest
The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka KS had announced plans to protest at the funeral of a soldier killed in Afghanistan, but instead accepted...
SiriusXM re-ups with Learfield Sports, IMG College
Collegiate multimedia rights holders IMG College and Learfield Sports announced an extension of their relationship with Sirius XM Radio through June 2016. Effective this...
Brown, Williams out at DG; Paul Caine named CEO
Dial Global announced Paul Caine (pictured) will become its CEO and a member of the board, effective 4/5. The appointment coincides with the resignation...
John Hogan gets a contract extension
The company has a new name and now John Hogan has a contract extension and a new title.
Sirius XM boosts buyback by $2 billion
The addition brings the company's aggregate buyback authorization up to $6 billion—good for nearly
23 million tuned into Super Bowl on the radio
Dial Global reports that 23.1 million people tuned in to hear the radio broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, 2/5 featuring the New...
Joel B. Day dead at 72
Veteran broadcaster and broker Joel Briggs Day died March 31st in Vero Beach, FL. Known to most as a small market radio specialist, Day...
Pump Up The Jam: A New Entrant To Radio Ownership
A Form 314 filing with the FCC made Thursday confirms what has been widely reported across the radio industry: Max Media has agreed to sell four FMs along the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Additionally, two other stations are being purchased in a separate deal with a different seller. The buyer is a pastor who launched in June 2015 a full service agency focused on "delivering results through endorsement radio." Here's the scoop on Jonathan A. Mason's JAM Media Solutions.
Entercom, Gray Spins Dominate Q3 Deals
Spin-offs have been a part of media for decades. This extends to station sales necessitated by the merger of two large companies, in order to meet federal ownership limits. In Q3, spinoffs resulting from the merger of two big radio companies and the announced merger of two big TV companies dominated the deal making.
Cumulus Wants Bishop As Expert Witness
Bishop Cheen, that is. Cheen has made a name for himself as a veteran broadcast media analyst on Wall Street, and is presently an appraisal consultant for SNL Kagan. If a federal bankruptcy court judge in New York says yes, he'll also be an expert witness for Cumulus Media in its Chapter 11 reorganization petition.
Time Check: 100 Years Of Service For WWV
On Tuesday, Oct. 1, an exclusive group of 100 people will be in attendance in Fort Collins, Colo., to celebrate the centennial of a radio station many individuals have never heard of. It offers no music, or spoken word programming. Yet, it is essential to broadcasting history.
Townsquare goes public; prices IPO at $11 a share
Four years after Townsquare was formed with a buyout of Regent Communications, radio’s