Doug Limerick Retiring This Month

Doug Limerick to retire.

Long and Winding Ratings Road

Today’s journey through the wilds of the Nielsen Audio results

Katz bids for part of Interep

Clear Channel’s Katz Media Group has stepped up to the table and signed a formal offer to the bankruptcy trustee to pay $3.64 million to have all radio clients released from their national rep contracts with Interep
Sold

WAY Decides to Sing a Song of Sanger

We are now able to fill in a few more blanks on the deal
The Phoenix sign as seen from Usery Mountain in Mesa, Ariz.

Zelus Sells Half Of ‘HOT’ To Broadcast Ministry

It was once an Adult Standards station that over the years shifted to Hot Adult Contemporary programming and entered into a simulcast with a sibling FM serving the growing SanTan Valley of metropolitan Phoenix with a "Hot" brand. Soon, it will be bringing a bit of Good News for evangelical Christians.

Timeline for Spanish broadcasting in non-Spanish markets

When we interviewed Bustos Media CEO Amador Bustos for the August issue of SmartMedia magazine, one thing we wondered about was the long-term viability...

Scott Herman to receive Ellis Island Medal of Honor

The CBS Radio EVP/Operations has been named one of the recipients of the 25th Anniversary Ellis Island Medals of Honor. The medal, established by...
Clear Channel

Tom Brokaw launches on CCME stations

Clear Channel Media and Entertainment says "An American Story," a new exclusive nationally syndicated show featuring television journalist and author Tom Brokaw, will feature...

Disabled services group supports radio on cell phones

International Association of Audio Information Services (IAAIS), an advocacy group representing audio service to blind and otherwise disabled individuals, has weighed in on the...

CNNRadio/WON format changes; 5-minute newscasts gone

CNN Radio and Westwood One have informed affiliates that beginning January 1, stations subscribing to CNN Radio through Westwood One will no longer receive...

EEO Violations Could Bring Big Fine To Monte and Doris Miller

The last few years have hardly been easy for veteran Kansas radio broadcasters Monte and Doris Miller. Now, the FCC has slapped Rocking M with a sizable fine for apparently running afoul of its Equal Employment Opportunity rules.

Another GAP filled in CCU spin-off derby

George Laughlin's GAP Broadcasting is branching out from its mid-country roots, moving into a western deal with Clear Channel that was abandoned Christopher F....

FCC’s New Pirate Policy Garners Praise

NAB and NY State broadcasters are pleased with new FCC anti-pirate policy.
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A ‘Reimagined’ NAB Show Takes Shape

It may be six months away, but the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is busily putting together what will be a 2022 NAB Show that EVP/Managing Director of Global Connections and Events believes will "more closely mirror today's media, entertainment and technology ecosystem."
Clear Channel

Clear Channel/Richmond launches The Planet 96.1

Classic Rock The Planet 96.1-FM (W295BF) launched 4/17 by Clear Channel Richmond, is aiming at full-market cross-town rival, Cox Media Group’s Rock 96.5 WKLR-FM. In...