CBS Radio cuts staffers in LA
Last Friday afternoon the pink slips were flying at CBS Radio in LA—some 22 from what we’ve heard. Especially hard hit were anchors, reporters...
Seeking Alpha: “Google is becoming a huge threat”
Rizzi Capital just penned a blog in Seeking Alpha that details how much the news of Google’s Android
NAB bags nine more co-sponsors
The Local Radio Freedom Act is the antidote to John Conyers’ (D-MI) Performance Rights Act, and its list of co-sponsors is now up to 144. The latest to autograph the bill include
Former US prosecutor lands on radio
Salem Communications' KRLA-AM "News Talk 870" Los Angeles has launched a new daily talk show featuring former Assistant US Attorney Kevin James. The former...
Envision launches Paul Shaffer's 60-Second Rewind
It’s a daily vignette featuring David Letterman’s longtime musical director’s stories about all the hit-makers of the sixties, seventies and eighties. Revisit the stars...
McKibbin Swiftly Building A Michigan Radio Group
Since 1997, Jamie McKibbin has been an ubiquitous presence in the Jackson, Mich., community thanks to his weekly outdoors show on the ESPN Radio affiliate and as GM of a group of stations he just purchased from the Goldsens. Now, McKibbin's newly formed station group is growing again.
McGavren Guild parent buys Local Focus
Genesis Media Holdings, which O&Os McGavren Guild Media, has acquired Local Focus from Kay
Citadel rebounded somewhat from Friday's drubbing
Citadel Broadcasting's stock price was up double digits Monday on the NYSE. But that 12% gain at the end of the day erased only...
Leapfrog info from Arbitron coming soon
What little is known publicly about Leapfrog at this point is that it will move diary markets forward in technology by making online and mobile devices the reporting method
Gaping hole in the digital receiver proposal
The “Radio All Digital Channel Receiver Act” introduced by Ed Markey (D-MA) makes room on digital receivers designed to be interoperable between newly merged satcasters XM and Sirius. But there’s a catch
Detroit still PPM problem spot
May Portable People Meter (PPM) sample quality metrics from Arbitron show that Detroit is still well below target for Blacks 18-34, with a Designated...
Pandora Flirts With An All-Time Low
Back on Feb. 13, Pandora Media shares were trading at $13.58. Since then, the company has struggled to grow at the same levels it did just five years ago. On Friday, on heavier than average volume, "P" plunged by more than 4% to come very close to its all-time low of $4.57. That low was achieved on Nov. 6.
GLR, Sun Broadcast Group Combined Under ‘HRN’ Umbrella
All of the Hispanic assets of Gen Media Partners, presently housed under the GLR and Sun Latino brands, are being congregated under a new banner designed to provide marketers what GMP is calling "an easy one-source solution for advertisers, agencies, and radio stations for all things Hispanic."
DAX Pact Cements Cumulus’ Programmatic Plan
Cumulus has handed its network radio streaming and national programming advertising sales representation duties to a two-year old domestic arm of a U.K. media giant known for such brands as Heart and Capital. The DAX pact does not impact in any way Cumulus' Katz Expressway deal.
Three find a niche on Radio Board
The National Association of Broadcasters cannot be accused of a lack of diversity on its Radio Board. Three new members join with five holdovers...