CBS Radio to power Yahoo! Music’s LAUNCHcast Radio
Yahoo! and CBS Radio have signed for CBS Radio to power Yahoo! Music’s LAUNCHcast Radio. The move is driven by the new higher royalty...
Arbitron touts over-sampling of Hispanics
Under repeated attacks from Spanish broadcasters for how their audiences are counted by the Portable People Meter (PPM) and most recently a charge from the Association of Hispanic Advertising
Johnson outlines Urban experiment plans
BET founder and RLJ Companies honcho Robert Johnson is currently trying to get a proposal through the FCC to gain co-licensee status for 42...
Strand Media Group debuts “Relevant Prep”
Strand Media Group, producer of the long running feature “Something You Should Know,” is introducing Relevant Prep - a new, daily service of “fascinating,...
McGavren Guild emerges as independent rep firm
As we first reported on Monday and Tuesday (12/2/08 RBR #234), McGavren Guild has been reborn as a rep firm from the ashes of the Interep
LFM and Beasley sign with Katz
Katz Media Group is believed to be in the midst of drawing up contracts to rep a number of former Interep clients, after signing...
McGavren Guild rises from the ashes
RBR/TVBR has gotten confirmation from McGavren Guild President Lisa Sirotka-Sonnenklar and Barry Fischer, McGavren Guild RVP and GM for the Spanish Broadcasting System client...
Trustee nixing Interep contracts
With Interep essentially shut down, bankruptcy trustee Kenneth Silverman is tying up loose ends. He’s filed with the court to reject a long list of Interep’s outstanding contracts, including
BIA radio forecast revised sharply downward
Back in April, BIA Vice President Mark Fratrik was forecasting that radio revenues would
Ford opposes HD Radio mandates
Ford has come out opposed to Rep. Ed Markey’s proposed Radio Receiver Act that could require HD Radio reception capability for satellite radio
McGavren Guild to be reborn
We broke the story yesterday afternoon (MBR 12/1/08), with confirmation from McGavren Guild President Lisa Sirotka-Sonnenklar and Barry Fischer
Another piece of Interep sold
After dealing with Interep’s radio rep business early last week, bankruptcy trustee Kenneth Silverman closed out the week by filing a deal Friday to...
Interep founder looks back on its legacy
The idea of consolidating the radio rep business by having multiple national reps operating under a single corporate umbrella dates back to 1980, when Ralph Guild created Interep. Of course, his career as a radio rep went back much further, to when he
Hispanic agencies complain about PPM
“The PPM sample is wrong” maintains the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (AHAA) in a letter sent to Arbitron which also charges that the...
Michael Savage reups with Talk Radio Network
Michael Savage, the third largest syndicated host in the nation according to TALKERS Magazine, and Talk Radio Network have announced a multi-year extension of...