Phil Hendrie welcomes back cast of characters
Talk Radio Network’s Phil Hendrie, the creative genius chock full of character, comedy and commentary, welcomes back his cast of fictional characters, all of...
Battle in Grand Rapids to save Urban radio
Pittsburgh has been in the national trade press because its only Urban radio stations were sold and headed for a Catholic format. Meanwhile, much the same story has been taking place in
Laura Ingraham welcomes new stations
Talk Radio Network Enterprises’ The Laura Ingraham Show announced the addition of 43 new affiliates within the past six months. The show is now...
Burglarized DJ finds himself in jail
Local media in Lexington, KY are reporting the bizarre case of WBUL-FM morning co-host Roy Baldridge, known on the air as “Dusty Dan.” Police...
Sharpton and Limbaugh battle over NFL bid
Syndication One talk host Rev. Al Sharpton is leading a public effort to block Premiere Radio Networks talk host Rush Limbaugh from becoming an...
Nuclear AM auction moves forward
Four applicants are in the running in the contest to build an AM station in Rockland County NY to assure that there will be emergency broadcast service for residents near the Indian Point nuclear
PPM now in half of top 50 markets
With the addition of five new markets – Tampa, St. Louis, Denver, Baltimore and Pittsburgh – Arbitron’s Portable People Meter (PPM) is now in 25 markets as ratings currency. However, the count for Media
Dunn is success story winner
The National Association of Broadcasters announced that Kent Dunn, VP/GM of Beasley Broadcast Group's Augusta, Georgia cluster, is the winner of the "What's Working...
950 ESPN Philly adds FM simulcast
Greater Media Philadelphia has added the first FM sports radio station in that market. 950 ESPN (WPEN-AM) has joined forces with 97.5 FM (WNUW-FM)...
Compromise on HD Radio power increase?
iBiquity CEO Bob Struble responded to reports that NPR chief technology officer Mike Starling says they may back a four times FM HD signal...
If PRA passes, everybody loses
Seth Miller of the Total Traffic Network, writing an opinion piece for RTNDA, worked his way through the various arguments for and against the Performance Rights Act, from the perspective
Limbaugh signed for Miss America pageant
We thought The Onion had taken over the news business on Friday. First, there was an improbable story that President Barack Obama had won...
Analyst: Emmis looks marginally better in NYC and LA
As one of the few Wall Street analysts still covering any pure play radio companies, Wells Fargo Securities analyst Marci Ryvicker was busy Friday...
Emmis quarterly ad sales still soft, but less soft
Emmis Communications reported that domestic radio revenues for its fiscal Q2 (June-August) were down 22%, which was an improvement over the 27% decline in Q1. Looking ahead, CEO Jeff
“DennyRadio” back on the air in Atlanta
After a long hiatus from the airwaves of Atlanta, DennyRadio.com has been given the nod by 920 WGKA, Atlanta to add Denny Schaffer and...