Tips for avoiding pitfalls that can accompany user-generated content
“User-generated content can be a blessing to the bottom line or a curse in the courtroom, depending on how platforms publish it.”That observation come...
Journal launches The River in Springfield
Journal Broadcast Group/Springfield, MO’s “The New 106.7 The River” launched 10/1 at noon. 106.7 moved from Active Rock to Adult Variety. The best hits...
Breaking: PPM sample increase delayed
Arbitron had promised the Radio Advisory Council a 10% sample increase in the 18-54 demo for Portable People Meter (PPM) markets for 2010. But...
FCC gives noncoms a shot at commercial sticks
There are a number of mutually exclusive applications for FMs, FM translators, a television station and even a few AM stations that had a...
Moving day set for WQXR-FM
Classical WQXR-FM New York is going noncommercial, and it’s heading for a new dial position. Next week, on 10/8/09, it packs its bags and...
Des Moines broadcasting icon Dic Youngs dead at 68
KIOA-FM Des Moines reports that Richard “Dic” Youngs, known as “Youngsy,” has died after a long illness. He was 68.Youngsy spent his entire radio...
“Voice of the Illini” Larry Stewart dead at 87
Former WDWS-AM Champaign, IL General Manager Larry Stewart has died in California at age 87. Stewart, who was also the radio “Voice of the...
Late radio owner John Wismer honored
The Port Huron, MI Times Herald reports that a plaque was unveiled downtown Wednesday honoring the late John Wismer, who had owned WHLS-AM &...
Student-run AM daytimer adds FM translators
Students at the University of Minnesota will finally have something to listen to at night. Their 87-year-old KUOM-AM St. Paul on Thursday fired up...
NPR unveils new tech center featuring NPR Labs
NPR’s new Technology Research Center (TRC) will operate under the auspices of the Public Radio Satellite System (PRSS). The TRC combines the satellite transmission...
WAMU's Bluegrass County host Daley wins award
WAMU-FM DC's Bluegrass Country’s Katy Daley, host of The Katy Daley Show, has been named Broadcaster of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music...
Arbitron sets multi-platform strategy
Looking to grow its non-radio business, Arbitron announced the formation of a cross-platform media measurement group and what it called “the complementary expansion of...
Radio weathers the Samoan tsunami
American Samoa is, of course, a US territory and broadcasting there is licensed and regulated by the FCC, just like on the mainland. And,...
Doug Kiel sets retirement from Journal
Journal Broadcast Group CEO Doug Kiel, who is also President of parent Journal Communications, announced plans to retire as the company’s fiscal year ends...
Saga, Salem sign with Liquid Compass
Liquid Compass, a streaming delivery network, has signed Salem Communications and Saga Communications to its streaming radio network. Combined, the multi-year contracts add 154...