WWRL bringing back Caribbean programming
A day after renewal of its airing of liberal talk shows from Air America was announced, Access.1’s WWRL-AM New York announced that it is...
End of the road for BusRadio
BusRadio launched three years ago with a business plan to deliver advertising-supported music program to school buses all over the country, with the founders...
Westwood One sets Q4 cost cuts and furloughs
Employees of Westwood One, who’d already been hit with recent 5-15% salary cuts, got the news Tuesday that they’re also going to be taking some days off
Edwards looking to return Black radio to Steel City
Eddie Edwards, like most of the African American community in Pittsburgh, was dismayed when Sheridan sold all three of the city’s Black-oriented radio stations...
NJ gov candidates find a radio debate venue
Governor Jon Corzine would not debate other candidates for his office on Millennium New Jersey’s WKXW-FM Trenton, but said he would show up at non-com WBGO-FM Newark on 10/22/09
Smile Radio comes to the dentist office
Dental offices now have a better alternative for their in-office music. Custom Channels, a company that creates custom on-line and on-premise radio stations for...
Breaking: Furloughs at Westwood One
Employees of Westwood One got the news Tuesday in a letter from CEO Rod Sherwood, followed by a conference call to discuss additional Q4...
Radio industry needs new blood
If there was one recurring theme at last week’s NAB Radio Show in Philadelphia, it was that radio leaders are well outside of the most attractive demos – and getting older. But consolidation and the
Air America renews New York flagship
Three core shows from the Air America lineup have extended their time on the airwaves in the nation’s largest market, New York City. The...
Poll says bankruptcy for Sirius XM – so what?
Given our past reporting of the financial travails of Sirius XM, you’d probably be expecting us to jump on this bandwagon. But you’d be wrong. A poll is more about emotion than math. Audit Integrity, an
Fine time: Semantics debate with FCC fails again
Saga Communications’ Springfield MA station WAQY-FM was tardy getting prizes to a contest winner, resulting in a $4K fine for failing to live up to the contest’s
Penguins readying HD2 channel
As mentioned at an HD Radio panel session at NAB Philly, The Sports Business Journal reports Pittsburgh Penguins Radio on 105.9 HD2, which launches...
Toronto talker shut out of Facebook
The Toronto Sun reports Newstalk 1010 CFRB host Ryan Doyle has been booted off Facebook a couple days after he interviewed Playboy model Anissa Holmes - who originally brought her tale
Mr. Christian gets his due
“This has been an incredible run for me – and it’s far from over,” said Saga Communications CEO Ed Christian as he received the...
Limbaugh honors his doctor
It is easy to forget that syndicated radio talker Rush Limbaugh is deaf. “El Rushbo” lost 100% of his natural hearing in 2001 due...