Monday, June 1, 2026

Group PDs session addresses social networking, PPM

Some of the top names in radio programming sat down to talk about where we are now, where we’re headed and how we should shape our future. Panelists included Rick Cummings

Signs of hope at NAB Radio Show

Financial experts told the Dickstein Shapiro opening event that many broadcast companies are going to have to rework their balance sheets. But the good news is that the radio business is

Radio operators remain confident

Despite the impact of the worst recession since the Great Depression, radio operators on the Dickstein Shapiro panel at the NAB Radio Show in Philadelphia expressed confidence that radio is still

Nielsen says young demo not MIA

In fact, the 18-34 sector of the population listens to radio 21.5 hours weekly, right in line with the population as a whole. And Nielsen says it knows where it found the extra members of the demo. The sample size

Push comes to shove over PPM

Arbitron is the shoved as House Oversight and Government Reform Chair Edolphus Towns (D-NY) uses MRC documents to blast PPM. Arbitron called the Committee’s...

“Digital Think Tank” looks at latest trends

Following the Opening Address at NAB Radio Show yesterday (see related story), Peggy Miles, President, Intervox Communications moderated a fresh panel session with radio’s...

TargetSpot inks with GOOM

TargetSpot, the nation's largest Internet radio ad network, announced at NAB a partnership with GOOM Radio, a newly founded New York-based online radio company,...

Savage, Paul Revere Society donate $50K

The Paul Revere Society and TRN’s Dr. Michael Savage will be the recipient of a humanitarian award for the generous $50,000 donation he made...

HD Radio “On the Go” featured at NAB

iBiquity Digital is presenting HD Radio technology on the go – a digital broadcast medium that now moves as fast as consumers do. In...

Don’t Be Afraid, Be Ready

Fast water, rapid change, and a hue and cry for certainty in an uncertain world bring us into the clubhouse turn, with fall and...

Premiere pulls Rush at KIDO after 17 years

Peak Broadcasting’s KIDO-AM Boise (580AM and www.KIDOAM.COM) announced the appointment of Austin Hill as the host of a newly created LOCAL afternoon drive time...

Optimism as NAB Radio Show opens in Philadelphia

It’s hardly a robust advertising market yet for radio, but there are indications that things are less bad and maybe turning around. That optimism...

Nice tidbit for radio in 2008 census snapshot

The US Census Bureau’s look at American households last year showed the effects of the down economy – but it included one fact which...

Beasley polishes its Apple apps

Veteran radio group owner Beasley is keeping its ship pointed into a digital future. And its latest offering is an app that makes Beasley...

Songwriters want a bite out of Apple

Particularly, BMI, ASCAP and SGA want a bite out of iTunes when movies and TV shows are purchased, since they contain music; and they...