Denis Leary to co-host with Mike Greenberg
He’ll co-host ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike in the Morning (6-10 a.m. ET M-F) on Wednesday, Aug. 19. The show is also simulcast on...
Mark Masters launches “The Syndicated Radio Asset Management Company”
This is getting to be a crowded segment these days—outside management and consulting for stations that just can’t afford a full-time staff, or for...
Sovereign City debuts Avenue 950
Music returned to AM 950 in Chicago with the debut of Avenue 950, airing daily from 6:00 PM to 5:00 AM. The Avenue is...
Hurry up and mentor
The Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio Group (MIW) will present a “ Speed Mentoring” Special Session on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2008, 10:30-11:45 am,...
Cushmeer Singleton joins the RBR/TVBR team
And the growth just keeps on coming! RBR/TVBR’s marketing and sales department has just added Cushmeer Singleton, whose experience includes Radio-Info, The Associated Press...
Programming execs featured in NAB Super Session
The NAB Radio Show will include a session featuring some of the top names in radio programming. Held Thursday, September 24, the "Group PDs...
MMTC fighting PRA “civil rights” claim
Seeking to avoid endorsements of the Performance Rights Act (PRA) like that adopted recently by the NAACP, the Minority Media and Telecommunications
Restructured Westwood One claims to be gaining transaction
Revenues fell 16.7% to $83.7 million for Westwood One in Q2 – a quarter which saw the company complete its financial restructuring.
Radio revenues down 20% for Clear Channel
Clear Channel Communications (and parent CC Media Holdings) no longer conduct quarterly Wall Street conference calls, so CEO Mark Mays was spared having to...
Citadel revenues fell 17.9% in Q2
Compared to its peers, that really wasn’t such a bad showing for Citadel Broadcasting. Both the radio group and Citadel Media Networks, the former ABC Radio Networks, posted revenue declines
Sirius XM deadline extended again
The FCC still hasn’t made a decision on how to implement the requirement that Sirius XM have 4% of its channels programmed by minority...
FCC wants comments on musicFirst petition
The FCC has opened a formal docket proceeding (No. 09-143) to seek comments on the petition from musicFirst seeking a declaratory ruling that radio...
KFWB goes Talk in LA
CBS Radio is flipping News KFWB-AM LA to Talk starting 9/8. The lineup will add Dr. Laura Schlessinger (just signed with TRN), from longtime...
Breaking: CBS Portland cluster sold
Larry Wilson has struck again, adding CBS Radio's four-station cluster in Portland, OR to the combo he previously bought from Paul Allen. The Oregonian...
Big shareholder pleased with Sirius XM
Liberty Media Corp. sank hundreds of millions of dollars into Sirius XM this year and pulled the satellite radio company back from the brink...