Marconi finalists announced
The NAB has released this year’s list of stations and personalities in line to receive a Marconi Award at the NAB Radio Show in...
Musicians getting ripped off, all right
Jim Cooper (D-TN) took to the pages of his hometown Nashville Tennessean to argue in favor of the Performance Rights Act, saying that
MMTC proposes “radio rescue”
The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC), which begins its annual Access to Capital and Telecom Policy Conference today in Washington, has sent the...
PPM improvement in Detroit, but still a problem
The Black 18-34 Portable People Meter (PPM) sample grew in the Detroit market in June, but still remained under target. Arbitron has released June
Walter Cronkite dead at 92
The CBS news anchor that instilled in all Americans a level of honest reporting and trust during the golden age of television passed away...
WideOrbit to buy Google Radio
Well, the rumors everyone has been hearing are pretty much true: Revenue Management systems provider WideOrbit has all but purchased Google Radio Automation, after...
Sirius XM short a director
Sirius XM says it has received an official notice from Nasdaq that it is not in compliance with the rule that requires a majority...
Two charged in radio scam
Two people living in the Buffalo, New York area have been charged with diverting money to themselves that they were supposed to use to...
Three more lawmakers oppose performance fees
The NAB is still a long way from amassing a majority in the Senate, but the count is now 20 for co-sponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act, which opposes imposition of any performance royalty payments to record
Arbitron claims lead in identifying CPOs
That’s cell-phone-only households. Arbitron announced that, for the first time, it has compiled population estimates for CPO households down to the
NAACP endorses bankrupting black radio
Despite estimates that a performance fee would wipe out at least a third of all existing minority-owned radio stations, the NAACP yesterday gave a
MIW Achievement in Programming Award to be presented at NAB
The Mentoring & Inspiring Women in Radio Group (MIW) has announced the nomination process is open for the first annual MIW Achievement in Programming...
Nielsen bragging about sample size
The Nielsen Company says the sample sizes for its “sticker diary” radio ratings service in 51 markets averaged 39% above target for 12+. And, it claims, “Sample sizes were particularly high among
Florida AG sues Arbitron over PPM
The latest “me too” lawsuit against Arbitron claiming that its Portable People Meter (PPM) methodology undercounts minority listeners comes from Florida Attorney General Bill...
RAB ramps up for NAB Radio Show
With plans to attach its own 2010 conference to the NAB Radio Show, the Radio Advertising Bureau has announced that it will present nine...