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...
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