Breaking: PPM now currency in Miami
Arbitron has declared PPM currency in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale. The action came as Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum (R) sued the company in a...
CBS Radio flipping two more to All-Sports
CBS Radio is launching all-sports formatted stations in Washington, D.C. and Boston on 7/20 and 8/13, respectively. Boston’s 98.5 The Sports Hub (now WBMX Hot AC) and 106.7 The Fan
Adam Wilbur tapped at Compass
Compass Media Networks has hired Adam Wilbur as Manager of Entertainment and Talk Programming. Wilbur will help spearhead affiliate sales for CMN's growing entertainment...
Kosann sheds more light on NCAA deal
Speaking of Peter Kosann, RBR asked for more detail on his recently-announced deal to carry NCAA B-Ball beginning next season.Kosann tells us that the...
WQXR-FM NYC sold for $45 million
No, that's not a typo. The total price is $45 million. The three-way deal will have Univision acquire the WQXR-FM signal for $33.5 million...
Radio station owner arrested
The Volusia County Sheriff’s office announced that WELE-AM Daytona Beach, FL owner F. Douglas Wilhite was arrested at his Ormond Beach home Friday (7/10)...
Mercedes to launch Sirius with pre-owned cars
Sirius XM Radio and Mercedes-Benz USA today announced that customers of Sirius -equipped Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned vehicles will receive an introductory three-month trial subscription...
Radio veteran Jerry Hennen dead
Jerry Hennen died last week (7/7) in Fargo, ND. He had owned and/or managed stations for 36 years and most recently served as a...
Vernon Baker dead at 87
Veteran broadcaster Vernon Baker, who built large chains of both commercial and Religious non-commercial radio stations, has died at age 87. According to attorney...
AFM’s Lee offers to talk to Conyers about PRA
Dalhart TX, according to radio operator George Chambers, is a town of 7K, located in unrated territory in the upper northwest corner of the Texas
Emmis focused on balance sheet
Jeff Smulyan no longer does quarterly conference calls, but did congratulate employees for hitting budget in the company’s fiscal Q1 (March-May) as Emmis dealt with a 26.9% revenue decline
Compass to air NCAA B-Ball beginning next season
Compass Media Networks announced expanded coverage of play-by-play sports with the addition of a full slate of NCAA men's basketball regular season games, culminating...
Minnesota Democrats want air time
The Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate claims the Republican Governor is using his weekly show on CBS Radio’s WCCO-AM to push his own political agenda. So, the Democrats
LAT bites on bogus royalty argument
In a recent article on the Performance Rights Act (7/3/09), the Los Angeles Times regurgitated a label argument that under current conditions, with radio stations exempt from paying a performance royalty, that many
McKnight booked for the Marconi show
R&B artist and radio host Brian McKnight will perform live at the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show Thursday, September 24th in Philadelphia...