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...
Westwood One vote delay explained
A new proxy has been filed with the SEC to resume the Westwood One shareholders meeting that was adjourned without action last month. The...
NAB HD Radio Multicast Award deadline nearing
If your station is enhancing the HD radio experience with creative programming, then send in details for national recognition to The NAB. The NAB...
ESPN Radio to air 80th MLB All-Star Game
Tuesday, July 14, at 7:45 p.m. ET. ESPN Radio’s Dan Shulman will call the game from St. Louis with analyst Dave Campbell with Marc...
Agreement gives webcasters new lease on life
Royalty collector and distributor SoundExchange and the web-based music community have come to an agreement on royalty rates that are expected
iBiquity Digital urges FCC to immediately allow FM power increase
iBiquity is again asking the FCC to immediately allow broadcasters to increase the power for FM HD Radio transmissions tenfold (a 10 dB increase--to 10 percent of a station’s authorized
Mike & Mike’s “80’s Day” a hit
Tuesday’s ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike in the Morning (6-10 a.m. ET M-F, simulcast on ESPN2) had an all-over retro look as it celebrated...
Lawsuit settled
The Center for Sales Strategy (CSS) says the lawsuit that it and Cox Radio filed against Mainline Broadcasting and one of its employees has...