Home invasions from Floyd FM tower?
Residents near the Floyd NY tower for WOKR-FM are complaining about RF emissions that are sending unwanted programming through computers and television sets. Many...
Watchdog backs performance royalty
Paul Porter, co-founder of content watchdog Industry Ears, took to the virtual pages of ebonyjet.com to back the Performance Royalty Act. He took opponents
Detroit still PPM problem spot
May Portable People Meter (PPM) sample quality metrics from Arbitron show that Detroit is still well below target for Blacks 18-34, with a Designated...
WYSP kicks off “Live In It and Win”
Four listeners will enter a 2009 Ford Mustang with the intention of being the last one standing, or in this case – sitting, and...
Fat Piggy Media launches for radio websites
Radio vet Dave “Just Plain Dave” Johnson teams with two multimedia professionals to launch Fat Piggy Media. Fat Piggy Media is revolutionizing commercial radio...
Greater Media invites its own to fight PRA
Fans and advertisers of Greater Media radio stations are being invited to help protect their favorite stations by protesting the Performance Rights Act. The...
Artist view of artist/label relationship
Dave Stewart, co-founding member of iconic 80s group Eurhythmics, didn’t have anything to say about performance royalties in a recent article he penned for Billboard and made available on his
Engineers duel over IBOC power boost
Comments are flowing in to the FCC over whether to grant a request to increase the maximum power for FM digital channels to improve...
NAB to honor Ed Christian
The NAB National Radio Award will be presented to Saga Communications CEO Ed Christian at this year’s NAB Radio Show in Philadelphia. He’ll be...
RASS adds Moby in the Morning to client roster
Radio Affiliate Services & Syndication President Scott Gilreath said “Moby’s a great talent and has proven himself time and time again over the past...
Forward-looking musicians pan Performance Rights Act
Creative Deconstruction, a website for artists and bands interesting in taking the music business into the future thinks that the Performance Rights Act is
TRN-E launches America's Morning News with George H.W. Bush
Talk Radio Network Entertainment’s America’s Morning News debuted nationwide Monday by featuring multiple breaking news stories, and a live interview with President George H.W....
Broadcaster says FCC should quit using Arbitron
In trying to make the case that it may have some authority over Arbitron’s Portable People Meter (PPM), the FCC has noted that it relies on Arbitron market definitions for determining compliance with its local
Sirius XM raising rates
Satellite radio competitors Sirius and XM agreed to a three-year rate freeze in order to win FCC approval of their merger. However, there is an exception, so Sirius XM will be raising rates on July 29th
PRA shot down in the press
A technology magazine believes that the recording industry’s attempt to get itself a bailout on the back of broadcasters is disingenuous, particularly since they...