Limbaugh wants to steer clear of GM
Conservative talker Rush Limbaugh is still rooting for President Obama to fail, and since the US now owns 60% of GM, he says that...
Brokers battle performance tax
Richard Kozacko, writing to Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on behalf of the National Association of Media Brokers, said that the proposed performance royalty put forth by John Conyers (D-MI) could have a devastating effect on radio
KCBS celebrates 100 years; Dan Mason comments
CBS Radio's all-News KCBS/San Francisco is gearing up to celebrate 100 years on the air. The station's first broadcast, as "San Jose Calling," was heard on June 11, 1909. The station later
S&P knocks Clear Channel down two notches
Citing “negative secular trends at Clear Channel’s radio sector,” Standard & Poor’s has cut the company’s debt rating two notches to CCC. S&P says...
Hit Parade Radio debuts on Music of Your Life
Global Radio Network’s Hit Parade Radio will be launched as a syndicated, 24/7 format for the July 4th weekend with a major entertainer to...
FC Dallas signs with ESPN Deportes
FC Dallas Soccer team announced that the team’s 19 remaining regular season games will air locally on 1540 AM ESPN Deportes Radio. FC Dallas’...
HFS returns to DC
It may not be the same free-form, progressive alternative format we knew pre-1996, but it’s back nonetheless…! WHFS, the legendary rock radio station, marks...
Clear Channel hires heavy-hitter for multi-platform sales
Clear Channel named John Partilla to the newly created position of EVP/President of Global Media Sales. Partilla will lead national business development across the...
NAB exec takes on labels
Dennis Wharton, EVP at the National Association of Broadcasters, took note of a story in the Washington Post about Herb Feemster of Peaches and Herb fame. In a letter to that newspaper, Wharton noted
WRKO host may test fleeting expletive teeth
The Supreme Court recently said that the FCC was within its rights to punish isolated incidents of profanity, or fleeting expletives, as part of its indecency enforcement. Now a WRKO-AM Boston host
LPFMs win DC Circuit battle
The National Association of Broadcasters tried and failed to overturn FCC waivers of 2nd-adjacent channel spacing requirements that protected about 40 existing LPFM stations...
D’Acosta takes advisory role at Marketron
Marketron announced Pete D’Acosta will be stepping down as CEO of Marketron. D’Acosta will remain on the Company’s Board of Directors in an advisory...
Clear Channel swap explained by Moody’s
It might seem like swapping debt owed by Clear Channel Communications for debt that subsidiary Clear Channel Outdoor owes to the parent is just...
Vultures starting to circle Clear Channel?
The Financial Times reports that the way Clear Channel Outdoor plans to refi the $2.5 billion it owes parent Clear Channel Communications is to do a swap
The incredible shrinking radio ad pie
BIA Financial Services VP Mark Fratrik has once again lowered his radio ad revenue forecast for 2009. He’s now looking for industry revenues to fall 15% this