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
An association of associations petitions Pelosi
50 state broadcast organizations a have fired off a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) asking her to heed the majority of her body and keep the
Compass adds to NFL broadcast team
Compass Media Networks expands its broadcast team for Sunday afternoon NFL coverage with the additions of Kevin Burkhardt, member of SNY's television coverage of...
KFDI to hold food & funds drive
KFDI-FM Wichita will host a Food & Funds Drive this week to benefit the Laid-Off Workers Center. “Approximately 13,000 workers have been laid off...
ESPN Radio signs for Nielsen’s radio ratings
The Nielsen Company announced additional clients for its new US Radio Ratings Service, due to deliver its first ratings for 51 small markets in...
Filling a new GAP
GAP Broadcasting Group, with financial backing from Oaktree Capital, already has two operating companies in radio covering the central and western portions of the...
Radio & Records shuts down
Staffers got the news Wednesday that after 36 years of publication, Radio and Records is no more. The Nielsen Company, which bought R&R for $18.5 million in 2006, says some parts, particularly
Deadlines set for PPM comments
If you plan to file comments on whether the FCC should investigate Arbitron’s PPM – and/or whether it has any legal authority to do...