SIRIUS XM announces Memorial Day programming

SIRIUS XM Radio will kick-off the summer season with an extensive lineup of Memorial Day programming. During the Memorial Day weekend, SIRIUS XM listeners...

200 House opponents of performance tax

Four more members of the House of Representative have joined the group supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act, the antidote to the Performance Rights...

Arbitron defends PPM; will cooperate with FCC

Noting that the FCC’s Notice of Inquiry (NOI) doesn’t yet propose to impose any regulations on the company, Arbitron says it welcomes the NOI

Cox Radio buyout goes into extra innings

Despite saying that Friday’s deadline for tendering shares would not be extended, Cox Enterprises has moved the goal line again – to 5:00 pm...

Times Radio News hits the airwaves

The Washington Times reports its Washington Times Radio News debuts Monday on CBS Radio’s WHFS 1580 AM DC, featuring hourly newscasts plus 30-second features...

Breaking: FCC orders PPM inquiry

The FCC has ordered an inquiry into whether Arbitron's Portable People Meter (PPM) system accurately measures minority audiences. The move had been sought by...

Breaking: Cox Radio tender extended again

After saying that Friday's deadline for its tender offer would not be extended again, Cox Enterprises has done just that. The buyout offer for...

Minority broadcasters appeal to higher authority

Watchdogs who tried to convince House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) that his Performance Rights Act would be devastating

Univision grew OIBDA even as revenues fell

Q1 revenues declined 12% for Univision to $410.e million, with TV down 8.7% to $336.3 million and radio off 26.1% to $66.5 million. However,...

Bank keeps pressure on Regent

Regent Communications says in an SEC filing that it is still negotiating with Bank of America and other parties to its credit agreement. Nevertheless, BofA, as administrative agent for the lenders

More audio ads coming to Pandora

From paidContent.org: As Pandora's audience begins to mirror that of radio listeners at large, the company will likely run additional audio ads, Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy said at the econSM Conference

WWRL adds Stephanie Miller, Montel

Access.1’s WWRL 1600AM NYC has added Stephanie Miller (11-12P) and Montel Williams (3-6P) to its Monday – Friday talk lineup effective Monday, May 18,...

Four more oppose performance tax

The supporters of the Local Radio Freedom Act, which is written to head off the Performance Rights Act which just made it through the House Judiciary Committee, added four more supporters

Emmis sees business “slowly improving”

CEO Jeff Smulyan provided that comment on the current operating environment as Emmis Communications reported that net revenues fell 20% in its fiscal Q4...

Robert Pauley dead at 85

The New York Times reports the death of former ABC Radio Network President Robert Pauley at age 85. Among other things, Pauley was credited...