Peak CEO Todd Lawley on makin’ it local
Peak CEO Todd Lawley does a phenomenal job on the day to day operations with its stations. We asked him a few questions about the KMJ-FM Fresno talker and website re-vamp
Case study: Peak Broadcasting takes KMJ to new audiences
Peak Broadcasting of Fresno has announced a series of initiatives designed to expand the reach of KMJ’s local news, talk, sports, and specialty programming
LPFM bill introduced in Senate
A sixpack of Senators, five Democrats and John McCain (R-AZ), have submitted the Local Community Radio Act of 2009 into the Senate. The goal...
Radio forecast even cloudier
Following a sharp downward revision in December, BAIfn VP Mark Fratrik has lowered his forecast for radio revenues yet again. He’s looking for 2009 to be even a little worse than previously forecast
Murder arrest in New York
A 16-year-old male has been arrested in New York in connection with the stabbing death of ABC News Radio anchor George Weber. The New...
Teen obesity factor isolated
And you’d probably never guess that the cause can be boiled down to three words: location, location and location. You’d never guess because you’re...
NAB, musicFIRST exchange potshots
The battle over performance royalties seems to be centering on the figure $5K. The musician advocacy says most radio stations would pay nothing more, and the NAB says for a small station, $5K is still a large bill to swallow
Arbitron cuts 10% of staff
New CEO Michael Skarzynski continues with his reorganization of Arbitron. This time he’s cutting staff by 10% and ordering other cost reductions. The staff layoffs cut across all departments and included
Westwood One cutting more
Westwood One announced new aspects of its “broad turnaround plan” to get its financial house in order and improve its long-term business performance. The latest moves will bring layoffs in some areas and
Rangel joins Performance Tax opposition
Ho, hum – the NAB announced that another nine lawmakers have signed on to oppose RIAA’s performance royalties efforts. But wait! There’s a big...
Moody’s downgrades Cumulus Media Partners
The credit rating agency calls the company’s pending equity/debt swap for its senior subordinated notes “tantamount to a default.” Meanwhile
More papers to stop the presses?
A new 24/7 WallStreet report says that, over the last few weeks, the newspaper industry has entered a new period of decline. The parent of the papers in Philadelphia declared bankruptcy as did
HD Radio hits two milestones
The HD Digital Radio Alliance announced major milestones with 1,000 multicast stations now being broadcast on-air and 100 SKUs (Stock Keeping Unit) now available...
ABC News Radio to offer “Battle at the Border”
ABC News Radio will offer a five part special series, “Battle at the Border” from March 30th through April 3rd. The series will take...
More vulgarity on the airwaves
Hot on the heels of an open mic flooding the Iowa airwaves with f-bombs, RBR/TVBR has been supplied with a tape of Hip Hop...