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...
Market says Cox Enterprises should pay more for Cox Radio
Cox Enterprises announced a tender offer Monday morning to buy the remaining 22% of Cox Radio for $3.80 per share, a total of around $69.1 million
ESPN Radio personalities to be featured in ESPNEWS
On March 26, ESPNEWS’ “Aircheck,” the 6:30 p.m. M-F segment featuring ESPN Radio affiliate reporters and hosts debating the day’s big stories, will present...
Kosann scores Lars Larson
Peter Kosann and Compass Media Networks have landed syndication rights to The Lars Show (Lars Larson) effective 3/30 (WW1 will continue to distribute the...
TRN, Washington Times to launch syndicated show
Talk Radio Network and The Washington Times are partnering to create a nationally syndicated, morning-drive show with a new format aimed at showcasing investigative...