NAB takes its case to the Hill pubs
While Steve Newberry and Larry Patrick were making the case for broadcasters regarding the Performance Rights Act in the House Judiciary Committee, the NAB...
Hill showdown over performance royalties
Should broadcasters pay to play music over the air, or is the promotional value of playing the music over the air compensation enough? The...
Sirius XM subscriber count rose only 10% in 2008
That dismal tally is in the annual report that Sirius XM filed late Tuesday with the SEC. CEO Mel Karmazin isn’t holding his conference call with Wall Street analysts until next week. To no one’s surprise
Bayliss Foundation finds new ways to raise cash
Having suspended its annual fund-raising Bayliss Radio Roast because of the economic downturn, the John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation has been looking for new sources...
Orlando pirate shut down after giving gang advice
The Orlando Sentinel reports a pirate radio station broadcasting from south Orlando that officials say announced info on criminal gangs and promoted where to...
Arbitron makes its home in Maryland
When Michael Skarzynski came on board in January as CEO of Arbitron, the company said he would make the campus in Columbia, MD his...
Savage dominates ratings in Fall 2008 Book
Michael Savage remains one of the most popular voices in talk radio scoring all time ratings highs in the Fall 2008 Book. The Michael...
Jampro details NAB presence
Jampro Antenna is returning to NAB with a suite of products designed to offer cost effective television and radio solutions to the evolving broadcast...
Huckabee Report adds third segment
ABC Radio Networks announced it will add a third daily broadcast of The Huckabee Report to its weekly schedule of the short form news...
K-Rock’s switching to “Now Radio”
Well, we knew it was coming soon when Opie and Anthony’s Twitter page said yesterday that K-Rock NYC has just informed them their services were no longer needed. So, our RBR First prediction
Moody’s downgrades Clear Channel
The debt rating agency says it expects Clear Channel Communications to be in violation of its secured debt leverage covenants by the end of...
NAB bags nine more co-sponsors
The Local Radio Freedom Act is the antidote to John Conyers’ (D-MI) Performance Rights Act, and its list of co-sponsors is now up to 144. The latest to autograph the bill include
Grupo Latino de Radio supports WWF’s “Earth Hour”
Grupo Latino de Radio, together with all of Grupo PRISA’s companies in the World, announces its support to Earth Hour, a movement organized by...
CRB announces Humanitarian, Radio Promotion Awards
Country Radio Broadcasters announced the recipients in four separate awards categories at CRS-40: The Radio Promotion Awards, Artist Humanitarian Award, Radio Humanitarian Award and...
Dick Bartley signs with United Stations
Dick Bartley Productions has signed with United Stations Radio Network to market and distribute both "Rock & Roll's Greatest Hits" and "The Classic Countdown"...