Broadcasters rollout new multicast programming
The HD Digital Radio Alliance announced that member companies are continuing the outpour of creativity and ingenuity with the second generation of HD2 programming...
Three find a niche on Radio Board
The National Association of Broadcasters cannot be accused of a lack of diversity on its Radio Board. Three new members join with five holdovers...
Endgame for Clear Channel?
First there was a postponed court date with the banks, then stories breaking out all over that a settlement has been reached to the...
Cumulus deal breaks up
Cumulus Media Inc. will remain Cumulus Media Inc., after the investment group that had been attempting to take the company private decided they could not make the numbers work out.
The Truth About Broadcast Creative
Bad creative is one of the biggest reasons local clients cancel and it is high time for the broadcast community take back the driver’s seat in this critical area.
XM Satellite Radio loss up 7 million
XM Satellite Radio reported a Q1 loss of 129.3 million, or 42 cents a share, widening from a year-ago loss of 122.4 million, or...
Cumulus Media Announces Termination of Merger Agreement
Entered into an agreement with the investor group led by Lew Dickey, the Company's Chairman, President and CEO, and an affiliate of Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity, to terminate the merger agreement entered into between the Company and the investor group on July 23, 2007.
Tornado alley damage
At least 22 people were killed over the weekend as tornados swept through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Georgia. RBR/TVBR received a report from KBTN-FM...
One Clear Channel trial begins today
Judge Helen Freedman in Manhattan today begins hearing the lawsuit by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners against six big banks. The two...
Kiddie porn guilty plea
Former KGO-AM San Francisco talk host Bernie Ward pleaded guilty last week to one count of distributing child pornography. The San Francisco Chronicle says...
Reassurance on Radio One stock sales
Radio One CEO Alfred Liggins is trying to reassure shareholders that recent stock sales by the company’s two top executives shouldn’t be a reason...
Two more pirates walk the plank
Trevor M. Whitley was not operating on the high seas so far as we know, but he was operating on the higher end of...
Outdoor outperforms for Clear Channel
Clear Channel’s Q1 revenues were up 4% to $1.56 billion, but it was all thanks to CC Outdoor, where revenues surged 12% to $775.6...
Acculturation among Hispanics in a changing landscape:
Today, everyone talks about acculturation, but do we really understand how Hispanics acculturate?
"Music Copyright in the Digital Age"
To address the growing confusion and concern around music copyright, ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, published a position paper to “demystify” the basic rights of music creators.