Moonves upbeat on CBS Radio
CBS Radio revenues were down 10% to 447.1 million bucks in Q4, but only 7% on a same stations basis, owing to divestitures, and...
NAB v. RIAA: Who's best for musicians?
A recent lawsuit is pitting some of very big vintage artists (and their estates) against one of the biggest international record companies, Universal Music...
Westwood One gets cash infusion
The Gores Group LLC, a private equity firm, has committed to investing up to 100 million in Westwood One. The company’s long-depressed stock price...
A lot of pros see a sick business
"Stop Talking the Talk - Start Walking the Walk" continues to draw response, including a rare ray of light from inside the black hole...
New chair at Air America
Stephen L. Green is out, and Charlie Kireker is in at liberal radio network Air America, yet another change at the top of the...
XM/Sirius has 'em chattering
Another analyst thinks it's crazy that the DOJ/FCC have not welcomed the pending merger of XM/Sirius with open arms. Sonia Arrison of E-Commerce Times...
WUSL-FM to receive NAB Crystal Heritage Award
WUSL-FM Philadelphia will be the first station to receive the NAB Crystal Heritage Award, recognizing a radio station's long-term commitment to community service. The...
SBS launches RED 96 “Noticias FM” in PR
Spanish Broadcasting System announced RED 96 “Noticias FM” (News FM). Covering breaking news and providing political analysis, the station will be the first Spanish...
GLR launches “40 Principales”
GLR Networks announced the launch of 40 Principales on 3/1, a two hour Contemporary and Pop music hit countdown weekend show. The show host...
JMA adds new format
Jones MediaAmerica has introduced “Jones Variety Hits” to their 24-hour, satellite-delivered formats that will provide day and daypartable in-program inventory to national advertisers. The...
Fox News scores a first in Internet transmission during Bush visit
Fox News Radio fed the press pool this time down in Africa for President Bush’s visit this week. But in Tanzania, there are no...
Radio is down in the month
The good news is that it will be easy to score a better revenue performance than radio scored during the month of January 2008...
DC drops the HD ball….again
Well, we’ve complained about this before, and we’ll keep doing it: How are folks going to “get into” HD Radio multicasts when they are...
Steve & Vikki return to Atlanta’s B98.5FM
Atlanta’s Steve McCoy and Vikki Locke – will return as morning hosts on B98.5FM’s 5:00 – 10:00 a.m. timeslot. After nearly an eight month...
Dial Global Digital 24/7 gets JACK-FM from ABC
Dial Global announced an exclusive arrangement with Canada-based SparkNet Communications to begin offering the JACK-FM format to stations in the US beginning 3/31. All...