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"...
Sirius XM gets some more breathing room
Liberty Media has closed the second phase of its investment in Sirius XM and now holds preferred stock convertible into 40% of the satellite...
Citadel’s stock rebounds
How could it not? After plunging to a single penny in Thursday’s last day of trading on the NYSE, Citadel Broadcasting’s stock opened at...
Regent CEO says radio has to bring in new advertisers
The equation is simple, Bill Stakelin says nearly all advertisers are reducing spending in the current economic downturn, so his radio station sales staffs have to go out and find more advertisers
Citadel is the ultimate Penny Stock
Citadel Broadcasting traded for the last time Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange, being booted by the NYSE as of today. And what...
Obama spokesman can now tune in
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, while discussing comments by and about Rush Limbaugh, noted Wednesday that he doesn’t even have a radio. Ever...
Clock starts for stations to accept NAB online rates
The agreement negotiated between NAB and SoundExchange is now published in the Federal Register, putting stations who wish to abide by those terms on...
ABCRN updates programming for Paul Harvey timeslots
Beginning Monday ABC Radio Networks will feed Gil Gross and Doug Limerick via XDS to all current Paul Harvey affiliates at the existing feed...
Limbaugh remains in eye of hurricane
The free publicity tsunami generated by Rush Limbaugh v. Democrats continues unabated, and Limbaugh isn’t doing a thing to slow it down. He’s challenged
Nielsen hails success of sticker diary test
As Nielsen began its radio ratings survey Thursday in 51 US markets, the company announced that its pilot survey conducted in Lexington, KY in December proved that sticker diaries work in the US and
Peter Kosann launches Compass Media Networks
Connoisseur Media COO Peter Kosann has launched Compass Media Networks. The former Westwood One CEO said the new syndication company launches with “Download HD,”...
Talker gets five-year sentence
Newspapers in the Ft. Walton Beach, FL area report that local sports talk show host Charles “Scott” McKinney was sentenced last week to five...