The Audemat group purchases Nortek
The Audemat group announced the buyout of Nortek. According to Bruno Rost, Audemat Group CEO, the purchase of Nortek, recognized for analog and digital...
TheRadio.Com signs with Jones MediaAmerica
TheRadio.Com announced that it has reached an agreement whereby Jones MediaAmerica will serve as the exclusive national ad sales rep for The company’s network...
Soccer rights score for GLR
Grupo Latino de Radio (GLR) announced the acquisition of exclusive five-year radio broadcast rights in the US and Canada for top Mexican soccer team...
New CEO has 3-year deal
An SEC filing by Westwood One discloses that new President and CEO Thomas Beusse signed a three-year contract when he joined the company last...
AFA picks up another stick
Donald E. Wildmon's Christian America Family Association has another DIY project headed for its ample broadcast portfolio. A Class A in unrated Waverly OH...
Commissioners said to have five thumbs up for CCU
Although Democratic FCC commissioners seem to have developed zero tolerance for even the slightest amount of additional media consolidation, Wall Street analysts are reporting...
Grilled by the bar
Does radio have a future? Saga Communications CEO Ed Christian assured the Florida Chapter of the Federal Communications Bar Association yesterday in Sarasota that...
ABCRN launches Doug Banks and DeDe McGuire Show
After ending the syndicated "Doug Banks Morning Show," which aired in some 35 markets nationwide on 12/31/07, ABC Radio Networks is bringing back Banks...
Next wave of HD Radio: 2008 North American International Auto Show
Hot off its presence at CES, HD Radio rolls into Detroit and the 2008 North American International Auto Show next week. The show will...
KOOP-FM fire intentionally set
The fire that knocked radio station KOOP-FM 91.7 Austin, TX off the air over the weekend was intentionally set, fire officials said. The blaze...
A note of condolence
The Emmis conference call was cut short yesterday so that headquarters staffers in Indianapolis could head to Cloverdale, IN for the funeral of the...
Emmis meets radio expectations – and that ain’t good
“I think this is probably the bottom,” Emmis Communications CEO Jeff Smulyan told analysts after calling this the worst point in the history of...
Emmis takes a pass on guessing national revenues
While Emmis Communications is working internally to increase billing in its local radio markets, the company isn’t even guessing what is going to happen...
Beasley launches WNCT New Christian Radio in Eastern NC
Beasley Broadcast Group’s WNCT-AM Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville, NC changed its format this week from Talk to Contemporary Christian. The station is now known as “New...
Martin mention gives glimmer of hope to XM/Sirius
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin didn't reveal his hand on the fate of the proposed XM/Sirius merger, which is still in the hands of the...