Maryland AG cuts “me too” PPM deal
Arbitron and Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler announced an agreement similar to the previous deals with the AGs of New York and New Jersey...
WBIX owner: Rennie was never an employee
Alexander Langer, President, 1060 Communications, which owns WBIX-AM Boston, issued a statement regarding a Boston Globe article last month that was noted by RBR and...
The Limbaugh mandate
Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) begged forgiveness for remarks critical of Rush Limbaugh recently, but Barack Obama has made no such effort to take back...
Cavell Mertz & Associates announces new features of FCCInfo.com
Cavell Mertz and Associates, Inc. has been providing the widely used online database services of FCCInfo.com for more than 8 years. They have now...
Sirius XM launches Mad Dog Channel
Sirius XM Radio announced that Mad Dog Radio, the new all-sports talk channel headlined by Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, has launched nationwide exclusively on...
SMS messaging used in emergency broadcasting situation
Last week snow and ice storms swept through Kentucky and left many areas in complete devastation. Kentucky Farm Bureau needed to get on the...
Royalty bills include exceptions
Patrick Leahy says that the performance royalty he and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) are pushing will have minimal affect on most radio operators in the US. In fact, over 75% will be capped at a maximum $5K
Warner Music Group posts a profit
That was a surprise to Wall Street. And even if you subtract a one-time gain, the quarterly loss for the only major label based...
Live Nation, Ticketmaster expected to merge
Critics howled about one company having too much control of the music industry when what is now Live Nation was called Clear Channel Entertainment...
Triton Digital partners with McVay New Media
Triton Digital Media, supplier of digital products to the radio industry, announced a partnership with McVay New Media, an interactive consultancy to media companies...
Performance royalties about to hit the Hill
A bipartisan posse of Reps led by Judiciary Chair John Conyers (D-MI) is putting the Performance Rights Act back in play in the House,...
Arbitron puts more “Feet on the Street”
In its latest move to boost survey participation in young ethnic demos, Arbitron is expanding its in-person Portable People Meter (PPM) training. The new program, “Feet on the Street,” is
Corus partners with StreamTheWorld
StreamTheWorld will deliver Corus Entertainment’s 52 radio stations on a Corus iPhone application. Listeners can now enjoy all Corus radio stations anytime, anywhere –...
Morris gets some breathing room
Morris Communications has amended its senior loan agreement, extending credit for the parent company, which owns radio, outdoor and other media properties, even if its newspaper unit, Morris Publishing
Democrats use radio for offensive
A new campaign from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting 28 Republican members of Congress, mostly those considered vulnerable, in an advertising blitz...