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...
XM/Sirius pact is a year old
And it's still trapped in the bowels of the FCC and the Department of Justice. Meanwhile, The NAB and its retained research firm Carmel...
CBS Radio Detroit MM re-assigned to Riverside/San Bernardino
CBS Radio confirms its Detroit market manager Kevin Murphy is being re-assigned to the station cluster in Riverside/San Bernardino/Ontario, CA. After spending three years...
Radio prospects on the up and up
Finally, a ray of sunshine from revenue prognosticators, who say things look like they will finally begin picking up for the beleaguered radio industry....
Jess Cain dead at 81
Jess Cain, who retired from WHDH-AM Boston in 1991 after hosting the morning show for 33 years, has died after a long battle with...
Analysts encouraged by CCU radio
Yes, revenues fell again in Q4 at Clear Channel Radio, but didn’t fall as much as Wall Street analysts had expected. With Clear Channel...
ESPN Radio to debut three new shows
ESPN Radio will unveil three new programs when Erik Kuselias returns behind the microphone full-time on Saturday mornings, Jamal Mashburn makes his NBA points...
WFAN names Wayne Hagin to Mets on-air team
Sports Radio 66 WFAN NY, flagship for New York Mets baseball, has named play-by-play vet Wayne Hagin to the 2008 Mets radio broadcast team,...
Less is: a) More; b) simply less
With Q4 radio revenues down from a year earlier at Clear Channel, it is obvious that they were once again down from the final...
NAB sends a valentine to the recording industy
And it let members of Congress in on the tribute to the ongoing "love affair" between the two businesses. The recording industry traditionally provides...
An open letter to RAB President & CEO Jeff Haley from Stuart Sharpe
Jeff,First, congratulations on the Radio Advertising Bureau's presentation of one of the finest, most useful sales conferences in many years. This week's "Bold Signals" was...
An up quarter for Beasley
That’s a pleasant surprise, since analysts were expecting revenues to be down in Q4. Instead, Beasley reported a tiny 0.4% increase to 35 million,...
Arbitron sees 2008 revenues up 8-10%
Despite the tough ad market for radio stations, Arbitron CEO Steve Morris told analysts that the company was able to get rate increases in...