Another piece of Interep sold
After dealing with Interep’s radio rep business early last week, bankruptcy trustee Kenneth Silverman closed out the week by filing a deal Friday to...
Interep founder looks back on its legacy
The idea of consolidating the radio rep business by having multiple national reps operating under a single corporate umbrella dates back to 1980, when Ralph Guild created Interep. Of course, his career as a radio rep went back much further, to when he
Hispanic agencies complain about PPM
“The PPM sample is wrong” maintains the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (AHAA) in a letter sent to Arbitron which also charges that the...
Michael Savage reups with Talk Radio Network
Michael Savage, the third largest syndicated host in the nation according to TALKERS Magazine, and Talk Radio Network have announced a multi-year extension of...
Clear Channel goes Dutch for bond buyback
Clear Channel Communications and one of its subsidiaries announced modified Dutch auction tender offers for various issues of senior notes. In all, Clear Channel is offering to buy back
CBS and Entercom sign with Katz after bid approved
No preferable bid was forthcoming and US Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain approved the offer by Clear Channel-owned Katz Media Group to have Interep’s
This may be one for the history books
After looking at the October numbers, CL King analyst Jim Boyle noted that you have to go back to 1954 to find a year...
Today may mark the final chapter for Interep
There have been no filings with the US Bankruptcy Court in New York to indicate that any other proposal has been made, so it appears likely that the Katz bid to have Interep’s radio rep contracts released
The silver lining in bleak October
Radio revenues during the opening month of Q4 were pretty much in line with overall Q3 results – that makes them ugly. Overall Q3...
Charlie Cook to host “On the Road”
United Stations Radio Networks announced today that Country Radio Legend Charlie Cook will take over host duties on the network’s long-running live music show,...
Bayliss takes a break
Due to the recent difficult financial climate, The John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation, announced that its fund-raising Bayliss Radio Roast will not be held in...
Bubba the Love Sponge adds four
Bubba the Love Sponge’s morning program, currently heard on Cox Radio stations WHPT-FM/Tampa (102.5 The Bone) and WFYV-FM/Jacksonville (Rock 105), will soon be heard...
A past Arbitron competitor’s take on the new competitor
Tom Birch knows what it’s like to compete with Arbitron. He founded Birch Radio and ran the radio ratings company until 1990, two years...
Radio’s Q3 local down 10%; Nat. down 12%
In the midst of this challenging economic climate, the financial picture for Radio had some bright spots, reports the RAB in a Q3 and YTD radio ad spend analysis. Most notably, Radio operators’ strategic efforts
Prediction: Two years left for satellite radio
This is not coming from a competitor in AM/FM radio. In fact, it’s from a fan whose family has two Sirus or XM subscriptions....