Karmazin still sees growth in 2009
Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin reaffirmed to shareholders his claim that the company will grow revenues and turn EBITDA positive to the tune of $300 million in 2009. And he reduced the expected 2008 EBITDA loss
Granite State goes digital
Laura Knoy high-fives executive producer Keith Shields at the completion of the first live broadcast of “The Exchange” yesterday from New Hampshire Public Radio's...
Dick Clark and Gary Bryan merge shows
United Stations Radio Networks announced today that the Classic Hits/Oldies program, “Dick Clark’s Rock, Roll & Remember,” will merge its production efforts and its...
FCC disrupts Johnstown PA deal
But at least the buyer won’t have to wait Forever. In fact, the buyer IS Forever Broadcasting. It was trying to acquire WCCL-FM Central...
Westwood One, Fox News Radio vying for O’Reilly affiliates
The New York Post reports that former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani may be replacing Bill O'Reilly at Westwood One after he ends his 12-2...
Imagine a day without the RAB
That would be today. In truth, the Radio Advertising Bureau is still in operation today, but the organization sent out its daily update to...
Jerry Doyle opines on the economy on Fox & Friends
Talk Radio Network Enterprises’ host Jerry Doyle recently appeared as a special financial expert on FNC’s Fox & Friends. Doyle discussed his thoughts on...
FLAIM’s Ithaca objection flames out
The FCC is allowing the already-approved Saga acquisition of two AMs and two FMs in the Ithaca NY market, and the subsequent addition of...
Arbitron accelerates cell phone-only inclusion
No more waiting for cell phone-only households to be included in Arbitron diary market sampling. The company says all diary markets (excluding Puerto Rico) will get cell phone-only sampling
Smulyan upbeat on radios in cell phones
Emmis Communications CEO Jeff Smulyan and some other radio industry leaders have been pushing the idea of having a radio receiver included as standard...
Intelius picks DeVito/Verdi as AOR
Intelius, provider of online information services, including people search, background checks, identity theft protection and employment screening, has named DeVito/Verdi as its new national...
Blockbuster: CBS/CCBI swapfest
Seven stations in five markets will be going back and forth between radio giants CBS and Clear Channel. CBS gets two in Houston, while Clear Channel bulks up in Portland, Seattle, Sacramento and Baltimore
CBS and Clear Channel in swap fest
CBS Radio today (Monday) announced it has signed a definitive agreement with Clear Channel Communications to swap five mid-size market radio stations from CBS...
McGavren Guild keeps SBS, WBEB
McGavren Guild, the newly reformed rep firm from the ashes of Interep, has extended its rep agreement with Spanish Broadcasting System and legendary radio station WBEB-FM, “B101,” Philadelphia
Is this CC’s slash day?
For weeks rumors have been swirling that on December 15th Clear Channel Radio would announce massive staff cuts, primarily in programming, with fewer formats...