PPM Weeklies delayed
Arbitron PPM Weeklies data for December 2008 Week 2, originally scheduled to release today at 12:00 Noon local time, has been rescheduled to release...
Lakers sign with 710 ESPN
The LA Lakers announced a new, multi-year agreement with 710 ESPN beginning in the 2009-10 season. As the flagship station for the Lakers’ radio...
Toledo mayor takes aim at local AM
Carty Finkbeiner, the mayor of Toledo OH, is not happy with the commentary he’s getting from Clear Channel News/Talker WSPD-AM. He says the station...
Beasley buying stock, suspending dividend
When a Wall Street broker-dealer reneged on a deal to buy 2,156,820 shares of Beasley Broadcast Group Inc. (BBGI), the folks at Beasley decided...
Eastlan adds two Wisconsin markets
There’ll be no shortage of radio audience measurement next year in Green Bay and the adjacent Appleton-Oshkosh market. Both are markets where Nielsen’s new...
KLAX to add Joaquín Garza for mornings
SBS announced KLAX La Raza 97.9 FM in Los Angeles will begin airing “El Chulo de la Mañana” on Monday live from Los Angeles....
Beasley's Classic Rock 106.5 grants Christmas Wish
Beasley’s Classic Rock 106.5 WSFL-FM in Eastern NC announced the station has arranged for listener Andy Martin to receive a new prosthetic leg from...
WPLR's Chaz & AJ's Toy Drive starts today
The 6th Annual 99.1 FM WPLR Chaz & AJ Toy Drive for the Kids of Connecticut launches today New Haven. The station will collect...
GLR Launches Futbol Mexicano Al Día
GLR Networks announced the launch of Futbol Mexicano Al Día, three daily features on Mexican Soccer hosted by sports expert Alejandro Blanco.Futbol Mexicano Al...
PPM commercialized in Montreal
Ten markets in the US and now the first in Canada. Arbitron announced that BBM Canada, which licenses the Portable People Meter service, delivered its first currency data on Wednesday
Insider buying shows confidence
With radio stocks so badly beaten down, nothing makes the point that a company’s stock is undervalued quite so succinctly as insiders laying down their own money to buy the bargain shares. A couple of radio
No rush to sell CBS Radio stations
CBS Corporation CEO Les Moonves told the UBS 36th Annual Global Media and Communications Conference in New York that the company is still considering...
Sirius XM shareholder suit nixed…for now
For the second time, a federal judge has dismissed the racketeering lawsuit that shareholder Michael Hartleib filed against Sirius XM management. But
MMTC wants satellite to make room for terrestrial
The FCC is asking whether the interoperable tuners required of merged satellite operation Sirius XM should include access to earth-bound AM and FM stations....
Tanner takes Oasis’ afternoon drive
Sovereign City Communications announced the addition of Mike Tanner as afternoon show host in the 3:00 pm – 7:00pm ET time slot on the...