Sanyo debuts Internet radio
Now a major consumer electronics manufacturer has jumped into the Internet/Wi-Fi radio arena. Designed with the contemporary look and functionality of a clock radio,...
Last pieces of Interep sold
Former owner Sheila Kirby and current President Susan Novicki are buying the sales consulting company Morrison and Abraham as bankruptcy trustee Kenneth Silverman files...
Katz signs Inner City
You can add ICBC Broadcast Holdings, better known to most as Inner City, to the former Interep client groups who have now signed rep...
Cancer claims Toscano
Clear Channel Tri-State reports the death of Vince Toscano, who was formerly the Operations Manager for Clear Channel Radio Tri-State and Program Director/Air Personality...
Transactions: 12-04-08
$325K WFRM-FM Olean NY (Coudersport PA) from Farm & Home Broadcasting Company (Cary H. Simpson) to Backyard Broadcasting Olean License LLC, a subsidiary of...
Oh, those radio pranksters
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) hung up on President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday – twice – thinking it was really the Elvis Duran and the Morning Show “Phone Tap” segment. She did eventually
Triton Digital rebrands MJI Interactive, Radio Companion
Triton Digital, supplier of digital products and services to the radio industry, announced the re-branding of MJI Interactive and Radio Companion as “Triton Digital.”...
e360Live.com launches ChristmasTV.com
e360Live.com, a network of customizable online music video channels, announces the launch of www.ChristmasTV.com, the world's first fully digital television network dedicated to Christmas...
CBS Radio to power Yahoo! Music’s LAUNCHcast Radio
Yahoo! and CBS Radio have signed for CBS Radio to power Yahoo! Music’s LAUNCHcast Radio. The move is driven by the new higher royalty...
Arbitron touts over-sampling of Hispanics
Under repeated attacks from Spanish broadcasters for how their audiences are counted by the Portable People Meter (PPM) and most recently a charge from the Association of Hispanic Advertising
Johnson outlines Urban experiment plans
BET founder and RLJ Companies honcho Robert Johnson is currently trying to get a proposal through the FCC to gain co-licensee status for 42...
Strand Media Group debuts “Relevant Prep”
Strand Media Group, producer of the long running feature “Something You Should Know,” is introducing Relevant Prep - a new, daily service of “fascinating,...
McGavren Guild emerges as independent rep firm
As we first reported on Monday and Tuesday (12/2/08 RBR #234), McGavren Guild has been reborn as a rep firm from the ashes of the Interep
LFM and Beasley sign with Katz
Katz Media Group is believed to be in the midst of drawing up contracts to rep a number of former Interep clients, after signing...
McGavren Guild rises from the ashes
RBR/TVBR has gotten confirmation from McGavren Guild President Lisa Sirotka-Sonnenklar and Barry Fischer, McGavren Guild RVP and GM for the Spanish Broadcasting System client...