New IBOC Translator From Larcan
Larcan has a new IBOC FM translator for digital broadcasting, dubbed the Encore Series. It features power levels from 25 to 250 Watts, supports...
KCBS adds FM carrier
San Francisco-KCBS 740-AM (All News) has added another distribution outlet to the growing list of available ways to receive the station’s content. Beginning on...
Dial-Global names format management team
Following the recent merging of Dial Global’s 24-hour music formats with those of the former Jones Radio Networks, Dial Global Programming President Kirk Stirland...
Hall of Famers
Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. has announced its 2009 Hall of Fame inductees. Chuck Collier (currently at WGAR-FM Cleveland) and Gerry House (WSIX-FM Nashville) will...
Beusse still gets paid
By comparison to what we’ve seen in the headlines for departing CEOs at troubled financial institutions, Tom Beusse doesn’t exactly have a golden parachute....
Westwood One reorganizes top management
As first reported by RBR Saturday afternoon, Westwood One announced the reorganization of its executive management team. The changes were
Radio revenues remain a hardhat zone
That’s because so much debris is falling. In point of fact, the radio business posted significantly better September revenues year-over-year than it did in August, but the bottom line loss of -8% does more
Westwood One reorganizes top management
As first reported by RBR Saturday afternoon, Westwood One today announced the reorganization of its executive management team. The changes were initiated by the...
FCC hits stations for phone violations
The wrong number for a pair of Spanish Broadcasting System New York City FMs may well be 16K – put a dollar sign in...
Can Sirius XM survive?
Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Wienkes dares to raise the question of the “viability of the current business model” in his latest missive to clients on Sirius XM. The satellite radio company remains on his
Short and turbulent run for Beusse at WW1
Friday’s exit of Westwood One CEO Tom Beusse was certainly sudden and unexpected. It was just this month that he bought 375,000 shares of the company’s stock for $150,000 as one of three top execs to
Mel 'ZenMaster' changes course
“We have no plans for a reverse split,” Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin declared in August, when the stock was still a bit above a buck. Now the company is asking shareholders to approve a reverse split
RBR First: Major shakeup at WW1: Beusse has left the building
First reported by RBR on late afternoon Saturday, there are some major changes taking place at Westwood One (N:WON). CEO Tom Beusse was escorted
Bulletin: Major shakeup at WW1: Beusse has left the building
Bulletin: 5:30pm 10/18/08 - RBR FirstThere are some major changes taking place at Westwood One (N:WON). On Friday evening, 10/17, CEO Tom Beusse was...
Chicago AM launches Progressive Talk network
Today, Chicago's Progressive Talk radio listeners are getting three new FM stations to choose from. All of the progressive talk radio programs currently heard...