Sunday, September 22, 2024

GAP handles Radioactive material in Montana

Skip Weller's GAP Broadcasting, the second similarly-named group backed by Oak Tree Capital Management, is taking a Randy Michaels FM off the hands of...

PPM helping some, hurting others

Bank of America analyst Jonathan Jacoby says Arbitron's Portable People Meter (PPM) is producing higher ratings for some groups, while hurting others. You may...

Clock ticking for buyouts

A few months ago private equity buyouts were all the rage. Univision had been bought, Clear Channel and Cumulus Media announced private equity buyout...

Broadcast vet tries to checkmate dereg

Further illuminating the fuzzy lines of division when it comes to the issue of media ownership is John Rook, former DJ, program director and...

Localism, 17-year cicadas: What's the difference?

That's what Harry F. Cole and Patrick Murck of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth are wondering. In an FCC filing, they said that localism and...

XM/Sirius gains traction, suffers attack

The Wall Street Journal says that residents of its famous financial boulevard are becoming more and more inclined to believe that the once-doubtful wedding...

Greenwood AM resold

WABG-AM Greenwood MS is headed for Stephen C. Lavere, Bennie J. Welles and William O. Luckett SPB LLC for 12K, according to documents filed...

Close encounter in Indiana

Radio One's sale of WLRX-FM Charleston IN to Bob Ausburg's WAY FM Media Group is a done deal. According to broker Greg Guy of...

New firm targets troubled private equity deals

Over the past few years, private equity firms have invested in acquisitions of quite a few radio stations. Many of those investments have been...

CC Radio's Total Traffic Network

Expands into 10 more markets. CC Radio's Total Traffic Network (CCTTN) announced that it will further expand its delivery of real-time traffic data over...

Hope rises for October outcome

A few days ago, CL King analyst Jim Boyle was predicting that October radio revenues would come in down 5% from a year ago...

ABC News Radio announces Thanksgiving programming

ABC News Radio will offer three one-hour specials for use over the Thanksgiving Holiday. The programs include: "The ABC's of Shopping for Kids: Making...

Morris wants to talk trade-offs

Arbitron has yet to say anything publicly about the letter sent last week by four large radio groups demanding larger sample sizes to get...

DC OpEd backs satcaster wedding

The Washington Times gave some space to a pair of Competitive Enterprise Institute members who made the case for allowing the XM/Sirius merger to...

XM targets inactive receiver owners

XM Satellite Radio announced a three-months-free offer to try to lure back people with inactive XM receivers. There is a catch - you have...