Dial Global Digital 24/7 syndicates KPIG
Dial Global Digital 24/7 Networks and Mapleton Communications announced syndication of the legendary KPIG Radio (KPIG-FM), the award-winning Santa Cruz-Monterey, CA based station. Availability...
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...
ReachMD XM Channel 157 and Sermo partner
Another example of how XM makes money with advertising and cross-promotions: ReachMD XM Satellite Radio (Channel 157) and Cambridge, MA-based Sermo announced a partnership...
Doubling up on the Mississippi
Tom D. Gay has a deal in place for KPXS-FM in Vidalia LA. He'll pay 150K cash for the station to Vision Broadcasting, a...
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...