Movin’ 101.1 to change to Sports Talk
The Bonneville St. Louis Radio Group announced that beginning 1/1 it will change the format of WMVN (101.1 FM) from its current upbeat “Movin’”...
Barry Farber launches daily show
Barry Farber, joins CRN Digital Talk Radio’s weekday lineup. His show, covering issues and news of the day and listener call-in’s, will air Monday...
What will the CBS Radio auction bring?
First-round bids on the 50 stations that CBS wants to sell outside the top markets were due yesterday, according to the New York Post. Speculation is that the
Senators worry about PPM rollout
Two US Senate committee chairmen have written to Arbitron CEO Steve Morris expressing concerns about whether the Portable People Meter (PPM) under-reports minority listenership...
Ike vs. PPM: Ike wins
Arbitron has cancelled release of September week four Portable People Meter (PPM) data for the Houston market, due to the impact of Hurricane Ike....
Adelstein: Opportunity lost for HD Radio
Speaking at the NAB Radio Show in Austin, FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein said the Commission missed an opportunity by not including an agreement on...
How real people deal with real PPM's
We finally have some answers to questions that people have been asking about Arbitron’s Portable People Meter measurement system since well before the first PPM markets began operation
RBR analysis: Farewell to Austin
OK, the NAB Radio Show in Austin started off with a real downer. The bankers on the first panel at the Dickstein Shapiro broadcast finance confab were the physical embodiment of gloom and doom
Marconi winners announced in Austin
Winners of the 2008 National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Radio Awards were announced Thursday night at the annual NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner &...
NAB: HD Radio content sees strong momentum
iBiquity Digital announced significant momentum in the expansion of HD Radio content for HD2/HD3 multicast channels, including new audio formats and groundbreaking consumer data...
RadioTime buys RadioSherpa
RadioTime, Inc., a developer of technology for finding and listening to radio online, today announced it has acquired RadioSherpa, which provides a real-time program...
WWI/CBS Radio will air Palin interview
CBS News anchor Katie Couric scored a big “get,” an interview with Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin (R-AK), and the CBS family will make...
Westwood One re-engineers Metro Traffic
Emulating successful broadcast weather operations, Westwood One is going to pull its Metro Traffic service from 60 local operations to 13 regional hubs. That...
Martin open to resolving localism issues
Under questioning at the NAB Radio Show in Austin, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin acknowledged angst among broadcasters who think the Commission’s pending proposal to...
Hail to the chiefs!
“Bring back the local read,” said Pierre Bouvard, President Sales & Marketing, Arbitron, who also proposed that each station turn over a piece of its inventory to its national rep exclusively