Beasley blasts Philly PPM
Beasley Broadcast Group President and COO Bruce Beasley still thinks PPM is the way the radio industry has to go, but he tore into...
Minority equity attacks XM/Sirius
If XM and Sirius are to become one, then the combined entity will need to make arrangements for competition in the form of subleasing...
Can radio win elections?
Forecasters say more than 2.5 billion bucks will be spent on political advertising in 2008, and caution that their forecasts may end up being...
Talkers go wild over fires
Natural disasters, when they hit, frequently grab a significant share of the news hole, but as the analysts at the Project for Excellence in...
Regent spins out of Cheektowaga
The upstate New York community is home to WECK-AM in the Buffalo Arbitron market. Regent Broadcasting is wrapping up the station and sending it...
Close encounter in Fort Wayne
Russ Oasis' Oasis Radio is now the proud owner of WBTU-FM/WVBB-FM in the Fort Wayne IN market. According to Broker Michael J. Bergner that...
Triton Media Group buys Excelsior in surprise deal
Triton Media Group, expanding its position as a supplier of digital products and services to the media industry, announced the purchase of Excelsior Radio...
Advisory firms back satellite merger
With the vote a week from tomorrow, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has advised its clients to vote for the merger of XM and Sirius...
Music committee moves to Music City
The Radio Music Licensing Committee (RMLC), which represents radio stations in music licensing negotiations with ASCAP and BMI, has relocated its headquarters to Nashville....
Time has come for PPM
Time magazine has included Arbitron's Portable People Meter as one of "The Best Inventions of 2007." Apple's iPhone was #1 on the list of...
WTOP-HD3 debuts in DC
Bonneville's WTOP-FM DC has added an HD-3 signal to its 103.5 frequency - all traffic, all weather, all the time. HD-2 continues to be...
Close encounter in Frankfort
Forever Broadcasting has closed on a four-station double duopoly cluster (two AMs & two FMs) in the unrated Frankfort KY market. According to brokerage...
Pick your generation
New owner Monticello Media has introduced another new format in Charlottesville, VA, dubbing two of its stations "generations 102.3 & 94.1." The "era-based" programming...
Westwood One finally rebounding
Westwood One CEO Peter Kosann declared the cost cutting over and said the company is again focused on investing in growth. WW1 reported that...
Moonves: Look for radio to grow in 2008
Q3 revenues for CBS Radio were down 7% on a same station basis, "which is not acceptable to us," CBS Corporation CEO Les Moonves...