ABC News Radio capitalizing on Palin “get”
With ABC “World News” anchor Charles Gibson getting the exclusive first network interview of Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin, portions have also been airing...
Moody’s negative on Radio One
Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the debt ratings and probability of default ratings for Radio One. The ratings agency also said the rating outlook for the company
Media Monitors wins MRC double-checks
Media Monitors proudly announced late yesterday that it has been granted accreditation by the Media Rating Council (MRC) for its Radio Spot Service. The...
WWE gets “Raw” south of the border
Mexico’s own brand of professional wrestling has long been a popular staple of Mexican television. Now we’ll see how the US version plays south...
PPM draws repeated fire
Two committees of the New York City Council held a hearing yesterday on a proposed resolution calling for the FCC to investigate whether Arbitron’s PPM undercounts minority listeners. Of course
Song aggregator aims withering attack at SoundExchange
“Corporate radio stations need to show musicians the money” is the title of a piece written by SoundExchange executive director John Simson, published in...
Salem Omaha launches Radio Luz
Salem Communications announced the launch of its 6th Spanish Christian Talk/Teach station with the debut of Radio Luz - Omaha on KOTK (1420AM).Tony Calatayud,...
Salem LA station sued for political leanings
Salem’s KRLA-AM in Los Angeles is typical of many conservative Talk stations – it runs a lineup of conservative Talkers including Laura Ingraham and...
Content Factory acquires Game Time Decisions
The Content Factory announced the acquisition of Game Time Decisions Inc., now to be part of Content Factory under name Game Time Decisions, LLC,...
Arbitron execs gushing over latest PPM data
Pierre Bouvard, Arbitron President of Sales & Marketing, declared that we have “great news for you on the PPM sample" as he began yesterday’s monthly conference call with station clients
GlobeCast acquires NETIA
GlobeCast Chairman and CEO Christian Pinon announced today that GlobeCast has acquired 100 percent of the shares in software company NETIA. NETIA, which has...
KNEW renews as Savage flagship
Michael Savage has renewed with KNEW-AM San Francisco for his #1 afternoon drive time talk show “The Savage Nation.” The show airs weekdays between...
CBS serves up lunch
Since taking the helm at CBS Corporation, Les Moonves has made acquisitions in cable and the Internet and taken the company into the movie...
Mel unveils crossover channels
With interoperable receivers yet to come, Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin today announced plans to let XM subscribers buy some exclusive Sirius channels and...
Mentor, but make it fast
“Speed Mentoring” is on tap for the NAB Radio Show next week. It is kind of like speed dating, only dealing with career advice....