Arbitron cussed and discussed
Arbitron officials were facing criticism on two fronts yesterday at the NAB Radio Show. In a session on PPM, WBLS-FM New York General Manager Deon Levingston complained that not a single agency
Group heads slam the FCC
“We need some structural relief,” said Cumulus Media CEO Lew Dickey. But given the current anti-consolidation mode on Capitol Hill, no one was predicting that further deregulation will come anytime soon. With so much talk about digital initiatives
Radio industry to benefit as RBR and Radio Guide Magazine team up
Radio Business Report (RBR) and Radio Guide Magazine today announced an agreement to make the broad range of news and information from both publications available to readers
Rehr warns against negativism
He didn’t quote Spiro Agnew’s criticism of "nattering nabobs of negativism” as Saga CEO Ed Christian had done a few hours earlier, but NAB President and CEO David Rehr warned against
Laughing off digital side channels
The HD Digital Radio Alliance is touting a new programming strategy to utilize the expanded program streams available to digital radio stations. It is...
Radio uniting for Ike relief
The National Association of Broadcasters has radio PSAs ready to go, and is urging a radio roadblock to make sure as many citizens as...
Financial turmoil felt in Austin
Andy Salter of Oaktree Capital excited the Dickstein Shapiro Broadcast Financing session opening the NAB Radio Show in Austin as a rare contrarian out to acquire radio assets in this depressed market
August continues the parade of potholes
CL King analyst Jim Boyle thinks that when the Radio Advertising Bureau releases its revenue results for month of August, it’ll be talking about a decline of -8% or -9%. That actually would come in
Kenton Morris killed in plane crash
The Chicago Tribune reports that former WGN-AM Chicago Assistant Program Director Kenton Morris was killed last Thursday, along with two passengers, when the chartered...
NextMedia, WorldBand to bring Asian programming to HD signals
Now that programming restrictions have been lifted by the HD Digital Radio Alliance, immediate monetization is taking place in the form of brokered programming....
El Cucuy leaves SBS to build his own network
One Way Communications announced that after more than two decades as one of the top-ranked talk show hosts in the country, Renan Almendarez Coello,...
First New York, now New Jersey jumps into PPM investigation
The Attorney General of New Jersey, Anne Milgram, yesterday announced that her office had issued a subpoena to Arbitron, seeking essentially the same information already sought by
Emmis finds bonus money
Emmis Communications says in an SEC filing that it is going to use some of the proceeds from the recent sale of its last...
Westwood One spells out savings
Westwood One says the reengineering of Metro Networks and other restructuring moves will save the company $25-30 million annually. To get there, the company will take a
Arbitron beefing up diary market recruiting
Effective with the Fall 2009 survey, Arbitron says it will add cell phone-only households to its survey sample in 125 diary markets