Greater Media launches NOW 97.5 FM in Philadelphia

Greater Media has officially unveiled NOW 97.5 in Philadelphia, replacing Smooth Jazz.  The new, younger leaning adult contemporary format will feature a variety of...

Broadcasters unite on iTunes tagging; Microsoft updates Zune

Nine of the country’s leading radio broadcasters today announced their commitment to broadcast programming from all of their FM stations that includes

Lawsuits flying over Tama Broadcasting

The current and former management of Tama Broadcasting don’t agree on much. But they do agree on one thing – the company is not in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as was reported by the NYP

Free advice for Mel Karmazin

The Zen Master won his difficult and expensive 17-month battle to get the FCC and DOJ to approve the merger of Sirius and XM. That may have been the easy part. Professors at the Wharton School

Ratings clinic expanded

Arbitron announced that it will expand its annual Urban Sales Clinic geared towards helping sales managers and senior sellers get the most out of...

Ron Reagan joins Air America as permanent host

Air America Media will be adding former first son Ron Reagan to its regular programming schedule.  “The Ron Reagan Show” will air weeknights from...

Spurned religious broadcasters unhappy

Two prospective radio owner/operators are not happy that two open FM dial positions went to secular music services instead of their religious-themed formats. They are even more upset that governmental

WHUR-FM to receive NAB HD Radio Multicast Award

Howard University's WHUR-FM will receive the NAB HD Radio Multicast Award for its HD-2 channel, "WHUR-WORLD." The station will receive the award during the...

Former Buccaneer QB joins ESPN AM 1470 in Tampa Bay

Former NFL Quarterback Jeff Carlson has been added to the ESPN Am 1470 lineup to host the Monday Morning Quarterback Show from 6 to...

Local incumbent withdraws to keep radio gig

Dave Niedfeldt, who handles mornings and agricultural reports for Siebert Broadcasting’s KWBE-AM Beatrice NE has decided he’d rather stay on the radio than on...

What would you pay for some CC Media bonds?

It doesn’t really matter to the parent company of Clear Channel Communications, since it sold the debt to six big banks when the going private deal closed after an out-of-court settlement

FCC may look into PPM

The FCC hasn’t decided to launch an inquiry into Arbitron’s Portable People Meter radio ratings system, but it hasn’t decided not to either

Eastlan enters Vermont

Vox AM/FM recently purchased a cluster in the Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY market from Clear Channel – but it won’t be buying the Arbitron ratings...

Savage book sales surpass Pelosi project

WorldNetDaily reports Michael Savage's new autobiography, self-published and available on the MichaelSavage.com website, has surpassed the sales of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent publication,...

FCC blames car alarm plague on WRBQ tower

The FCC claims WRBQ-FM’s tower may be causing a mysterious plague of car alarms going off or not working at all in downtown Tampa....