WW1 stock up on CBS deal
Westwood One shares rose yesterday, but not dramatically (only single digits), after sealing a long-awaited deal to separate its management from CBS Radio but...
Liquid Compass announces new online RIAA reporting tool
Liquid Compass, a content delivery network that provides streaming and digital media services to the radio industry, has developed RIAA Reporter-a royalty reporting tool...
CRS looks at the Hispanic Country audience
The Country Radio Broadcasters will include a panel on the growing importance of the Hispanic audience for Country radio at the 2008 Country Radio...
Clear Channel fills a GAP toward closure
A major deal sending stations in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana from Clear Channel to George Laughlin's GAP Broadcasting has officially gone on the books....
XM holds upfront soiree with national buyers
Last night in NYC, XM Satellite Radio held an upfront presentation to the ad community, especially national radio buyers. The event featured Country artist...
Major groups implementing iTunes tagging
CBS Radio, Clear Channel, Cumulus, Cox, Entercom and Greater Media announced they're in the process of installing iTunes Tagging technology. As a result, consumers...
MMTC, NAB push SDB broadcast ownership
Here's another acronym to remember: SDB. In response to a formal FCC inquiry, the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council has offered numerous ways to...
Westwood One set free in new deal with CBS
At long last, Westwood One announced yesterday evening that it has entered into new agreements with CBS Radio running through March 2017. Westwood One's...
Citadel pulls the plug on nighttime HD
Why? Their HD signals are interfering with their own analog signals cross-country on WABC NYC and WJR Detroit-and they're getting listener complaints-more in some...
Arbitron willing to work with NYC
Arbitron isn't shutting down the Portable People Meter panel it just fired up in pre-currency mode in the New York market, as demanded by...
Detroit's Free FM goes all Sports in simulcast
Another "Free FM" bites the dust: CBS Radio's Talk WKRK-FM "Free FM" in Detroit flipped to Sports at 3PM yesterday in a simulcast with...
Banta slowing encircling the Big Apple
Charlie Banta already has a pair of station in the shadow of New York City in the form of Jersey shore combo WADB-AM/WJLK-FM Asbury...
Jerry Lee puts his money where his mouth is
If you heard Jerry Lee speak Friday in Charlotte, you heard him talking about giving guarantees to advertisers to prove the value of radio....
Emmis leaves Interep for Katz
Emmis Communications has ended its long-time rep deal with Interep and its D&R Radio Sales and moved over to Katz Radio Group. KRG will...
Publisher Perspective – NAB 2007 and Radio's Future
"No time to either sing praise or be critical but the time is now to think about the balance of the decade." This observation...