Bernie Ward sentenced to 7+ years
Former KGO-AM San Francisco talk host Bernie Ward has been sentenced to seven years, three months in federal prison. Ward had pleaded guilty in May to one count of distributing child pornography
Radio riding out Hurricane Gustav
Three years ago, broadcasting was about the only thing that kept working properly as Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans and left a path of devastation and death. Yes, some stations
New survey boss for Arbitron
Steven M. Smith is the new Exec. VP, Survey Operations at Arbitron, overseeing accountability for all surveys, including PPM. He’s a former Exec. VP for Information Resources, a global market
Presenters named for Marconis
If you’re up for a Marconi Radio Award at the NAB Radio Show in Austin, one of thes folks could be calling your name....
Reagan goes liberal
No, not Michael Reagan. He’s still a decidedly conservative radio talk host. But Ronald Reagan’s other son, Ron Jr., is joining Air America Radio...
ESPN Radio does lunch
With football resuming, ESPN Radio says its “Monday Night Football Chalk Talk Luncheon Series” will return September 8th with the first of 12 events...
Obama campaign carries Ayers fight to WGN
The campaign of Barack Obama (D-IL) has asked supporters to flood Tribune’s WGN-AM Chicago with phone calls to protest the booking of Stanley Kurtz...
Tallying the debt
Just how much debt did CC Media Holdings end up with when all was said and done with the Clear Channel buyout? The answer is $20.8 billion. According to details in the quarterly report
Clear Channel hopes to “Build the Dream”
In commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the March on Washington and the “I Have a Dream” speech, Clear Channel Radio and the Washington,...
Have lunch with Jeff Haley
The Radio Advertising Bureau President and CEO will discuss the future of radio as the NAB Radio Show Luncheon speaker on Friday, September 19th...
Key Dem pushing for four-day federal week
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) has asked the Office of Personnel Management to undertake a comprehensive study on the feasibility and likely effects...
Honored at the Denver convention
Fellow New Orleans musicians, Allan Touissant (left), The Meter's Leo Nocentelli (center) and Walter "Wolfman" Washington accepted the Heroes of the Storm Award on...
Spanish broadcasters attack PPM again
The Spanish Radio Association (SRA) launched a new attack on Arbitron’s PPM, saying the organization is disappointed with Arbitron’s response to its concerns about Hispanic audience measurement
PPM panelists unmasked
There’s nothing sinister going on, though. Coleman Insights was granted exclusive access by Arbitron to Portable People Meter panelists as they finished their participation in the New York
Host under fire in Phoenix
The police chief of Phoenix, AZ, Jack Harris, called a press conference Monday for the sole purpose of denouncing KFI-AM talk host Bruce Jacobs....