Wease countdown begins in Rochester
Now that New York has outlawed non-competes, Clear Channel has begun a 95-day countdown to put Brother Wease back on the air at “95.1...
The road not taken
Gas prices are being blamed for the fact that Americans logged 12.2B miles driven less during the month of June 2008 than during the...
Contrarian investor likes CC Media
Marathon Asset Management has made a filing with the SEC that funds it manages have acquired slightly over 2.8 million shares of CC Media Holdings, the new parent company of Clear Channel
IBOC technical panel at NAB Radio Show
Technical experts will discuss the impact of the 10 dB increased IBOC power proposal recently submitted by radio broadcasters to the FCC at The...
NPR taps Intelsat for increased capacity
Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced NPR signed a multi-transponder, multi-year contract renewal for satellite capacity to support the distribution...
iBiquity Digital upsizes in Detroit
The Oakland Business Review reports iBiquity Digital 's Michigan automotive sales office is growing fast as it projects a surge in demand for HD,...
Four streams rate with Arbitron’s PPM
July PPM data sent out yesterday by Arbitron includes, for the first time, listening to encoded digital streams. The company says 287 Internet and HD streams are being encoded in PPM
“Hold Their Feet to the Fire” set for 9/10
The FAIR Congressional Task Force (FCTF) announced September 10 and 11 as the dates for its annual Hold Their Feet to the Fire in Washington, D.C. Currently, almost 50 radio hosts
Artists/labels: A marriage made in…
…well, it certainly doesn’t appear to be any place good. The Allman Brothers say that UMG Recordings is $10M in arrears of royalty payments...
Sirius offers to fix overpowered radios
To comply with its agreement with the FCC, the Sirius side of Sirius XM has been notifying subscribers that the company will, at no...
WFED Federal News Radio to move in DC
Bonneville International will move its federally-focused radio station, 1050 WFED Federal News Radio, to a full-market signal on 1500 AM and 820 AM in...
Dickey sees lack of radio pricing discipline
Cumulus Media is telling Wall Street to expect more of the same in Q3 – a 3-4% decline in revenues – after reporting that Q2 revenues fell 4.2% to $83.6 million. Station operating income was
Clear Channel Radio down 6%
CC Media Holdings, the new parent company of Clear Channel Communications, reports that Q2 revenues rose 2% to $1.83 billion. That was all due...
Outdoor gain softens CC Radio decline
The first quarterly report by CC Media Holdings, the new parent company of Clear Channel Communications, shows revenues for Q2 up 2% to $1.83 billion. The improvement is entirely due to
Univision outperforms in radio and TV
Excluding soccer tournaments and political, Univision reports that Q2 revenues were up 0.4%, so its core business is performing much better than its peers. In absolute terms