Radio continues to hold its audience
According to a nationwide poll from American Media Services, the latest AMS Radio Index found that 63% of American adults listen to the radio...
Election day approaching fast
Clear Channel shareholders vote next Tuesday on whether to sell the company to private equity and go private. With ISS now onboard (9/19/07 RBR...
PPM heads to Broadway
Today's the day. Arbitron's Portable People Meter (PPM) begins pre-currency radio listening data gathering in the biggest US market, New York, after launching previously...
Wisconsin AG attacks XM/Sirius merger
"Unlike a traditional two-to-one merger, there are none of the usual reasons that could justify this combination," wrote Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen...
Howie Carr in radio limbo
A Massachusetts judge ruled yesterday that Howie Carr can't go to work for Greater Media doing mornings at WTKK-FM Boston - at least, not...
WLEY-FM & SBS deliver Corvette, after lawsuit
Spanish Broadcasting System announced its Chicago O&O WLEY-FM "La Ley" Chicago has delivered a 1999 Corvette previously owned by a popular Mexican regional recording...
Close encounter in Ashtabula
The Embrescia embrace is taking place in northeast Ohio, where according to brokerage firm Kalil & Co., the owners of Sweet Home Ashtabula, Chairman...
DC101 goes hair band?
After morning man Elliot Segal signed off yesterday, CC Radio's Alternative WWDC-FM (DC101) began playing 80s hair band/heavy metal, exclusively. Its HD-2 format was...
Jake Einstein dead at 90
Jake Einstein died September 12th at age 90. He was the man behind the DC area's legendary progressive/free-form/alternative commercial station, WHFS-FM, which left a...
Another equality award for Clear Channel
Already this week Clear Channel was given a 100% score by the Human Rights Campaign for its treatment of LGBT employees (9/19/07 RBR #183)....
New owner, new rep
Regional Reps Corporation announced that it has signed an exclusive representation agreement with Jim and Tom Embrescia's Media One Group in Ashtabula, OH. Regional...
CBS Radio broadcasts "Live from the web carpet"
CBS Radio will be present at one of the hottest nightclubs in West Hollywood for "The Cadillac of Premieres" in honor of CBS Television's...
Nielsen getting into spot monitoring biz for radio
The Nielsen Company is launching a new spot monitoring system for radio called Nielsen SpotScan. It's an entirely new and separate product designed for...
RADAR 94 pre-release stats detailed
Arbitron has released preliminary findings from RADAR 94. 96% of Adults age 18-49 with a college degree and an annual household income of 50,000...
Benchmarks at Radio One
Urban specialist Radio One closed 104M worth of station transactions, amended its bank credit and hit a new benchmark with its basic cable channel...