2008 Network Radio Upfront examined
2008 Network Radio Upfront negotiating season takes shape as RBR/SmartMedia is providing an in-depth synopsis and discussion on the marketplace. What types and categories...
First Amendment win in Cumberland MD
A radio station which had been barred from broadcasting local high school football by a local school district has been granted access to games...
Middle Georgia doubles in the middle of Georgia
Media Services Group broker Eddie Esserman notes that WJFL-FM in Tennille GA is being sold. The buyer, Stan Carter's Middle Georgia Broadcasting Inc. is...
KOA conspiracy theory shot down
Did Clear Channel's KOA-AM in Denver (still displaying the not-forgotten and not-quite-gone-yet Jacor brand in the licensee) conspire with itself to deny citizens of...
The Mike Tirico Show to debut on ESPN Radio
Sportscaster Mike Tirico, the Monday Night Football commentator who has hosted or served as play-by-play voice for many of ABC and ESPN's marquee events,...
Buyers comment on CC Radio stopset change
Buyers comment on CC Radio stopset change in Houston - Kim Vasey, Senior Partner/Director of Radio, mediaedge:cia, and Matthew Warnecke, Partner, Network and Local...
Q3 looks like more of the same
After RAB's report of July radio revenues declining 1% (9/17/07 RBR #181), Bank of America analyst Jonathan Jacoby is sticking with his estimate that...
Battle over South Carolina FM slot
When Citadel acquired ABC's Radio Division, it had to meet the FCC's new market definitions under the ownership rules, so it placed some of...
Bench orders benched HS broadcaster
Bench orders benched HS broadcaster back in the game, for now. A radio station which had been barred from broadcasting local high school football...
CBS Records returns
Music industry veteran Larry Jenkins, who consulted CBS during the development and launch of the newly formed CBS Records, was named Executive Vice President...
Harris lines up financing
Harris Corporation has teamed with National City Media Finance to establish Harris Finance, which will help Harris Broadcast Communications customers and Channel Partners with...
NBC "takes over" CC Radio stations
To promote Fall sked as the NBC Agency and Clear Channel Radio announced national radio campaigns for NBC's fall programming line up. Beginning 9/17,...
Dissident pressures Emmis directors
Martin Capital Management Senior Partner Frank Martin discloses in an SEC filing that he has gone to the independent directors of Emmis Communications to...
Radio revenues hit another sinkhole
The July pothole was not very deep, but it was still a pothole. Radio revenues were down 1% as expected for the month. Local...
CC Radio Houston Moving from 3 to 2 stopsets per hour
It's all part of upping the numbers with PPM. We're getting information, but couldn't confirm with CCU, that CC Radio Houston sent out an...