NAB claims victory over RIAA
Four more members of the US House of Representatives have signed on as co-sponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act, which opposes requiring AM...
Lincoln delivers three-minute movie on national television
Taking a significant leap from the traditional 30- and 60-second broadcast ad model, luxury automaker Lincoln is delivering a first this week with the...
Clear Channel lays out future strategy
Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners yesterday began pitching investments in CC Media Holdings, the owner-to-be of Clear Channel Communications, to certain selected...
Arbitron says no to accreditation deadline
Arbitron late yesterday issued its response to the six radio groups who sent the company demands for higher targets for Portable People Meter (PPM) sample performance and for a
Imus defends latest racial comment
Don Imus, responding to criticism about racial remarks on his syndicated morning show Monday, said yesterday day on-air he was trying to "make a...
Something fishy at NAB
If you’re visiting NAB headquarters soon and get hungry, CEO David Rehr might be able to offer you some herring. He received it as...
Mike & Mike to sing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” at Wrigley...
Chicago Cubs chairman Crane Kenney was a guest on ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike in the Morning and surprised Mikes Golic and Greenberg by...
Other groups respond to PPM letter
There’s no response yet from Arbitron to the letter from Clear Channel, Cox Radio, Cumulus Media, Inner City, Radio One and Saga calling for...
Shots fired at radio booth
Saturday’s Juneteenth Festival in Minneapolis was marred by shootings that injured three people, including one at a promotional booth for WCCO-AM. None of the...
LPFM fails to block Sacramento move-in
Results Radio of Chico has won FCC permission to move KMJE-FM, a class A on 101.5 MHz, south from Gridley, CA to Woodland, in...
FCC: Really slow, or just cautious?
A debate has been raging in the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal on whether, in the WSJ’s editorial opinion, the FCC has...
Broadcasters want June 2009 deadline for PPM accreditation
Six of Arbitron’s group clients – including the biggest of all, Clear Channel – have told Arbitron what they think the company needs to...
Triton Radio Networks/Dial Global buys Jones Media Group
RBR gave you the heads up not long ago: Schore, Agovino, Landau, Brown and Williams are going places and fast (11/5/07 RBR #216). Triton...
Jones Media Group bought by Triton Radio Networks/Dial Global
RBR gave you the heads up not long ago: Schore, Agovino, Landau, Brown and Williams are going places and fast (11/5/07 RBR #216).
Yes, there are young women on Long Island
Consultant Randy Kabrich took another swipe at Arbitron by sending reporters a data run for the May PPM report in Nassau-Suffolk showing no stations...