CBS sticking with radio, outdoor
CBS Corporation CEO Les Moonves told a Merrill Lynch investor conference Tuesday that while the company might make some more radio divestitures, he has...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
Consumers group attacks XM/Sirius
The American Consumer Institute says that as the debate on whether or not the pending merger of DARS providers XM and Sirius "meanders in...
PopOut time for Morris
With already a unique mix of assets, Morris Communications is now adding PopOut Maps and travel guides to its travel publications businesses. The privately...