Friday, September 20, 2024

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...

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...

WCSP-FM DC launches two HD multicasts

C-SPAN Radio's, WCSP-FM Washington, DC has launched two HD Radio multicasts, in addition to its main signal covering Congress and public affairs. The HD-2...

RAB to launch "WADV"

The RAB, in conjunction with Advertising Week in NY, presents WADV Radio, a streaming Radio station serving the advertising community and dedicated to Advertising...

SoundExchange finally responds to NAB: "No"

NAB President and CEO David Rehr yesterday sent a letter to John Simson, executive director of SoundExchange, expressing "extreme disappointment" with a recent letter...

Emmis responds to Mancow

More on Talk Radio Network-FM's Erich "Mancow" Muller's 6 million lawsuit against Emmis and management from his long-time Chicago flagship, WKQX Q101 (9/13/07 RBR...

Arbitron update on software update

Following installation problems for some clients with a software update for Arbitron's PPM analysis tool (9/13/07 RBR #179), Pierre Bouvard, Arbitron's President of Sales...

A Walker replaces a Saylor in Kansas

A one-AM/five FM group of stations in the southeast portion of Kansas is being sold by Southeast Kansas Broadcasting Inc. The buyer is Joe...

Close encounter in Florida

Walter Kotaba has closed on his acquisition of WRXB-AM in St. Petersburg Beach and WTMY-AM Sarasota from Mark Acker and his Metropolitan Radio Group....

Radio has role in SBS' new daily TV news show

As it prepares to take Mega TV national next month on DirecTV (9/6/07 RBR #174), Spanish Broadcasting System announced plans to launch a daily...

Robb Case dies

Veteran broadcaster Robert Casagrande, known to many as Robb Case, died yesterday, three years after being diagnosed with renal cancer. Case and his wife,...

NAB HD Radio Multicast Award winners announced

NAB announced two winners of the NAB HD Radio Multicast Award. KBCO-FM Denver's "The Studio C Channel" and WRIF-FM Detroit's "Riff2" are the first...

P&G's Najoh Tita-Reid added to Interep's Power of Urban

Interep announced Najoh Tita-Reid, Associate Marketing Director of Multicultural Marketing at Procter & Gamble, has been added to the group of leading national advertisers...