PPM data comes out today
Arbitron today releases August PPM data for Houston and Philadelphia. Arbitron execs will then hold their second round of monthly conference calls with the...
TMA/Ipsos still alive and well
We haven't heard much from The Media Audit/Ipsos lately about its Smart Cell Phone-based challenger to Arbitron's PPM. "We are very active and not...
Paul Sullivan loses battle with cancer
WBZ-AM Boston announced that overnight talk host Paul Sullivan died Sunday at age 50, following a battle with melanoma. His last show was June...
Cumulus spells out buyout financing
Cumulus Media has filed a preliminary proxy with the SEC for its coming shareholder vote on a proposed going-private transaction, which would have Merrill...
Clearing up Clear Channel dealings
We now have a price for the Clear Channel spin-off of a pair of Washington State stations to Kenneth R. Dennis' Bicoastal Media. KELA-AM/KMNT-FM,...
Internet ads catch radio this year
Media watchdog eMarketer says this is the year that advertising money spent online will eclipse that spent on radio, and it charts a trajectory...
JonesTM, Sound Source Networks strike barter deal
JonesTM, Inc., owned by Jones Media Group, has reached an agreement with Canada's Sound Source Networks, making JonesTM products available in Canada on barter...
PPM problems hit Arbitron's stock price
Arbitron missing its Portable People Meter (PPM) sample targets in Philadelphia and Houston has been big news in RBR and other radio publications for...
Bright future for adaptive broadcasters
Speaking at a conference in the Netherlands, Consumer Electronics Association honcho Gary Shapiro said, "Broadcasters no longer enjoy a monopoly on content delivery. Ears...
Looking at the Rush to stereotype
A subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is planning to look into stereotyping and degrading images of women later this month. It's...
Lincoln price revealed
The application for the acquisition of a five station cluster in Lincoln NE by NRG Media has hit the FCC's public record files, revealing...
More Nebraska action
Jay Vavricek and Alan Usher are expanding their Midwest radio group, Legacy Broadcasting. According to Media Services Group broker Jody McCoy, they've stuck a...
Close encounter in Dallas
Amador Bustos has completed the acquisition of KTXV-AM CP Mabank TX, part of the Dallas-Ft. Worth market. According to broker Mark Jorgenson, who represented...
Shows shift in Providence
Ex-con ex-mayor Buddy Cianci now has a time slot for his new show on Citadel's WPRO-AM Providence (8/17/07 RBR #161). Beginning September 20th, "The...
Bob Struble on iTunes tagging
A hot topic last week was Polk Audio and JBL introducing receivers with an integrated iPod dock and HD Radio. Apple is enabling HD...