NAB urges congressional investigation
And just who does the NAB want investigated? Try the big international recording conglomerates. The trade group’s comments come in the wake of a...
Do today's young media planners even think of radio?
RBR’s exclusive PPM Roundtable discussion covered some interesting territory besides whether or not the Portable People Meter rollout should resume in September.
Van Halen 2007-2008 North American Tour Highest Grossing in Band’s History
Grossing More Than $93 MillionNearly a million fans journeyed from all over the world to witness the landmark Van Halen tour, which kicked-off in...
Smaller markets seen rebounding fastest
If it weren't for the scale, the new chart from BIA Financial Network would look pretty good. After hitting bottom in 2008, radio revenues...
Saga joins ad campaign to demand PPM accreditation
“I have no dog in this fight right now,” says Ed Christian, but he worries that unless PPM is done right now any problems...
LIN in retrans standoff with Charter
LIN TV says it has not been able to come to terms with the cable MSO on compensation for retransmission consent, so it expects Charter to discontinue carriage of LIN stations in seven markets when the current contract expires June 30th.
Houston: Is its methodology better or not?
In our RBR exclusive PPM Roundtable, Cox Radio CEO Bob Neil pressed Arbitron President of Sales and Marketing Pierre Bouvard on what it would...
Noted on the passing of Bo Diddley
Rock icon Bo Diddley recently passed away at age 79. He remained a live performing artist almost until the end of his life, and...
No word on Cumulus RFP
The target date for Cumulus Media to name its chosen vendor for a new radio ratings service in its 100+ ranked markets was June...
Fame is the Game
“Fame Games” is sort of an Internet-based version of “American Idol” (which itself was derived from previous TV talent shows). Now ABC Radio Networks...
Disagreement on PPM accreditation
All four participants in an RBR/TVBR panel on Arbitron’s Portable People Meter (PPM) agree that getting accreditation by the Media Rating Council (MRC) is...
Using your website to get, keep and grow your audience!
When looking at a typical radio website, you might reasonably get the impression that a lot of programmers and managers think their station’s site is mostly an opportunity to bombard users with “added value” ads or to build a database.
FCC greenlights 50,000 watts for KRKO
Perseverance finally pays off for the Skotdal family, local operators of Everett-based KRKO-AM 1380, one of eight locally operated radio stations left in the...
Sirius launches “Doctor Radio” channel
Sirius Satellite Radio and New York University announced the launch of Doctor Radio powered by NYU Langone Medical Center, a national radio channel of world-class...
HD Radio multicast award nominations being accepted
The National Association of Broadcasters announced the nomination process for the NAB HD Radio Multicast Award is now open. The deadline for submitting entries...