NAB goes local to battle performance tax
The National Association of Broadcasters is urging 13K radio stations to seek out their local congressional representative during the August recess and let them...
Radio gets back a bit of Spitzer's fines
Fordham University's WFUV-FM has gotten a 500K grant from the New York State Music Fund to establish an HD Radio/Internet/mobile streaming channel targeting music...
Imus settles, heading to WABC?; Esiason, Carton to WFAN
The news came out virtually simultaneously yesterday: The Drudge Report said Don Imus has agreed to settle with CBS for 20 million, with a...
Ownership ‘CAP
Perhaps a better way to phrase it would be the ownership of 'CAP, or WCAP-AM, is about to change. Radio veteran Clark Smidt is...
WEEI sports hosts ‘locked out’; given time to ‘reflect
Yesterday's on-air reunion of WEEI-AM Boston Sports Radio co-hosts John Dennis and Gerry Callahan has been derailed by the station, which decided to take...
SoundExchange draws fire from NAB, Nashville attorney
The National Association of Broadcasters is attempting to forge an agreement with royalty disburser SoundExchange to "resolve a rate dispute related to radio stations...
Clear Channel shareholders to vote on September 25th
Shareholders of Clear Channel Communications will vote Tuesday, September 25th on whether to approve the long-pending deal to sell the company to a private...
Clear Channel Radio sell-off back to 20 markets
We've been updating our list now that 11 markets are back in play after one large transaction collapsed. By our count, there are now...
Second O&O, second language
Come this Wednesday (8/15), Disney's ESPN Inc. will debut its second O&O in Dallas with the launch of KNIT-AM as "1480 AM ESPN Deportes...
Close encounter in Missouri
Broker Larry Patrick of Patrick Communications has successfully shephered 16 Shepherd Group stations into the portfolio of Dean Goodman's GoodRadio.TV LLC. None of the...
Small markets again the place to be
Looking at his own market-by-market research following RAB's report of a 3% decline in June radio revenues, CL King analyst Jim Boyle says it...
Lawsuit against Univision
As Univision's new owners work to sell of its record division, one Latino label has sued it for 10 million bucks. According to the...
Long haul truckers wanted for this move-in
Most people who look at KELE-AM in Mountain Grove MO see a small station in a small town 60 miles east of Springfield. But...
Five named to National Radio Hall of Fame
Three living legends and two giants of the past will be inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame at a Chicago gala on...
Looking ahead at Citadel
Citadel Broadcasting executives are expecting Q3 to fall in line with Q2, with sluggish economic conditions leading to another drop from results achieved in...