Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Radio Regenbogen launches HD Radio test in Germany

Radio Regenbogen, one of Germany's private radio stations, and network operator Media & Broadcast of T-System have announced that they will begin an HD...

XM now offers radio with color screen

This week, XM announced its first ever radio with a color screen, the XpressRC. The unit, to be manufactured by Delphi, features a split-screen...

IBOC rules published; Nighttime AM HD begins 9/14

The final rules authorizing IBOC/HD Radio have been published in the Federal Register. The big news: AMs will be able to keep their HD...

Quass will energize Triad's Lincoln cluster

David Benjamin's Triad Broadcasting is getting out of Lincoln, but will leave its five station cluster in the hands of Midwest specialist NRG Media...

Sliwa calls Imus a legend

Amid the rumors that Don Imus is likely to replace Curtis Sliwa and Ron Kuby in the morning slot on WABC-AM New York, you...

How are the other PPM markets coming along?

Reacting to calls from the Arbitron Radio Advisory Council and its Chairman, Steve Sinicropi from Clear Channel, for more transparency on the PPM transition,...

Arbitron working to boost PPM samples

Arbitron officials said yesterday that they are working to replace households classified as poor responders in its first two PPM markets and that it...

Laughlin fills a Lufkin GAP

George Laughlin's GAP broadcasting has found a fill-in station to complement one of the markets where it acquired stations from Clear Channel. The station...

Shots fired in Houston and Peoria

Pacifica-owned KPFT-FM Houston may hold the US record for the most violent attacks against a broadcast station. It was the target of two KKK...

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...