Extend, extend again
With no closing date in sight for its private equity buyout, Clear Channel Communications has again extended the closing date for its bond tenders....
Satcasters extend merger deadline
XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio jointly announced that both companies have agreed not to exercise their right to terminate their long-pending merger...
“Big Ron” O’Brien’s memorial service
If you’re in the Philadelphia area, the service will be Friday, May 2nd at Bringhurst Funeral Home, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, 225 Belmont Avenue,...
Delay rejected in CCU trial
A judge in San Antonio wasted no time in rejecting a request by six big banks to delay trial in the case Clear Channel...
LA Times targeting radio
Thanks to Regional Reps VP Gail Lawing for passing along a full page ad she saw yesterday while on a business trip to LA....
Fred Murr dead at 60
Former Regent Communications Sr. VP Fred Murr lost his long battle with cancer of the pancreas this past weekend at a hospital in Paducah,...
SRN’s Bill Bennett named one of 50 most influential political pundits
Bill Bennett, host of Salem Radio Network’s “Bill Bennett’s Morning in America” has been named as one of “The 50 Most Influential Political Pundits...
Real Estate Listings/Sales
Another value-added with your stations’ website is the agents’ virtual video tours of the homes they have listed. By spotlighting the realtor with video, you have one-upped the Sunday edition of any newspaper.
“Big Ron” O’Brien dead at 56
CBS Radio’s WOGL-FM Philadelphia is mourning the sudden death of legendary DJ “Big Ron” O’Brien from a bout with pneumonia. "Big Ron was an...
PPM embraced in Canada, dropped in UK
RAJAR, the consortium that measures radio audiences in the UK, announced that it is ending its Portable People Meter (PPM) test and will focus...
Entercom launches syndicated nighttime show
Entercom Communications announced the debut of “2ndShift,” a syndicated nighttime program that will air on all of the company’s Country stations. The show will...
CO Senator finds Rush out on a Limbaugh
Some wish for a white Christmas, but radio icon Rush Limbaugh has been wishing for riots at the Democratic convention later this August. Freshman...
Indie 103.1 named best station
Entravision Communications’ LA-based Indie Rock simulcast “Indie 103.1” has been named the “Best Radio Station in the United States” by Rolling Stone Magazine. Known...
Clear Channel wins another big round in court
Clear Channel Communications has six big banks on the ropes again. A state court judge in New York on Friday rejected a move by...
Key turns to new name
Key Broadcasting is no more. The Somerset, KY-based radio group has taken the new name of Forcht Broadcasting, which CEO Mike Tarter says better...