GOP trio pushing for performance fees
Three Republicans in the House have gone to bat for RIAA and the Performance Rights Act, telling fellow members of the GOP that the...
Cumulus, Hubbard, Cobalt join Broadcaster Traffic Consortium
The Broadcaster Traffic Consortium (BTC), a nationwide coalition of radio companies formed to distribute data via HD Radio technology, announced that three additional radio...
Performance Fee not dead yet
A majority of the US House of Representatives has signed on to oppose requiring AM and FM broadcasters to pay performance fees to record companies, but that hasn’t stopped Rep. Howard Berman
Cox Radio’s Bob Neil fires back again
The email he got yesterday from Arbitron CEO Steve Morris may not have been a surprise to Bob Neil – and it certainly hasn’t...
NAB claims victory over RIAA
Four more members of the US House of Representatives have signed on as co-sponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act, which opposes requiring AM...
Lincoln delivers three-minute movie on national television
Taking a significant leap from the traditional 30- and 60-second broadcast ad model, luxury automaker Lincoln is delivering a first this week with the...
Clear Channel lays out future strategy
Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners yesterday began pitching investments in CC Media Holdings, the owner-to-be of Clear Channel Communications, to certain selected...
Arbitron says no to accreditation deadline
Arbitron late yesterday issued its response to the six radio groups who sent the company demands for higher targets for Portable People Meter (PPM) sample performance and for a
Imus defends latest racial comment
Don Imus, responding to criticism about racial remarks on his syndicated morning show Monday, said yesterday day on-air he was trying to "make a...
Something fishy at NAB
If you’re visiting NAB headquarters soon and get hungry, CEO David Rehr might be able to offer you some herring. He received it as...
Mike & Mike to sing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” at Wrigley...
Chicago Cubs chairman Crane Kenney was a guest on ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike in the Morning and surprised Mikes Golic and Greenberg by...
Other groups respond to PPM letter
There’s no response yet from Arbitron to the letter from Clear Channel, Cox Radio, Cumulus Media, Inner City, Radio One and Saga calling for...
Shots fired at radio booth
Saturday’s Juneteenth Festival in Minneapolis was marred by shootings that injured three people, including one at a promotional booth for WCCO-AM. None of the...
LPFM fails to block Sacramento move-in
Results Radio of Chico has won FCC permission to move KMJE-FM, a class A on 101.5 MHz, south from Gridley, CA to Woodland, in...
FCC: Really slow, or just cautious?
A debate has been raging in the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal on whether, in the WSJ’s editorial opinion, the FCC has...