Will the good old days ever return?
Noting Regent CEO Bill Stakelin’s long career in radio in both large and small markets, plus a stint heading the RAB, CL King analyst...
NAB Radio Show to feature three day tech program
A comprehensive technical program will be held during The NAB Radio Show in Charlotte beginning 9/26. The program features the Society of Broadcast Engineers...
Ron Lyons dead at 69
Long-time KCBS-AM San Francisco traffic reporter Ron Lyons died of cancer last Friday in Medford, OR. Although Lyons retired in 2004 and moved to...
Close encounter on the SD-MN border
Jody McCoy of Media Services group tells us the the 2.9M deal sending a quarter of small market Midwest stations from Big Stone Broadcasting/Pheasant...
Tidewater price revealed
We learned last week that the O&O radio range of the Washington Redskins was being extended within the Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News market. Now we...
GreenStone’s Jim LaMarca on the 8/17 shutdown
We reported yesterday on the imminent GreenStone Media shutdown (8/7/07 RBR 153) and asked VP/Operations Jim LaMarca what was behind the problems the company...
NAB says XM/Sirius a la carte less than meets the ear
The a la carte plan being proposed by Sirius and XM has been praised by the Parents Television Council, and FCC Chairman Kevin Martin...
Regent growing auto business at the local level
Regent Communications beat Wall Street expectations for Q2 and CEO Bill Stakelin says the company is on track to book 100 million bucks in...
Opposition voiced to NY radio tower
Proposed construction of a new FM radio tower has some Beekmantown, NY residents upset, according to a Press Republican story there. Independent Tower and...
National Geographic launches music and radio division
National Geographic Ventures (NGV) CEO Tim Kelly announced the creation of National Geographic Music and Radio (NGMR) to reach people and inspire them to...
New encounter for Birach
Would you believe Sima Birach is buying Cole Porter? How about KOLE Port? OK, how about KOLE-AM in Port Arthur TX? That's what's happening...
Close encounter for Birach
Davidson Media Group has completed its spin-off of a pair of AM stations to Birach Broadcasting, according to broker John Pierce. Birach now has...
GreenStone Media may shutter soon
Female-targeted Talk programmer GreenStone Media is preparing to discontinue operations effective 8/17, sans new funding. GreenStone has gone through its initial round of 5...
SoundExchange role in royalty debate questioned
Eliot Van Buskirk has written a commentary available at wired.com which links royalty disbursing organization SoundExchange to the Music First Coalition, which is lobbying...
Royster leaving Radio One
After 11 years as CFO of Radio One, dating back to before its IPO, Scott Royster has announced that he is leaving the company...