Tornado alley damage
At least 22 people were killed over the weekend as tornados swept through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Georgia. RBR/TVBR received a report from KBTN-FM...
One Clear Channel trial begins today
Judge Helen Freedman in Manhattan today begins hearing the lawsuit by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners against six big banks. The two...
Kiddie porn guilty plea
Former KGO-AM San Francisco talk host Bernie Ward pleaded guilty last week to one count of distributing child pornography. The San Francisco Chronicle says...
Reassurance on Radio One stock sales
Radio One CEO Alfred Liggins is trying to reassure shareholders that recent stock sales by the company’s two top executives shouldn’t be a reason...
Two more pirates walk the plank
Trevor M. Whitley was not operating on the high seas so far as we know, but he was operating on the higher end of...
Outdoor outperforms for Clear Channel
Clear Channel’s Q1 revenues were up 4% to $1.56 billion, but it was all thanks to CC Outdoor, where revenues surged 12% to $775.6...
Acculturation among Hispanics in a changing landscape:
Today, everyone talks about acculturation, but do we really understand how Hispanics acculturate?
"Music Copyright in the Digital Age"
To address the growing confusion and concern around music copyright, ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, published a position paper to “demystify” the basic rights of music creators.
Decline for Salem
Even Religious specialist Salem Communications saw revenues decline in Q1. Total revenues were off 1.3% to $54.5 million and adjusted EBITDA dropped 11.8% to...
Martini Lounge Radio and USPS unveil Sinatra Stamp
Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the passing of legendary American vocalist Frank Sinatra, the United States Postal Service will issue a new 42 cent...
SBS Q1 down 6%
Looks like the down economy is starting to hit Hispanic Radio as well: Spanish Broadcasting System’s Q1 net revenue was 36.4 million compared to...
Limbaugh calls Operation Chaos a major success
The campaign of Barack Obama (D-IL) thinks it could have scored a double victory this week, taking Indiana along with North Carolina in its...
Clear Channel reports today
Wall Street expects revenues for Q1 to be down 5%. There will be no conference call because of the long-pending buyout – and now...
Music 2.0: Digital Promo Distribution
In today's age of iPods, MySpace Music, cell-phone ringtones, and BitTorrent downloading, the music industry is still, as surprising as it may sound, relying on the mailman to distribute their promotional music to radio stations and other media outlets.
Suleman touts future prospects
Citadel Broadcasting saw Q1 revenues fall 4.8% on a pro forma basis to $202.8 million ($205.8 Million actual), so CEO Farid Suleman was looking to the future in his quarterly conference call.