Belts to remain snug at Clear Channel
Much has been made of the internal memo to Clear Channel managers from President & CFO Randall Mays that has been published on the...
DJ loses case against politician
RBR/TVBR isn’t normally on the press release email list for New York City Council Member John Liu, but his staff made a point of...
Ed Tornberg dead at 82
The Washington Post reports that New World Radio co-owner Edwin Tornberg died May 23rd of pulmonary fibrosis at his home in Potomac, MD. He...
ESPN launches 2nd channel for HD stations
Tomorrow marks the first broadcast of the ESPN HD Radio network, which will deliver sports content exclusively for the HD2 channels of radio stations....
NAB urges congressional investigation
And just who does the NAB want investigated? Try the big international recording conglomerates. The trade group’s comments come in the wake of a...
Do today's young media planners even think of radio?
RBR’s exclusive PPM Roundtable discussion covered some interesting territory besides whether or not the Portable People Meter rollout should resume in September.
Van Halen 2007-2008 North American Tour Highest Grossing in Band’s History
Grossing More Than $93 MillionNearly a million fans journeyed from all over the world to witness the landmark Van Halen tour, which kicked-off in...
Smaller markets seen rebounding fastest
If it weren't for the scale, the new chart from BIA Financial Network would look pretty good. After hitting bottom in 2008, radio revenues...
Saga joins ad campaign to demand PPM accreditation
“I have no dog in this fight right now,” says Ed Christian, but he worries that unless PPM is done right now any problems...
LIN in retrans standoff with Charter
LIN TV says it has not been able to come to terms with the cable MSO on compensation for retransmission consent, so it expects Charter to discontinue carriage of LIN stations in seven markets when the current contract expires June 30th.
Houston: Is its methodology better or not?
In our RBR exclusive PPM Roundtable, Cox Radio CEO Bob Neil pressed Arbitron President of Sales and Marketing Pierre Bouvard on what it would...
Noted on the passing of Bo Diddley
Rock icon Bo Diddley recently passed away at age 79. He remained a live performing artist almost until the end of his life, and...
No word on Cumulus RFP
The target date for Cumulus Media to name its chosen vendor for a new radio ratings service in its 100+ ranked markets was June...
Fame is the Game
“Fame Games” is sort of an Internet-based version of “American Idol” (which itself was derived from previous TV talent shows). Now ABC Radio Networks...
Disagreement on PPM accreditation
All four participants in an RBR/TVBR panel on Arbitron’s Portable People Meter (PPM) agree that getting accreditation by the Media Rating Council (MRC) is...