Saturday, September 14, 2024

Industry panel added to CRB Hispanic presentation

Edison Media Research President, Larry Rosin, will present The Hispanic American Relationship to Country Radio and Music, at Belmont University's Massey Performing Arts Center...

Old-fashioned radio deal

Here'a a nostalgic look at how radio stations used to be sold: two at a time, in a matching AM-FM, similarly-called set. WTSA AM...

Tony Ponturo to Keynote Interep’s 9th Annual Power of Urban Radio Symposium

Interep announced Tony Ponturo, VP/Global Media and Sports Marketing, Anheuser-Busch, and President/CEO of Busch Media Group will deliver the keynote at its 9th Power...

Sirius won’t obey FCC compatibility rule unless merger is approved

Sirius and XM grabbed headlines earlier this month by promising to offer lower-priced packages and eventually a la carte channel buying if their proposed...

Back and forth on performance fees

Howard Berman (D-CA) and many other members of Congress feel it's time for a change in the way musicians are compensated when their material...

Battle lines drawn on performance payments

At issue is the symbiotic relationship between broadcasters and artists. It has long been held that radio airplay is key to the financial success...

Sirius won’t obey FCC compatibility rule unless merger is approved

Sirius and XM grabbed headlines earlier this month by promising to offer lower-priced packages and eventually a la carte channel buying if their proposed...

Back and forth on performance fees

Howard Berman (D-CA) and many other members of Congress feel it's time for a change in the way musicians are compensated when their material...

Another brick in GAP’s Lufkin wall

George Laughlin's GAP Broadcasting has struck a deal with Radio Woodville for KVLL-FM in the Lufkin-Nacogdoches TX market. According to broker Todd Fowler of...

PTC seizes a la carte to back XM/Sirius

The proposed merger between satellite services XM and Sirius picked up a fan when it announced its plan to offer a la carte channel...

More on how the XM-Sirius merger may affect terrestrial radio

There's a theory in the market that if the proposed XM-Sirius merger passes, the next thing on Mel Karmazin's target list might be...

NAB goes to war over performance tax

Key Washington radio stations and Capitol Hill news organs are being used by the National Association of Broadcasters to head off attempts by the...

Russ Ragan killed in plane crash

WTVY-FM Dothan, AL agriculture show host Russ Ragan, 44, was killed Thursday when the small plane he was piloting crashed in rural Florida near...

Radio recession declared a thing of the past

A two year slump in radio revenues is said to be over, and a leading radio group was able to record a 14% gain...

Syndication One into outer space

Radio One already programs one Urban music channel on XM Satellite Radio. Now its Syndication One News/Talk Radio Network is putting three of its...