Big AM buys for Davidson
Peter Davidson is using the name Blackstrap Broadcasting to get a couple of major market AMs which were peripherally involved - which is to...
Hispanic group endorses satellite wedding
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has gone public with its support of the merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite...
PPM’s impact on ratings
After looking at the first month of PPM data from Philadelphia, Bear Stearns analyst Victor Miller says radio may have to rethink how it...
The Joy of closure
Randy Carlson and his Family Life Radio are the proud new owners of the five station noncommercial Joy Public FM Radio Group. The 2.5M...
Hutton keeps on striking again
Hutton Broadcasting, headed by husband and wife team Edward B. and Georgie S., is proving to be the energizer bunny of Santa Fe. It...
NAB wants to handle the truth
The National Association of Broadcasters is pressing its case to see filings from XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio concerning terrestrial repeaters which...
ABC Radio will be June bride
The nuptials are set for June 12th to unite ABC Radio with Citadel Broadcasting, joining the 22 big market ABC stations and ABC Radio...
Memorial Day – 2007
The Big 89, WLS Rewind - WOW. I was planning to kick back this holiday by roasting my wiennies and toasting my buns, well...
Free FM set free as K-Rock returns
New CBS Radio CEO Dan Mason is making his mark in New York. The company yesterday blew up the "Free FM" talk format on...
Close encounter in Ashburn
The second half of a two-FM buy in Georgia is officially in the books, according to Media Services Group's Eddie Esserman. Educational Media Foundation...
XM/Sirius gets the Kohl shoulder
Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) is head of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights (part of the Judiciary Committee), and hosted...
Satellite radio sales still slumping
Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne says his Q2 estimate that satellite radio retail sales would be down 8% "could be aggressive." April started the...
Is it "game over" with PPM winning?
That's the view from CL King analyst Jim Boyle, now that long-time critic Bob Neil at Cox Radio has signed a contract with Arbitron...
JamTraxx renewed
United Stations Radio Networks (USRN) announced it has signed a multi-year extension of its agreement to sell network commercial time for Chicago-based JamTraxx Media...