Regional syndication for WEEI
Entercom Boston says it will syndicate the programming of WEEI Sports Radio across the greater New England region. Entercom has successfully extended the WEEI-AM...
Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to court we go
Talks on final financing terms for the 26.7 billion bucks going private buyout of Clear Channel have officially broken down. The would-be buyers, Thomas...
Hippie Radio gets registration from Trademark & Patent Office
Tony Richards’ format Hippie Radio has received official registration from the U.S. Trademark & Patent office. The format which debuted in late 2007 in...
Take the money and run
Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Wienkes is telling clients to sell their Sirius shares as they surge on the DOJ merger approval. Don’t wait for the FCC, he warns.
Clear Channel buyout on the ropes
The long roller coaster ride for Clear Channel employees is not over yet. But what are they supposed to do while this battle rages behind closed doors?
Cox Radio adds Party 93.1 HD-2 in Miami
Cox Radio announced that Miami dance-station, PARTY 93.1 FM, will be broadcast digitally in HD Radio on the expanded FM dial at 93.1 HD2. ...
Radio New York partners with KEXP; campaign included
NYC Media Group President Arick Wierson announced the launch of new music programming on Radio New York (WNYE 91.5 FM) airing in partnership with...
Arbitron get new digs
Arbitron says it has upgraded its diary processing with a new state-of-the-art facility near its Columbia, MD offices that combines several processes under a...
Jack Armstrong dead at 62
He was one of the biggest names in Top 40 radio and hung his headphones at legendary stations from coast-to-coast, starting in the South,...
DOJ gives blessing to XM-Sirius
What an outrage! The key reason for DOJ granting the merger is because XM and Sirius have flagrantly and defiantly violated their FCC licenses for every day of their existence.
Old King KOLE has a merry old closing
Sima Birach now has the keys to KOLE-AM Port Arthur, TX as Birach Broadcast Corporation closed on its purchase from Ralph McBride’s Citygate Media....
Karmazin may lose by winning
If the DOJ approves the satellite radio merger – still a very big IF – approval to follow from the FCC might carry requirements so heavy it just could collapse…
Dr. Laura returns to Atlanta airwaves
On April 1, Dr. Laura Schlessinger will be heard on 50,000 watt WCFO-AM Atlanta, The Talk of The Town radio station owned and operated...
KFI-AM tower topples, again
The Orange County Register reports KFI-AM’s half-built new tower, under construction, crashed to the ground Tuesday, injuring a construction worker.His injuries were believed to...
Small is still the place to be
CL King analyst Jim Boyle figures the radio industry overall is actually doing better than the dismal monthly revenue numbers from RAB would indicate. His reasoning? Miller Kaplan has fewer small markets reporting today than a few years back – and small markets are outperforming the big ones.