Thursday, September 19, 2024

Three more Clear Channel markets sold

Frontier Capital Partners, headed by Jason R. Wolff, is the latest buyer to grab a piece of the Clear Channel Radio divestiture process -...

Radio outlook not getting any worse…

...but it's not getting any better either. Lehman Brothers analyst Anthony DiClemente is sticking with his prediction that radio revenues will be down about...

Alabama stations deploying "ALERT FM"

Global Security Systems, LLC (GSS) announced that five radio stations in Alabama are among the first in the state to deploy a local platform...

Hurricanes switch flagships

Capitol Broadcasting Company (CBC) and the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL announced an agreement giving broadcast rights to CBC's station, WCMC-FM "99.9 Genuine Country"...

EMF continues to expand

There seems to be no end to Educational Media Foundation's appetite for radio stations. It has another deal submitted to the FCC, this time...

EMI buyout stuck in neutral

Wednesday's tender deadline for the proposed 4.7 billion bucks buyout of EMI Group by the Terra Firma private equity group found only 3.53% of...

Luntz to deliver the Word in Charlotte

Author and consultant Frank Luntz will keynote the NAB Radio Show in Charlotte. Expounding on his book, "Words that Work: It's Not What You...

XM grabs NHL exclusivity

Even with their merger pending, there is still a bit of competition between XM and Sirius. XM has now pushed Sirius out of the...

Heavy hitter backs XM/Sirius

Economist and former FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth has written a piece called "An Economic Review of the Proposed Merger of XM and Sirius," presented...

FCC puts key XM/Sirius question before the public

The language used by the FCC at the birth of the two big DARS companies, XM and Sirius, would appear to rule out a...

Mark Levin: 130 affiliates in 17 months

ABC Radio Networks announced The Mark Levin Show has affiliated 130 stations in 17 months; making it the "fastest growing nationally syndicated radio shows...

CC Radio’s Online Unit surpasses Live 365

Since its inception just over two years ago, Clear Channel Radio's online network has gone from a weekly streaming cume of 316,000 listeners to...

Fox News Radio offering Independence Day special

FOX News Radio will present an Independence Day Special: Fat America: Food Police, which will dissect the food debate and examine how the government...

Rusty Humphries goes to Afghanistan

Talk Radio Network's Rusty Humphries was invited as the sole journalist to chronicle a secret, "Need to know," inspection of NATO's efforts in Afghanistan...

Reunion weekend for WFAN-AM NYC

It was July 1, 1987 that Suzyn Walman opened her mic at 3:00 pm and welcomed listeners to the launch WFAN-AM New York as...