Kidnapped reporter back on the air
Alan Johnston, the BBC reporter who was kidnapped in Gaza last year, is the new presenter of “From Our Own Correspondent” for BBC World...
Fred Jacobs assesses Jim Boyle's P1 advice to radio
Jacobs Media President Fred Jacobs was intrigued by the comments for CL King analyst Jim Boyle published a few days ago in RBR (1/18/08...
Backtracking
The Circuit Court of Talledega County, Alabama, had to get involved in this one. It awarded WFEB-AM Sylacauga AL to W.O. Powers and his...
New venture takes anti-payola paperwork online
Eliot Spitzer’s phony crusade against so-called “payola” not only helped get him elected Governor of New York, but also created a business opportunity. Barry...
National pacings dismal for Q1
RBR has obtained data generated by one of the national rep firms showing just how soft national spot pacings for radio are in Q1....
Maria Marin launches in NY; adds another Hispanic affiliate
ABC Radio Networks En Espanol announced that Tu Vida Es Mi Vida (My Life is Your Life), hosted by motivational speaker and writer Maria...
WFAN’s Craig Carton Brooklyn Bridge walk
On Friday Craig Carton, co-host of WFAN’s morning show, carried out his end of a bargain made with radio partner, Boomer Esiason. Carton, who...
Analysts still on the XM/Sirius case
Last week at Motley Fool, an analyst called XM and Sirius stock a bad investment, whether or not the proposed merger ever gets to...
December silver lining: Easy 2008 comps
What else can you say about a quarter in which business continued to be recorded in red ink? The combination of a -4% performance...
Challenges ahead for radio
Corporate bonds don’t behave quite the same as stocks and don’t get nearly as much day-to-day attention from most investors. We do, though, find...
CBS Radio News details Super Tuesday coverage
With so much at stake in the Super Tuesday primaries this year CBS Radio News, for the first time, will offer its affiliates continuous...
Make it eight in a row
Radio’s string of down months is expected to go to eight when the RAB reports revenue stats for December and CL King analyst Jim...
Will the Cumulus buyout get done?
We’ve heard much discussion of that question and Bear Stearns analyst Victor Miller notes that the current stock price indicates “strong doubts” on Wall...
Wendy Williams signs with Westwood One
The Wendy Williams Experience, hosted by the “Queen of Urban Radio”, Wendy Williams will make its Westwood One debut 2/4 announced Thomas Beusse, Westwood’s...
SBS launches “El Circo”
Spanish Broadcasting System announced that El Gangster and Funky Joe have agreed to “revolutionize” radio programming with a new multimedia experience; “El Circo”....