Revenues fall for Cumulus, but pacings up
Cumulus Media reported that Q4 revenues were down 3.8% to 84.4 million, primarily due to a 2.8 million drop in political advertising from the...
Talk is Over, Time to Walk
2007 ended badly for Citadel Broadcasting, with pro forma revenues down 5.1% in Q4 to 245.3 million, so CEO Farid Suleman focused in his...
Latest PPM news fires up Bob Neil
The Cox Radio CEO Bob Neil suggests that the big players in New York need to stand up to Arbitron, perhaps by pulling the...
PPM denied accreditation in New York & Philly
Arbitron confirms that the Media Rating Council denied accreditation of its PPM local ratings service in both New York and Philadelphia in January. What’s...
Format flips in DC—we don’t need two Smooth Jazz HD2’s
Clear Channel’s WASH-FM DC launched a 24 hour Smooth Jazz stream on its HD-2 Channel Friday (it was Love Songs). Meanwhile, Heritage Smooth Jazz...
WBLI-FM host suspended for community-bashing
NY Newsday/AP reports a morning drive personality on WBLI-FM Long Island has been suspended for making a disparaging remark about the community of Mastic....
Time to get angry
“I am mad. I am mad at being abused and everybody with a light attitude looking at us and saying are you going to...
Univision begins divestitures in Albuquerque
On the same day it announced the sale of its music division, Univision began selling off some non-core radio assets. Allen Shaw’s Centennial Broadcasting...
Mondale’s cancer returns
WCCO-AM Minneapolis host Eleanor Mondale told her audience yesterday that doctors have found a new brain tumor, two and a half years after she...
RBR/TVBR analysis: Seems simple enough to us
Sirius Satellite Radio says it is fully funded to continue operating as a standalone company. XM Satellite Radio says it is fully funded to...
Up month for radio at Journal
In fact, radio was the only gainer as Journal Communications reported its January figures. Journal Broadcast Group’s revenues were down 0.8% to 13.9 million....
XM grew subscribers, cut loss in 2007
Like Sirius, XM insists it is fully funded to continue as a stand-alone, but management is still predicting that merger approval is coming soon....
CC Radio syndicates new Ryan Seacrest show
Clear Channel Radio and Ryan Seacrest announced a new three-hour syndicated entertainment news program, “On Air with Ryan Seacrest.” Set to launch this spring...
Hannity pulls out of CRS-39 keynote
In a statement released by his PD, Phil Boyce, Sean Hannity announced his withdrawl from participating as the keynote speaker of CRS-39.The statement reads:...
Two Sports Talkers debut in South Florida Monday
Beginning Monday, South Florida will have two new sports radio stations. WFTL (WMEN-AM) 640 Fox Sports and WFTL (WFLL-AM) 1400 ESPN. WFTL, 640 Fox...