Wednesday, May 27, 2026

XM/Sirius gains traction, suffers attack

The Wall Street Journal says that residents of its famous financial boulevard are becoming more and more inclined to believe that the once-doubtful wedding...

Greenwood AM resold

WABG-AM Greenwood MS is headed for Stephen C. Lavere, Bennie J. Welles and William O. Luckett SPB LLC for 12K, according to documents filed...

Close encounter in Indiana

Radio One's sale of WLRX-FM Charleston IN to Bob Ausburg's WAY FM Media Group is a done deal. According to broker Greg Guy of...

New firm targets troubled private equity deals

Over the past few years, private equity firms have invested in acquisitions of quite a few radio stations. Many of those investments have been...

CC Radio's Total Traffic Network

Expands into 10 more markets. CC Radio's Total Traffic Network (CCTTN) announced that it will further expand its delivery of real-time traffic data over...

Hope rises for October outcome

A few days ago, CL King analyst Jim Boyle was predicting that October radio revenues would come in down 5% from a year ago...

PPM helping some, hurting others

Bank of America analyst Jonathan Jacoby says Arbitron's Portable People Meter (PPM) is producing higher ratings for some groups, while hurting others. You may...

Clock ticking for buyouts

A few months ago private equity buyouts were all the rage. Univision had been bought, Clear Channel and Cumulus Media announced private equity buyout...

Broadcast vet tries to checkmate dereg

Further illuminating the fuzzy lines of division when it comes to the issue of media ownership is John Rook, former DJ, program director and...

Morris wants to talk trade-offs

Arbitron has yet to say anything publicly about the letter sent last week by four large radio groups demanding larger sample sizes to get...

DC OpEd backs satcaster wedding

The Washington Times gave some space to a pair of Competitive Enterprise Institute members who made the case for allowing the XM/Sirius merger to...

XM targets inactive receiver owners

XM Satellite Radio announced a three-months-free offer to try to lure back people with inactive XM receivers. There is a catch - you have...

Study: POP radio reaches the masses

Westwood One announced a recent study conducted by Edison Media Research validated impressive audience numbers for POP Radio, LP (Point-of-Purchase Radio). 14.2 million people...

ReachMD XM Channel 157 and Sermo partner

Another example of how XM makes money with advertising and cross-promotions: ReachMD XM Satellite Radio (Channel 157) and Cambridge, MA-based Sermo announced a partnership...

Doubling up on the Mississippi

Tom D. Gay has a deal in place for KPXS-FM in Vidalia LA. He'll pay 150K cash for the station to Vision Broadcasting, a...