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”....
Radio host booted from general’s lawsuit
Miami radio host Martha Flores won’t have to respond to a lawsuit filed by a former Cuban general now living in exile in Miami....
KFTI Morning Newsradio debuts
Journal Broadcasting’s AM 1070 KFTI Wichita expanded its morning news programming this week. Local information will be the priority when “AM 1070 Morning Newsradio”...
Two Ohio markets resold
Clear Channel has a new buyer for two of the markets that were previously on the list being sold to Frequency License. The two...
Crystal ball shows lots of station trading
The brokers of Media Services Group have been meeting in Ft. Lauderdale and have issued their station trading outlook for this year. MSG predicts...
Jackson offers conditional PUSH for XM/Sirius
Jesse Jackson, head of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, has told FCC Chairman Kevin Martin that he'd be OK with allowing the proposed XM/Sirius merger to...
Motley analyst comes Fool circle
Last year Wall Street watcher Motley Fool had the XM/Sirius merger pegged as a go. This despite the fact that one of its own...