Cumulus stocking stuffers go into trust
In preparation for its plans to go private, Cumulus is anticipating the need to spin off properties in certain markets, and has arranged to...
Liberman, KJLH sign for PPM
Arbitron announced that Liberman Broadcasting had signed a five year contract for Portable People Meter (PPM) data. The Spanish language radio and TV specialist...
PPM seen impacting Summer ratings
The analysts at Bear Stearns have been crunching Arbitron data (Adults 25-54) from the Summer ratings period. They found that several major groups posted...
CC Radio's "Lone Star" back to airing traditional spots
Back in April, the CC Radio's KZPS-FM Dallas ventured into largely uncharted territory when it adopted a country-rock music format, all without traditional commercials-"Lone...
Clear Channel spins one in Charleston
That's the Charleston in South Carolina. WLTQ-AM is going to Mark Jorgenson and his wife Faith, who as Indigo Radio LLC will become the...
Radio stumbles into major pothole
Everybody thought September would be another slow month. But not this slow. The analysts over at CL King & Associates called the radio industry's...
Beasley blasts Philly PPM
Beasley Broadcast Group President and COO Bruce Beasley still thinks PPM is the way the radio industry has to go, but he tore into...
Minority equity attacks XM/Sirius
If XM and Sirius are to become one, then the combined entity will need to make arrangements for competition in the form of subleasing...
Talkers go wild over fires
Natural disasters, when they hit, frequently grab a significant share of the news hole, but as the analysts at the Project for Excellence in...
Regent spins out of Cheektowaga
The upstate New York community is home to WECK-AM in the Buffalo Arbitron market. Regent Broadcasting is wrapping up the station and sending it...
Close encounter in Fort Wayne
Russ Oasis' Oasis Radio is now the proud owner of WBTU-FM/WVBB-FM in the Fort Wayne IN market. According to Broker Michael J. Bergner that...
Triton Media Group buys Excelsior in surprise deal
Triton Media Group, expanding its position as a supplier of digital products and services to the media industry, announced the purchase of Excelsior Radio...
Advisory firms back satellite merger
With the vote a week from tomorrow, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has advised its clients to vote for the merger of XM and Sirius...
Music committee moves to Music City
The Radio Music Licensing Committee (RMLC), which represents radio stations in music licensing negotiations with ASCAP and BMI, has relocated its headquarters to Nashville....
Can radio win elections?
Forecasters say more than 2.5 billion bucks will be spent on political advertising in 2008, and caution that their forecasts may end up being...