Amphibious Religious companies in station buys
The Eastern seaboard Baker family and the Midwestern Botts family have something in common. They run radio stations, and make frequent use of Religious...
Spanish radio visionary killed
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Susan Ali Shepherd, age 53, was killed Friday night when a car struck her as she crossed a...
Latest name format: Tom
Having just closed on the former Clear Channel cluster in Charlottesville, VA, Monticello Media has flipped the 107.5 mHz signal to new calls, WWTJ,...
Shedding light on GAP
The GAP company that just bought Clear Channel stations in the west is not the same as the GAP company operated by George Laughlin...
PPM: what should the guarantee be?
Arbitron has now instituted its guarantee for Portable People Meter in-tab delivery, promising refunds to stations if it fails to hit the target for...
Stephens family strikes again
Before the virtual ink even had a chance to dry on reports of KXOJ Inc.'s move to the northeast from its Oklahoma base, they...
Radiohead freebie spells more trouble for labels
Alternative act Radiohead has been making headlines with its plan to offer its latest collection of tunes as a download from its website. The...
Radio Caracol 1260 AM Launches "La Mañana"
Radio Caracol announced the launch of "La Mañana," a daily morning drive show which includes local news, culture and humor, hosted by the dynamic...
Emmis sells RadioNow to Radio One
Two days after Emmis announced it was pulling the plug on WNOU-FM (93.1) because to make it News-Talk WIBC-FM, it is selling the station...
Another GAP filled in CCU spin-off derby
George Laughlin's GAP Broadcasting is branching out from its mid-country roots, moving into a western deal with Clear Channel that was abandoned Christopher F....
NAB calls timeout on XM/Sirius
The National Association of Broadcasters has made no secret of its opposition to the proposed merger of XM and Sirius satellite radio outfits. One...
Syndication One adds Rickey Smiley and Yolanda Adams
As we told you Wednesday (10/10/07 RBR #198), Syndication One is not shutting their doors, but adding talent. Syndication One announced it plans to...
Irish radio deal blocked
Regulators in Ireland have given Communicorp the OK to buy only two of the three radio stations it had agreed to buy from Emap...
Tidewater twosome up for auction
A pair of troubled AM stations in the Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News are ready to be sold out of bankruptcy, but a chance is being...
Another analyst likes XM/Sirius
An analyst from Citi Investment Research is guestimating a 60% chance that the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio will...