Zapoleon Media, Marshall Arts Communications introduce "Jayne-FM"
Zapoleon Media Strategies and Marshall Arts Communications have created a new Hot AC program, "Jayne-FM." Robin Marshall, air personality at New York's CD-101.9 morphs...
Tom Bender named SVP/GM of Greater Media Interactive
Greater Media announced Tom Bender has been named SVP/GM of Greater Media Interactive, responsible for building on the foundation in place with Greater Media's...
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...
Localism, 17-year cicadas: What's the difference?
That's what Harry F. Cole and Patrick Murck of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth are wondering. In an FCC filing, they said that localism and...
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...
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...