Detroit's Free FM goes all Sports in simulcast
Another "Free FM" bites the dust: CBS Radio's Talk WKRK-FM "Free FM" in Detroit flipped to Sports at 3PM yesterday in a simulcast with...
Banta slowing encircling the Big Apple
Charlie Banta already has a pair of station in the shadow of New York City in the form of Jersey shore combo WADB-AM/WJLK-FM Asbury...
Jerry Lee puts his money where his mouth is
If you heard Jerry Lee speak Friday in Charlotte, you heard him talking about giving guarantees to advertisers to prove the value of radio....
Emmis leaves Interep for Katz
Emmis Communications has ended its long-time rep deal with Interep and its D&R Radio Sales and moved over to Katz Radio Group. KRG will...
Publisher Perspective – NAB 2007 and Radio's Future
"No time to either sing praise or be critical but the time is now to think about the balance of the decade." This observation...
From NAB: "WBT studio waited for bombs to fall"
At NAB last week, RBR had dinner with Mark Washburn, TV/Radio Writer for the Charlotte Observer, at a dinner hosted by NAB's Dennis Wharton....
Dan Patrick taps Premiere for ad sales
Dan Patrick makes his return to sports radio today from AM570 KLAC in Los Angeles for "The Dan Patrick Show," distributed by The Content...
Indie 103.1 holding private concert for "The Sex Pistols" tour
To kick start their "holiday in the sun," the Sex Pistols are playing a special private club show for fans 10/25 at The Roxy...
Multitasking anchor
Cable news network CNN has a four hour special called "Planet in Peril" set for a two-night debut, with two hours each earmarked for...
WWL-AM cleans up at the Marconi Awards
After what New Orleans has been through and the role Entercom's WWL-AM has played in that disaster and rebuilding, three Marconi Awards may not...
Michaels leases two more DIYs
Jonathan L. Smith and his Lincoln Garrard Broadcasting Company have inked an agreement with Randy Michaels and his RadioActive LLC which will send two...
Goodbye to Charlotte
Airport lines were long as broadcasters left Charlotte after enjoying a successful week in a new host city. The biggest concern before the radio...
WCAP caps all radio dealing
Clark Smidt's Merrimack Valley Radio LLC is getting WCAP-AM in Lowell MA from Northeast Radio Inc. for 2.66M, keeping alive a trend in which...
Small market radio is sizzling!
There was no gloom and doom Friday at the "Small market frenzy, boom or bust" panel at the NAB Radio Show. Small market operators...
PPM pushback in NYC
The NY Post reports City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and a group of her colleagues Friday urged a listener-research group to ditch PPM as...