Crawford to Crawford
A pair of Albany NY stations are moving from Donald B. Crawford to Donald B. Crawford. The seller, using licensee name Kimtron Inc., has...
Sweet Home at home in Media One Group
The deal sending WFUN-AM, WYBL-FM, WREO-FM, WFXJ-FM and WZOO-FM in the Ashtabula OH market from Clear Channel to Sweet Home Ashtabula actually incorporates them...
HD RADIO 2007, AM HD Radio DXing
AM HD Radio DXing a whole new dimension and for those who were concerned AM nighttime HD Radio signals would interfere with existing "clear...
Big 100 getting upgraded
We've got an answer why CC Radio's Big 100 (WBIG-FM DC) has been all over the map lately, RF-wise (9/19/07 MBR), Said Jeff Littlejohn,...
Radio continues to hold its audience
According to a nationwide poll from American Media Services, the latest AMS Radio Index found that 63% of American adults listen to the radio...
Watchdog launches another assault on Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart is one of the few companies big enough to have a watchdog entirely devoted to it and nothing else. WakeUpWalMart.com has been sparring...
Election day approaching fast
Clear Channel shareholders vote next Tuesday on whether to sell the company to private equity and go private. With ISS now onboard (9/19/07 RBR...
Close encounter in Ashtabula
The Embrescia embrace is taking place in northeast Ohio, where according to brokerage firm Kalil & Co., the owners of Sweet Home Ashtabula, Chairman...
DC101 goes hair band?
After morning man Elliot Segal signed off yesterday, CC Radio's Alternative WWDC-FM (DC101) began playing 80s hair band/heavy metal, exclusively. Its HD-2 format was...
Jake Einstein dead at 90
Jake Einstein died September 12th at age 90. He was the man behind the DC area's legendary progressive/free-form/alternative commercial station, WHFS-FM, which left a...
PPM heads to Broadway
Today's the day. Arbitron's Portable People Meter (PPM) begins pre-currency radio listening data gathering in the biggest US market, New York, after launching previously...
Wisconsin AG attacks XM/Sirius merger
"Unlike a traditional two-to-one merger, there are none of the usual reasons that could justify this combination," wrote Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen...
Howie Carr in radio limbo
A Massachusetts judge ruled yesterday that Howie Carr can't go to work for Greater Media doing mornings at WTKK-FM Boston - at least, not...
WLEY-FM & SBS deliver Corvette, after lawsuit
Spanish Broadcasting System announced its Chicago O&O WLEY-FM "La Ley" Chicago has delivered a 1999 Corvette previously owned by a popular Mexican regional recording...
Another equality award for Clear Channel
Already this week Clear Channel was given a 100% score by the Human Rights Campaign for its treatment of LGBT employees (9/19/07 RBR #183)....