Quass will energize Triad's Lincoln cluster
David Benjamin's Triad Broadcasting is getting out of Lincoln, but will leave its five station cluster in the hands of Midwest specialist NRG Media...
Sliwa calls Imus a legend
Amid the rumors that Don Imus is likely to replace Curtis Sliwa and Ron Kuby in the morning slot on WABC-AM New York, you...
How are the other PPM markets coming along?
Reacting to calls from the Arbitron Radio Advisory Council and its Chairman, Steve Sinicropi from Clear Channel, for more transparency on the PPM transition,...
Arbitron working to boost PPM samples
Arbitron officials said yesterday that they are working to replace households classified as poor responders in its first two PPM markets and that it...
Laughlin fills a Lufkin GAP
George Laughlin's GAP broadcasting has found a fill-in station to complement one of the markets where it acquired stations from Clear Channel. The station...
Shots fired in Houston and Peoria
Pacifica-owned KPFT-FM Houston may hold the US record for the most violent attacks against a broadcast station. It was the target of two KKK...
NAB goes local to battle performance tax
The National Association of Broadcasters is urging 13K radio stations to seek out their local congressional representative during the August recess and let them...
Radio gets back a bit of Spitzer's fines
Fordham University's WFUV-FM has gotten a 500K grant from the New York State Music Fund to establish an HD Radio/Internet/mobile streaming channel targeting music...
Imus settles, heading to WABC?; Esiason, Carton to WFAN
The news came out virtually simultaneously yesterday: The Drudge Report said Don Imus has agreed to settle with CBS for 20 million, with a...
Ownership ‘CAP
Perhaps a better way to phrase it would be the ownership of 'CAP, or WCAP-AM, is about to change. Radio veteran Clark Smidt is...
WEEI sports hosts ‘locked out’; given time to ‘reflect
Yesterday's on-air reunion of WEEI-AM Boston Sports Radio co-hosts John Dennis and Gerry Callahan has been derailed by the station, which decided to take...
SoundExchange draws fire from NAB, Nashville attorney
The National Association of Broadcasters is attempting to forge an agreement with royalty disburser SoundExchange to "resolve a rate dispute related to radio stations...
Clear Channel shareholders to vote on September 25th
Shareholders of Clear Channel Communications will vote Tuesday, September 25th on whether to approve the long-pending deal to sell the company to a private...
Clear Channel Radio sell-off back to 20 markets
We've been updating our list now that 11 markets are back in play after one large transaction collapsed. By our count, there are now...
Second O&O, second language
Come this Wednesday (8/15), Disney's ESPN Inc. will debut its second O&O in Dallas with the launch of KNIT-AM as "1480 AM ESPN Deportes...