New owner, new rep
Regional Reps Corporation announced that it has signed an exclusive representation agreement with Jim and Tom Embrescia's Media One Group in Ashtabula, OH. Regional...
Benchmarks at Radio One
Urban specialist Radio One closed 104M worth of station transactions, amended its bank credit and hit a new benchmark with its basic cable channel...
CBS Radio broadcasts "Live from the web carpet"
CBS Radio will be present at one of the hottest nightclubs in West Hollywood for "The Cadillac of Premieres" in honor of CBS Television's...
Nielsen getting into spot monitoring biz for radio
The Nielsen Company is launching a new spot monitoring system for radio called Nielsen SpotScan. It's an entirely new and separate product designed for...
RADAR 94 pre-release stats detailed
Arbitron has released preliminary findings from RADAR 94. 96% of Adults age 18-49 with a college degree and an annual household income of 50,000...
Radio booze spending down
But inappropriate demo targeting is up, according to watchdog Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY). It claims that in the period between 2001...
Salem expands non-radio empire again
Did you notice that more than 10% of Q2 revenues at Salem Communications came from non-radio operations? Salem is again expanding its Internet portfolio,...
CBS sticking with radio, outdoor
CBS Corporation CEO Les Moonves told a Merrill Lynch investor conference Tuesday that while the company might make some more radio divestitures, he has...
2008 Network Radio Upfront examined
2008 Network Radio Upfront negotiating season takes shape as RBR/SmartMedia is providing an in-depth synopsis and discussion on the marketplace. What types and categories...
First Amendment win in Cumberland MD
A radio station which had been barred from broadcasting local high school football by a local school district has been granted access to games...
Buyers comment on CC Radio stopset change
Buyers comment on CC Radio stopset change in Houston - Kim Vasey, Senior Partner/Director of Radio, mediaedge:cia, and Matthew Warnecke, Partner, Network and Local...
Middle Georgia doubles in the middle of Georgia
Media Services Group broker Eddie Esserman notes that WJFL-FM in Tennille GA is being sold. The buyer, Stan Carter's Middle Georgia Broadcasting Inc. is...
KOA conspiracy theory shot down
Did Clear Channel's KOA-AM in Denver (still displaying the not-forgotten and not-quite-gone-yet Jacor brand in the licensee) conspire with itself to deny citizens of...
The Mike Tirico Show to debut on ESPN Radio
Sportscaster Mike Tirico, the Monday Night Football commentator who has hosted or served as play-by-play voice for many of ABC and ESPN's marquee events,...
Q3 looks like more of the same
After RAB's report of July radio revenues declining 1% (9/17/07 RBR #181), Bank of America analyst Jonathan Jacoby is sticking with his estimate that...