More Nebraska action
Jay Vavricek and Alan Usher are expanding their Midwest radio group, Legacy Broadcasting. According to Media Services Group broker Jody McCoy, they've stuck a...
Bott family picking up two in Sioux
A pair of Iowa FM stations are on their way to a new owner and a new operating status, and though they both have...
Close encounter in Pittsburgh
The transaction sending WLFP-AM Pittsburgh from Inner City Broadcasting to BusinessTalkRadio.net Inc. is a done deal. The deal, brokered by Frank Boyle, went into...
HD RADIO 2007, Polk Audio, JBL receivers
Polk Audio, JBL receivers to combine HD Radio with iPod dock. Polk Audio introducing second tabletop audio solution, the I-Sonic Entertainment System 2 which...
CC Radio to offer iTunes tagging
Clear Channel Radio announced it will offer HD digital radio broadcasts for devices supporting Apple's implementation of a new HD digital radio tagging feature....
What's next for Bruce Williams
Bruce Williams confirmed to RBR yesterday that his syndication deal with Lifestyle TalkRadio Network is up in a couple of months and there is...
MMTC pushed NAB Radio Show events
With the kick-off of the 2007 NAB Radio Show fast approaching, David Honig of Minority Media and Telecommunications Council has highlighted a number of...
PPM impacting company-wide ratings stats
The analysts at Bear Stearns have been crunching the Arbitron numbers from the latest book and noticed a trend: "In an analysis of the...
PPM highlighted in WSJ
The scary subhead to yesterday's story in the Wall Street Journal was "Philly Stations Cut Ad Rates." The story actually quotes an ad buyer...
Satellite radio receivers slow movers
Retail sales of satellite radio receivers were down again in July for both Sirius and XM. Bank of America analyst Jonathan Jacoby reports that...
Close encounter in Alice
Claro Communications Ltd., headed by Gerald Benavides, is the proud new owner of KOPY AM & FM in Alice TX, according to Media Services...
David Magnum's Price revealed
David Magnum's three-station buy in Reedsburg WI is going in the books for 1.1M, according to documents filed with the FCC. The deal, handled...
KSEV signs for PPM
Locally owned talk station KSEV-AM, owned by Dan Patrick, is the latest Houston station to sign a multi-year deal for PPM ratings from Arbitron....
Arbitron to guarantee PPM sample sizes
Exact details are yet to be worked out, but Arbitron has told clients it will reduce their bills if it fails to hit targets...
Objections overruled
Citizens objecting to the airing of allegedly indecent material have filed to deny license renewals for stations owned by Clear Channel and Emmis. In...