HD RADIO 2007, BE and Jump2Go
BE and Jump2Go complete iTunes, HD Radio connection. Completing the iPod and HD Radio connection, Jump2Go and Broadcast Electronics announced a new application for...
Schultz heads back to school
The Conclave announced that Kelly Jo Ann Schultz has won its Continuing Education Scholarship for 2007. Schultz, who is both a play-by-play announcer and...
XM/Sirius tout a la carte offerings
Here's a shocker. Merger-hungry satellite services XM and Sirius conducted a poll on a la carte menu offerings and darned if the results weren't...
Boycott urged in interference fight
One side argues that second-adjacent channel FM stations will cause interference; the other argues that's nonsense. No, we're not talking about the US battle...
NPR, WGBH acquire NPB
NPR and WGBH Boston have made an offer to acquire National Public Broadcasting, LLC (NPB), the leading multi-market sponsorship rep for public television and...
GAP buys on the Lake
Lake Charles, Louisiana, that is. George Laughlin's GAP Broadcasting is picking up an intact cluster that includes two AMs, four FMs and even an...
Barbara Walters to launch Sirius talker
Sirius Satellite Radio announced Barbara Walters will host an exclusive, weekly live call-in show on its Sirius Stars channel. Beginning 9/17, Barbara Live will...
Eastlan puts Springfield IL back on the map
Springfield IL was once a fixture in the Arbitron Spring and Fall surveys, but it's been five years since the rating giant has produced...
PPM data comes out today
Arbitron today releases August PPM data for Houston and Philadelphia. Arbitron execs will then hold their second round of monthly conference calls with the...
TMA/Ipsos still alive and well
We haven't heard much from The Media Audit/Ipsos lately about its Smart Cell Phone-based challenger to Arbitron's PPM. "We are very active and not...
Paul Sullivan loses battle with cancer
WBZ-AM Boston announced that overnight talk host Paul Sullivan died Sunday at age 50, following a battle with melanoma. His last show was June...
Cumulus spells out buyout financing
Cumulus Media has filed a preliminary proxy with the SEC for its coming shareholder vote on a proposed going-private transaction, which would have Merrill...
Clearing up Clear Channel dealings
We now have a price for the Clear Channel spin-off of a pair of Washington State stations to Kenneth R. Dennis' Bicoastal Media. KELA-AM/KMNT-FM,...
Internet ads catch radio this year
Media watchdog eMarketer says this is the year that advertising money spent online will eclipse that spent on radio, and it charts a trajectory...
JonesTM, Sound Source Networks strike barter deal
JonesTM, Inc., owned by Jones Media Group, has reached an agreement with Canada's Sound Source Networks, making JonesTM products available in Canada on barter...