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...
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...
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....
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...
Satellite radio merger on the ropes?
Bank of America analyst Jonathan Jacoby has told investment clients that his DC contacts believe that XM and Sirius have "lost momentum" in their...
Salem to syndicate National Geographic show
National Geographic Music & Radio (NGMR) announced a new, weekly, 2-hour radio program targeting family audiences and hosted by Boyd Matson. Produced by National...
Hedgecock gets top Flagship
Syndicated Solutions, Inc. (SSI) has entered into a joint venture with Roger Hedgecock and will begin nationally syndicating The Roger Hedgecock Show in November....
Radio picks up political purchases
That's the good news. According to the Radio Advertising Bureau and Nielsen Monitor-Plus, 26.3K political spots have been bought on radio stations in the...
Close encounter in the Midwest
Kalil & Co. have chimed in with another done deal. Rolland Johnson's Three Eagles Communications has added in three markets, getting a total of...
BMI royalties grew 8% for the past year
Broadcast Music Inc. said it will distribute a record 732 million bucks in royalties for its 2006-2007 fiscal year, which concluded at the end...
Bob Sievers dead at 90
For nearly 50 years, Bob Sievers was the host of "The Little Red Barn" morning show on WOWO-AM Ft. Wayne, IN, a 50kw flamethrower...