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...
PPM problems hit Arbitron's stock price
Arbitron missing its Portable People Meter (PPM) sample targets in Philadelphia and Houston has been big news in RBR and other radio publications for...
Shows shift in Providence
Ex-con ex-mayor Buddy Cianci now has a time slot for his new show on Citadel's WPRO-AM Providence (8/17/07 RBR #161). Beginning September 20th, "The...
Bob Struble on iTunes tagging
A hot topic last week was Polk Audio and JBL introducing receivers with an integrated iPod dock and HD Radio. Apple is enabling HD...
Friday is the day for AM HD @ night
AM HD DXers get ready-This Friday, 9/14 at 7PM, AM stations will be allowed to keep their AM HD signals on 24/7. Tom Ray,...
Bright future for adaptive broadcasters
Speaking at a conference in the Netherlands, Consumer Electronics Association honcho Gary Shapiro said, "Broadcasters no longer enjoy a monopoly on content delivery. Ears...
Looking at the Rush to stereotype
A subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is planning to look into stereotyping and degrading images of women later this month. It's...