A Weeki Wachee Winner Of A New FM Noncomm
A tentative selectee was selected by the Audio Division of the FCC's Media Bureau for a new noncommercial FM station near Brooksville, Fla. Call Communications Group wasn't the selectee, and filed a Petition to Deny. While that petition was granted in part, it did not stop the FCC from sticking with that selectee.
Name change official for Dial Global
The ticker symbol had already been changed to DIAL and now the name Westwood One has disappeared from Wall Street as well. The publicly...
NextMedia, WorldBand to bring Asian programming to HD signals
Now that programming restrictions have been lifted by the HD Digital Radio Alliance, immediate monetization is taking place in the form of brokered programming....
Newsradio 102.9 KARN debuts new local programming
Cumulus and Newsradio 102.9 KARN Little Rock, Arkansas’ news, weather and traffic station, announced a new local programming lineup for mornings and
KLOVE Comes To Capitaland’s Northern Edge
The city of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., is known for its horse racing and performing arts center. Now, it will also be known as the latest U.S. city to get one of two Christian Contemporary Music noncomm formats offered by Educational Media Foundation. That's because a station most recently known as "The Jockey" has joined the EMF stable.
Hokies re-up with 106.7 The Fan
The Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network consists of nearly 40 radio affiliates.
Seattle Gearing Up For Country Radio War
Until yesterday, the nation's 11th-largest radio market was home to a lone "Wolf," if you will. Audacy's KKWF "100.7 The Wolf" commanded all of the attention of country music fans seeking a local radio station in Seattle-Tacoma to tune to. Now, The Wolf has two new competitors.
Clear Channel seeing business improvement
In connection with the sale of $750 million in new bonds by Clear Channel Outdoor, majority owner Clear Channel Communications has filed information with...
Analyzing super-sized Clear Channel bond sale
Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) boosted its bond offering by nearly a billion bucks, so Wells Fargo Securities analyst Marci Ryvicker has had to go...
MA air war kicks off
So far the news in Massachusetts has mostly been about who isn’t running. But one who is, US Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA) has kicked...
TRN signs Dr. Laura
Talk Radio Network Ventures (TRNV Inc.) and Take On The Day (TOTD) are joining forces for the syndication management and affiliate marketing of The...
Longtime Phoenix radio host Bill Heywood, wife found dead
They were found dead from gunshot wounds in a hotel room in Scottsdale 1/4. Police said they were found with a note that indicated...
Some forecasts trailing radio pacings
Radio ad revenue pacings are picking up so rapidly that some forecasters are racing to keep up – while it appears others are just being left behind