The case for performance fees fairness
We admit it. The MusicFirst Coalition is right: "Radio should be held to the same standards and should play by the same rules as...
Radio One spins all the way out of Louisville
Most of Radio One's Louisville stations went to Dan Savadove in a 76M transaction that also included stations in the Dayton market. One lonely...
Houston adds in the DC exurbs
WPRZ-AM is located in Warrenton VA, just outside the Washington DC Arbitron market, and its about to join two other similarly-situated AM stations in...
Jacobs backs Regent dissidents
Included in the lawsuit that Regent Communications has filed against Riley Investment Management and SMH Capital are copies of faxed letters from Regent co-founder...
Entercom and Nassau in New England partnership
Entercom announced a letter of intent has been signed to have 11 Nassau Broadcasting stations carry the programming content of Entercom's Sports/Talk WEEI-AM Boston...
NABOB set for fall conference
National Association of Black-Owned Broadcasters is set to meet in Washington DC 9/27-28/07 for its 31s Annual Fall Broadcast Management Conference. Hot topics will...
Back behind a mic
He's out of federal prison after serving nearly five years for corruption, but he can't run for Mayor of Providence, RI again until 2012,...
No gunshots in Peoria
The transmission line blow-out Friday for Regent's WZPW-FM Peoria, IL was not the result of someone shooting at it, as reported yesterday by RBR....
Radio Regenbogen launches HD Radio test in Germany
Radio Regenbogen, one of Germany's private radio stations, and network operator Media & Broadcast of T-System have announced that they will begin an HD...
XM now offers radio with color screen
This week, XM announced its first ever radio with a color screen, the XpressRC. The unit, to be manufactured by Delphi, features a split-screen...
IBOC rules published; Nighttime AM HD begins 9/14
The final rules authorizing IBOC/HD Radio have been published in the Federal Register. The big news: AMs will be able to keep their HD...
Quass will energize Triad's Lincoln cluster
David Benjamin's Triad Broadcasting is getting out of Lincoln, but will leave its five station cluster in the hands of Midwest specialist NRG Media...
Sliwa calls Imus a legend
Amid the rumors that Don Imus is likely to replace Curtis Sliwa and Ron Kuby in the morning slot on WABC-AM New York, you...
How are the other PPM markets coming along?
Reacting to calls from the Arbitron Radio Advisory Council and its Chairman, Steve Sinicropi from Clear Channel, for more transparency on the PPM transition,...
Arbitron working to boost PPM samples
Arbitron officials said yesterday that they are working to replace households classified as poor responders in its first two PPM markets and that it...