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...
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...
Lincoln price revealed
The application for the acquisition of a five station cluster in Lincoln NE by NRG Media has hit the FCC's public record files, revealing...
More Nebraska action
Jay Vavricek and Alan Usher are expanding their Midwest radio group, Legacy Broadcasting. According to Media Services Group broker Jody McCoy, they've stuck a...
Close encounter in Dallas
Amador Bustos has completed the acquisition of KTXV-AM CP Mabank TX, part of the Dallas-Ft. Worth market. According to broker Mark Jorgenson, who represented...
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,...
Bott family picking up two in Sioux
A pair of Iowa FM stations are on their way to a new owner and a new operating status, and though they both have...
Close encounter in Pittsburgh
The transaction sending WLFP-AM Pittsburgh from Inner City Broadcasting to BusinessTalkRadio.net Inc. is a done deal. The deal, brokered by Frank Boyle, went into...
HD RADIO 2007, Polk Audio, JBL receivers
Polk Audio, JBL receivers to combine HD Radio with iPod dock. Polk Audio introducing second tabletop audio solution, the I-Sonic Entertainment System 2 which...
CC Radio to offer iTunes tagging
Clear Channel Radio announced it will offer HD digital radio broadcasts for devices supporting Apple's implementation of a new HD digital radio tagging feature....