Imus to return in January?
That's what the Drudge Report is speculating. News of the comeback first broke in the NY Post (7/3/07 RBR #129).Said the report: "Controversial radio...
Dan Patrick to leave ESPN
Dan Patrick will be leaving ESPN, with his final radio broadcast to be on Friday, Aug. 17. The mutual agreement will allow Patrick to...
Close encounter upstate
A trio of FMs have spun out of the Galzxy orbit and are now officially in the ever-expanding portfolio of Educational Media Foundation. Broker...
Multicultural station to get religion?
Arthur Liu's Multicultural Radio is liquidating one of its big market AM stations according to broker Bill Schutz, sending WNTD-AM Chicago to Catholic specialist...
Soothsayer Rich Russo on the WCBS-FM switchback
Chalk up WCBS-FM NY (see related story) as yet another successful radio prediction up for Rich Russo, JL Media's SVP/Director of Broadcast Services. Here...
The urge to merge, handicapped
M & A Researcher is keeping its eye on progress of the proposed wedding of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. It notes...
WCBS has all eyes back on radio
Just like we told 'ya first: CBS-FM NY is coming back this week (7/5/07 MBR)....and with the format we imagined ("We estimate the format...
Arbitron looks at Jack, Bob, Oldies trends
As word continues to spread about WCBS-FM NY switching back to Oldies this week (you read it here First at RBR (07/06/07 RBR #131)...
Steve Harvey adds Nashville
Debuting today, The Steve Harvey Morning Show will join the lineup at Nashville's 101.1 The Beat, WUBT-FM, in the 5a-9a CST weekday morning slot....
UK broadcasters to launch another digital radio platform
Ofcom, the U.K. communications regulator, Friday awarded a license to a group of companies to operate the U.K.'s third digital radio multiplex, in a...
Close encounter in Roanoke
Another chip is off the Clear Channel block. According to Mark Jorgenson of Jorgenson Broadcast Brokerage, 3 Daughters Media has completed its acquisition of...
Nothing new in Liebowitz paper
Like everyone else in the radio and/or records trade press we saw the BusinessWeek story last week about the report by University of Texas...
Art Bell retiring
Art Bell recently announced his retirement from hosting the weekend version of Coast to Coast AM. "I really want to spend my time with...
Close encounter in Detroit
Davidson Media Group has left Detroit in its wake and Rich Kylburg and his Communicom are in with WDRJ-AM. Broker John Pierce reports the...
KCRW reveals hidden details in SoundExchange offer
KCRW-FM LA's weekly music commentary, On The Beat, revealed that the new SoundExchange offer to webcasters concerning internet music royalties includes quid pro quos...