The Winner IS: Arbitron’s PPM; Clear Channel on board
You read correctly: Clear Channel is on board with PPM in their top 50 markets. News of the deal was posted on the Wall...
BE, Emmis, participate in HD conditional access traffic pilot
Broadcast Electronics (BE), Emmis Communications and NDS, along with iBiquity Digital, jointly announced the successful conclusion of initial HD Radio conditional-access field testing of...
WJJZ announces coverage increase
Greater Media Philadelphia announced Smooth Jazz 97.5 WJJZ is now broadcasting with the maximum permissible signal for an FM radio station in the Northeast....
Let’s call it "FENA" so the public will know it’s another well-intentioned government under-performer
By Larry Keene, Traffic Directors Guild of America (TDGA) PresidentHere's One Way To Get Broadcaster's Attention- Upset The Status Quo On Political Rates! Admittedly,...
Hinson crosses to Border
Hispanic radio operator Border Media Partners has hired Hispanic Broadcasting Corp./Univision veteran Jeffrey T. Hinson as President/CEO. Meanwhile, Vestar Capital, Goldman Sachs and Darby...
Sillerman strategy hard to value
When Bob Sillerman and Simon Fuller announced their deal to take CKX Inc. private (6/4/07 RBR #108) we asked, what is the FX Luxury...
ABC News Radio details July 4 specials
ABC News Radio will offer three one-hour specials for use over the Fourth of July Holiday. They include: "Fourth of July LIVE, ""ABC's Sunsational...
Debut debuts on RBR stock chart
Brand new radio owner & operator Debut Broadcasting Corporation recently closed on its first station acquisitions and has also received FCC approval for a...
Reps looking to revive LPFM
Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Lee Terry (R-NE) are planning to introduce a bill to add "hundreds of low-power, community radio stations in cities, towns...
Jerry Lee to receive NAB National Radio Award
Jerry Lee, the legendary independent owner of WBEB-FM Philadelphia, will receive the NAB National Radio Award on 9/28, during the Radio Luncheon at The...
Kaufman double up in St. Louis
KXEN-AM is getting a little sister. The St. Louis station is owned by Burt Kaufman's and Dirk Hallemeier's Radio Property Ventures. It now has...
Clear Channel spins out of Ashtabula
Members of the Embrescia family are taking Clear Channel's five station cluster in unrated Ashtabula OH off its hands. The market is located in...
Mr. Gonzales, tear down this merger
The proposed merger of DARS companies XM and Sirius found another obscure source of support, from an organization called WIPP. You've heard of it?...
ESPN Radio’s Greenberg to milk a cow
ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike in the Morning co-host Mike Greenberg will pay up on a bet on 6/21 when the self-proclaimed metrosexual will...
Close encounter in Wheeling
Greg Guy of Patrick Communications has let us in on the fact that WRKP-FM is now officially in the hands of serial station buyer...