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...

WCBS-FM coming back to The Big Apple!

As we mentioned first in yesterday's Media Business Report (7/5/07 MBR): Word on the street is that WCBS-FM NY is heading back to Oldies...

What came first?

By Joe PilottaIn a January 2006 RBR&TVBR, I wrote an article on PPM, "What came first, the meter or the people?" See it here-page...

Close encounter in Arizona

Cochise Broadcasting has closed on its acquisition of KFMM-FM Thatcher AZ and KCUZ-AM Clifton AZ, according to brokerage firm Kalil & Co. According to...