Antitrust lawyers assail XM/Sirius
Crowell & Moring was retained by the National Association of Broadcasters to look at the proposed merger of DARS competitors XM and Sirius satellite...
Alan Berg’s murder mastermind dies in prison
White supremacist David Lane, convicted of masterminding the murder of KOA-AM Denver talk host Alan Berg in 1984, has died in a federal prison...
Beasley adds Mancow to Philadelphia
Talk Radio Network-FM's Erich "Mancow" Muller had added another station, WWDB-FM Philadelphia, to his affiliate list. Bruce Gilbert, General Sales Manager of WWDB says,...
TripleX ESPN Radio in DC adds Hokies
Red Zebra Broadcasting, ISP Sports and the Virginia Tech Athletics Department announced Triple X ESPN Radio has joined the Virginia Tech ISP Sports Network....
Former US prosecutor lands on radio
Salem Communications' KRLA-AM "News Talk 870" Los Angeles has launched a new daily talk show featuring former Assistant US Attorney Kevin James. The former...
Close encounter in Tennessee
Broker Ed Henson of Henson Media tells us that the agreement sending WVRY-FM in Waverly TN from Salem Communications' Reach Satellite Network to Grace...
Sandab reels in two on the Cape
Stephen D. Seynmour's Sandab Communications, under licensee name Cape Cod Broadcasting, is doubling the size of its cluster at the Massachusetts tourist destination. It...
Sony and Michael Jackson buy Viacom’s music division
Viacom is getting out of the music publishing business, selling its Famous Music LLC to Sony/ATV Music Publishing, which is co-owned by Sony and...
Highfields comes onboard
Approval of the revised Clear Channel Communications buyout/recapitalization seems virtually assured, with former dissident shareholder Highfields Capital signing a voting agreement to vote its...
KPIG founder Laura Ellen Hopper, dies at 57
Laura Ellen Hopper, the longtime PD and co-founder of KPIG in Monterey-Santa Cruz, CA, died Monday from lung cancer. Hopper was also the midday...
Sony introduces first two HD Radio products
Sony announced a new HD Radio table radio and in-car audio adapter and plans to develop and distribute a range of HD Radio-enabled consumer...
Big AM buys for Davidson
Peter Davidson is using the name Blackstrap Broadcasting to get a couple of major market AMs which were peripherally involved - which is to...
Hispanic group endorses satellite wedding
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has gone public with its support of the merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite...
PPM’s impact on ratings
After looking at the first month of PPM data from Philadelphia, Bear Stearns analyst Victor Miller says radio may have to rethink how it...