Honors for Hyde
Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) Executive Vice President George Hyde has been honored as the 2007 recipient of the William J. Brooks Award by the...
Larry Miller killed in car crash
Cox Radio's WRKA-FM Louisville, KY is mourning the death of afternoon driver Larry Miller. He was killed in a car accident Tuesday at age...
Babies rule in Atlanta
Come Tuesday, July 24th, every major morning drive radio show in Atlanta is joining together for "Breakfast for Babies," a roadblock of the radio...
Price revealed on the transaction Frontier
One of the newest broadcast group owners is kicking off in multimedia mode with four radio markets and a television market. Jason Wolff's Frontier...
Wilkins strikes again
Bob Cordaro is exiting the broadcast business and Bob Wilkins is adding his third station in Pennsylvania and 16th overall. According to brokers Richard...
Churn plagues satellite radio
RBR has always insisted that churn is a major issue for both satellite radio companies, despite their insistence that subscriber turnover is under control....
Is CCU fudging on payola agreement?
In the consent decrees between the FCC and four broadcast companies active in the state of New York - Clear Channel, CBS Radio, Entercom...
Entravision signs for PPM
Spanish multi-media company Entravision has signed up for Portable People Meter (PPM) ratings from Arbitron in its five top 50 radio markets. The first...
Six major broadcasters sign with HipCricket
HipCricket has announced new partnerships with several key broadcast radio groups including: Hubbard Radio, Triad Broadcasting Company, Perry Broadcasting, Inc., Press Communications, Sandusky Radio...
Howie Carr heads to court
A day after his attorney announced that Howie Carr was leaving Entercom's WRKO-AM Boston, where he has a long-running afternoon talk show, to take...
Spokane price revealed, and then some
Adam Nathanson's Mapleton Communications will be paying 22.5M to get Citadel's three-AM, four FM cluster in Spokane WA. The deal also includes a non-competition...
Katz Radio buys Net Radio Sales
Katz Radio Group has acquired Net Radio Sales, a major streaming audio ad sales company, from Aritaur Communications. The acquisition represents Katz Radio Group's...
We really need radio to step up on this one
The American Automobile Association and Seventeen magazine have collaborated on a study which should give the chills to all Americans who either drive or...
Radio outlook worsening
Yesterday we reported on Wachovia analyst Marci Ryvicker's lowered forecast for ad spending in general. So, what does she think about radio? As you've...
Is Google the answer?
Or, at least, an answer? Emmis Radio President Rick Cummings told analysts he had spoken to the Google/dMarc folks just a day earlier -...