Warner Family Trust Wins War For a Michigan FM
In August 2019, a Class A FM serving such Michigan towns as St. Helen and Skidway Lake, found itself in a tussle over its future ownership. A family trust filed an objection with the FCC against the station’s transfer from its licensee to a new 50/50 partnership driven by the station’s manager. Nearly 18 months later, the trust has secured ownership of the station.
Michelle Stevens To Manage Miami’s ‘Lite,’ WMXJ
In May 2019, she took a position assisting the programming team for two big Entercom Communications stations in the Big Apple. Now, veteran radio industry figure Michelle Stevens is heading to Miami to serve as Brand Manager for a pair of Entercom stations targeting adult listeners across South Florida.
For iHeartMedia, Moore Is Wanted For Philly Stations
In Philadelphia, the Market President role is going to an individual who has spent the last decade in the station group's top sales role. Who's succeeding him? A well-known veteran of R&B radio whose resume includes stops at WDAS-FM, WBLS in New York and, most recently, at Townsquare Media's Trenton, N.J. station group.
Cumulus Solidifies Its Q4, FY2020 Results Release
The audio media company's shares have enjoyed a slow, steady rebound since sinking to $3.35 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic some 11 months ago. Now, Cumulus Media will reveal its fourth quarter and full-year 2020 results in exactly two weeks.
South Florida’s NPR Home Readies Palm Beach Shift
In an arrangement that dates to the now-defunct Classical South Florida, the NPR Member station in Miami has offered West Palm Beach listeners a unique feed via an FM translator originating from a HD4 signal tied to the local KLOVE affiliate. Soon, that'll change: the station is buying the translator, and the feed will now be housed on an iHeartMedia FM's HD2 signal.
Re-Inventing Talk Radio? Mark Cuban’s ‘Fireside’ Plan
The streaming audio pioneer, "Shark Tank" star, and Dallas Mavericks owner says he will be investing in a brand-new podcast platform, named "Fireside." How he describes the service sounds a lot like a talk radio program with caller interaction. Should News/Talk/Sports radio station owners be concerned?
FCC OK’s A Bay Area ZoneCasting Field Test
A request has been approved by the FCC that paves the way for the experimental construction and operation of a pair of new co-located, on-channel boosters -- placed at two discrete locations for one expressed purpose. That would be to garner additional data using GeoBroadcast Solutions' ZoneCasting FM booster system.
Benztown to Rep Two Programming Software Tools
Radio imaging, voiceover, programming, podcasting and jingle producer Benztown has entered into an agreement with Cipolla Analytics to market and provide sales representation for the company’s two advanced programming intelligence software programs.
SummitMedia Inks A New Nielsen Deal
With much of the company's executive leadership team still mourning the January 27 death of legendary radio programming pro Bill Tanner, SummitMedia has entered into a fresh -- and bigger -- agreement for ratings and audience measurement services from the nation's dominant provider of consumption data.
SBS Launches A Big Senior Secured Notes Offering
The nation's largest Hispanic-owned media company superserving Latino audiences through radio, TV and digital properties has launched a senior secured notes offering. The offering is designed expressly to repay its 12% senior secured notes ... due four years ago.
SBS Also Releases Select Preliminary Q4 Results
They're just preliminary numbers, but they are certainly worth a gander. Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) on Friday offered a sneak peak of its Q4 2020 results. What does the company led by Raúl Alarcón Jr. have to say?
RAB: A Double-Digit Digital Revenue Rise for Radio
With suspended or smaller quarterly dividends and double-digit ad revenue declines still being seen across the radio broadcasting industry's big publicly traded players, one may mistakenly believe that all is not well with the oldest form of social media in the world. The Radio Advertising Bureau has released new data that thwarts such chat.
Fifty Years of Rock, Saluted In Seattle
On February 12, 2020, a Seattle FM will officially kickoff a yearlong celebration of its 50 years serving the Pacific Northwest's biggest metropolis with rock 'n' roll music — and a little talk, too.
The InFOCUS Podcast: John Morris, WideOrbit
Tru Optik has struck a new partnership with WideOrbit, the sell-side processor of premium digital and linear advertising. To learn how this can benefit Radio as it grows its podcasting and streaming audio delivery business, RBR+TVBR spoke exclusively with WideOrbit's John Morris in this fresh InFOCUS Podcast, presented by DOT.FM. LISTEN HERE
Doug Harvill Sets Retirement from Radio
He's had a 46-year career in radio that included roles as CBS Radio/San Francisco SVP/Market Manager from 2005 through late 2017. He was also VP/National PD for the former EZ Communications. In May 2018, he was lured to lead Cumulus Media's Bay Area stations. Now, Doug Harvill is ready to conclude his career in radio broadcasting.