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The Board of Directors of Media Ratings Council, Inc., the independent watchdog devoted to insuring the accuracy of audience measurement services, has agreed to create a subcommittee focused on the organization’s efforts to assess and promote the quality of data sources. 

The notes will bear interest semi-annually at a rate equal to 6.875% per annum and were offered at par value. They are senior secured obligations of Townsquare Media and will be guaranteed on a senior secured basis by the company's direct and wholly owned subsidiaries.

A graduate of the University of Georgia and Vanderbilt University School of Law, he’s served as an artist manager and has been a professional drummer with The Chris McCarty Band.  Since August 2008, he's been in the Atlanta office of legal giant Greenberg Traurig LLP. Now, he's leaving, as the music and entertainment industries has come calling ... sort of.

Two high-profile executive exits in its communications department left a big hole at Entercom Communications. Now, it has filled it with Esther-Mireya Tejeda's successor. Here's more on the new SVP/Head of Corporate Communication and PR at the audio media company that owns Radio.com and podcasting platforms Pineapple Street and Cadence13.

In June, Vic Michael‘s Mountain Community Translators executed a lease-to-sale conversion for an FM translator that has been rebroadcasting a “relevant” AM’s Christian-themed programming. Now, Michael is selling a second FM translator using the Shaw Butte antenna farm north of downtown Phoenix, and it's going to a local Hispanic operation.

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The November 2020 Nielsen Audio ratings for Colorado Springs have just been released, and guess what — the top 5 stations, 12+, are all owned by Cumulus Media. VP/Market Manager Scott Jones discusses the "Magic" behind the success and more in this fresh RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast! LISTEN HERE

The Independent Broadcasters Association (IBA) released its first Financial Benchmark Analysis, with data from radio stations across the U.S. IBA called on the services of media and sports specialty accounting and advisory firm dk east associates to produce the members only report, and RBR+TVBR has an exclusive look at some of the topline results.

The Nielsen Audio rankings for two top markets -- one in Virginia and the other in the Lone Star state -- will continue to display the stations for an entity operating under two different names in each of these locales.

Radio imaging, voiceover, programming, podcasting and jingles producer Benztown says it has become the first imaging library company to bring the benefits of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to audio producers. How so?

In June 2019, RBR+TVBR reported on the proposed sale of a 100kw FM serving the Grand Junction, Colo., market from high atop a mountain peak some two hours to the north. The intended buyer: a wholly owned subsidiary of Allen Brill’s Western Slope Communications. It turns out that deal never closed. Now, a new buyer has emerged for the facility.

In October 2009, a veteran radio programming executive joined AT&T Entertainment Group for a role that saw him "monitor technology acquisition responsibilities and optimize talent training responsibilities." This most recently included activity with the Audience Network, which ceased operations on May 23. With that move, Ken Kohl is retiring.

For more than a month, yuletide tunes have been easily accessible across digital and terrestrial audio platforms accessible to all across the U.S. Yet, SiriusXM, which offered a plethora of holiday-themed channels to its subscribers in years past, has seemingly skimped on its satellite-delivered offerings. That's not the case, the satcaster says. There's an app for that explanation.

Our editor-in-chief's wife over the last several months has made product purchases and tried out paid services simply for learning about them from celebrities and "influencers" she follows on her Instagram feed. "Welcome to the new paradigm of advertising for the 2020s," Adam R Jacobson writes in this column. Is this bad news for radio? Not at all, and here's why.

The suburban Detroit-based mobile strategy and development company led by COO Bob Kernen is releasing what it says is the first app designed for radio with voice activation.