Radio News: YEA/Global, TKRN, Walt Disney, pot

In today’s tour through the wilds of radio news items...
No!

Sale rumors encircling Hot 97

No less a luminary than Jay Z is at the center of the rumor mill...

More mostly-twenty-something radio ratings results

Today’s ratings road trip will begin in market #21 Baltimore...
Deal

Life in the low power lane

Normally Hobart and William Smith Colleges would not be allowed...

Florida radio raking in pot bonus

The battle over legalization of marijuana is on...
RAB / Radio Advertising Bureau

Radio Mercury Awards judges panel named

Awards will be distributed in June.

Beasley hire to take holistic revenue approach

There has never before been a Chief Revenue Officer at Beasley...

Radio News: Beasley, Entercom, Westwood One

Radio facts: Beasley has rebranded from BBG to BMG...
Sirius XM

SiriusXM looking for one qualified entity

As part of its effort to gain regulatory approval for the merger of Sirius and XM...

No grant for Grant Township move proposal

It looks like WKKM-FM Speaker Township MI will be staying put.

The Radio Disney scorecard

The station group that brought radio programming to America’s children has on the block.
Sold

Will second time be the charm?

The last attempt to sell WFXX-FM in Georgiana AL was initiated in October 2003.
Radio

Radio hanging tough – very tough

There may be a lot of upstarts out there horning into radio’s domain...
Michael Savage

Savage re-ups with Westwood One/Cumulus

Iconic radio talk host Michael Savage will continue to broadcast The Savage Nation...
Dollar Sign

A good reason to be on mobile

Entrenching a broadcast radio presence on mobile devices makes sense...