Westwood One News lands four big fish

Brand new radio news service Westwood One News will come out of the gate when it launches later this year with four major market stations.
Media system in a vehicle

In-car infotainment is a glitch magnet

People are having more trouble with modern in-vehicle infotainment systems than simply being unable
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Soda Springs deal leaves paper trail

The trail isn’t at the FCC per se, at least not in the Commission’s electronic files were we go to access it
RAB / Radio Advertising Bureau

RAB boards up

Radio Advertising Board President/CEO Erica Farber is welcoming new leadership, as well as new members, to its Board of Directors
Deal

Tidewater deal: Will work for kiloHertz

Remember the days when one could see an able-bodied but unemployed person advertising the willingness to work for food?

The battle for listeners in radio’s top markets

Radio veteran Clark Smidt is back with ratings results from some of America’s biggest media markets. Numbers from New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and...
Sirius XM

SiriusXM profits go into orbit

The programming of SiriusXM beams down from satellites

iHeartMoney: Revenues up at rebranded radio giant

The major Q3 results at iHeartMedia will be recorded in black ink

FCC explains the death of a CP

Craven Community College believed that a CP granted to Church Planters of America’s FM station was invalid
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Columbus combo headed for new owners

...but first old ties will have to be severed once and for all

Incorporating geo-targeting into a radio flight

Marketron has a way to combine elements of radio and mobile into one package
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Alternative owner for Roanoke FM

WVMP-FM Vinton VA is changing hands in a deal with a unique contract plank
Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc.

Q3 was a downer at Beasley

James Taylor famously reported that he was going to Carolina in his mind
Taylor Swift

Radio partnership will provide a Swift boost

The odds that a famous genre-busting pop star will have success releasing a new album have been greatly enhanced
Deal

How many dimes will Dimes pay in SLO?

We knew that Buckley family members Eric and Martha Fahnoe were buying the Mapleton San Luis Obispo radio cluster