Subscriber growth no longer critical to success of Sirius XM
Seeking Alpha’s Crunching Numbers reports more than three years ago he wrote an article that looked at the basic metrics of the Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI) subscription model. It was an exercise to determine where the subscriber growth was heading.
2014 NAB Marconi Radio Award finalists named
The National Association of Broadcasters announced the finalists for the 2014 NAB Marconi Radio
Main Line Broadcasting sale closes
Media Venture Partners announced that Main Line Broadcasting has closed on its $57,000,000 sale to
Bliss sale price revealed in Milwaukee sale
Bliss Communications, publisher of The Janesville, WI Gazette and parent company of Racine
Protected: Ex-employee files petition to deny on WFYL-AM
From RadioDiscussions.com member Still_Rockin’: A Petition to Deny the license renewal of WFYL-AM
Making an Impact
The journey toward making FM radio available in smartphones and NextRadio a household name has asked a lot of broadcasters including partnership, faith, funds, and some extra effort to make the app’s experience great. And though that has been the focus of these posts for several weeks now, we thought it would be a good time to shed some light on some of the other actions being taken to help the forward momentum in marketing the app to consumers.
Steve Anthony to host Magic 102.1 morning show
Cox Media Group (CMG) Athens/Gainesville/Greater Atlanta has named Steve Anthony from CMG Jacksonville to replace Allen
CBS Sports Network adds “The Doug Gottlieb Show”
CBS Sports Network, the 24-hour home of CBS Sports, will expand its live weekday studio programming with the addition of “The Doug Gottlieb Show.” The popular afternoon show broadcast nationally on CBS Sports Radio will be simulcast on CBS Sports Network beginning 8/25. The three-hour program airs live Monday-Friday from 3:00-6:00 PM, ET.
SCBA President: “A Responsibility to the Truth”
Southern California Broadcasters Association President Thom Callahan reveals the fraudulent and
Sacred Heart buying KGY-AM
The longtime owners of the 1-kW station on 1240 kHz announced it has been sold for $250,000 to Sacred Heart Radio, a Catholic broadcasting company based in the Seattle area.
Faith Radio adds “Austin Hill in the Mornings”
Faith Radio, a network of six radio stations serving the upper Midwest, owned by the University of Northwestern – St. Paul is pleased to announce that beginning Monday, July 7th, Austin Hill will be hosting a new morning show, “Austin Hill in the Mornings on Faith Radio.”
Ryan and Rico move to weekdays on Detroit Sports 105.1
Greater Media announced weekend on-air hosts Ryan and Rico will take over the 10a-12 noon slot on Detroit Sports 105.1. The “live and local” move will officially take effect on 7/7. The duo will replace ESPN Radio’s The Herd with Colin Cowherd.
Most agree: People on the radio make it better
New research from Mark Kassof & Co. reveals that an overwhelming majority of 18-64 listeners in the U.S. think the people on radio – announcers, personalities or personality teams – make radio “better to listen to.”
Pandora files Petition for Declaratory Ruling on KXMZ buy
Even though the company can’t prove Foreign Ownership Cap
Jorge Lopez joins La Grande in Dallas
CBS Radio’s La Grande 107.5 FM announced that Jorge ‘El Bolillo’ López is now hosting nights from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. A native of Ixtapan de la Sal in the state of Mexico, López began his career there and went on to work in Toluca, Mexico; Mexico City and Cuernavaca, Mexico, before moving to the US in 2000.