Simmons Media Salt Lake City sale closes
Media Venture Partners announced that Simmons-SLC, LLC has closed (7/3) on its sale to Broadway
The Nielsen Catalina Study: What it is and isn’t
The recent Nielsen Catalina study that quantified Radio’s impact on sales is a long overdue much
Google buys Songza
Google plans to blend Songza's technology into its own music-streaming service, Google Play Music All Access, which costs
KHRK-FM adds additional signal into Arkadelphia
Noalmark Broadcasting’s rocker KHRK Hot Springs, AR “Real Rock 101.5” has added sister station
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.”