Storm takes tower down for three WV stations

Kindred Communications in Huntington, WV lost a 400-foot tower Tuesday night when it was

Sirius XM’s Frear presents at Morgan Stanley Finance Conference

Sirius XM Holdings EVP and CFO David Frear spoke to investors and analysts at the Morgan Stanley Leveraged Finance conference 6/12. Courtesy of Seeking Alpha, here are some highlights from his presentation:

PPM Day 3 Update

The Nielsen May PPM covers the trend setting April / May Arbitron scorecard of the past. We don't have the absolute total story, with non-subscribers not included, but the broad numbers offer market insights for what's hot…and what's not. Here's Day 3 of the just released overview from Nielsen, currently in the process of cross checking the Los Angeles numbers for April / May re-release:

Radio Market Ad Trends Dinner takeaways

On 6/10 we hosted the Radio Ad Trends dinner with Cumulus’ sales management team. The dinner

David Oxenford on music license hearings

On 6/10, the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held the first of two

Clip Interactive partners with Cumulus Indianapolis

Clip Interactive announced its partnership with Cumulus Media to launch interactive broadcast radio on their Indianapolis stations using the Clip Radio mobile app technology. The participating stations, WFMS 95.5 The Country Station, 104.5 WJJK Classic Hits and Indy’s i94 - 90’s to NOW launched their interactive apps.

SCBA issues Q3 Quarterly Market Guidance Report

The Southern California Broadcasters Association Quarterly Market Guidance Report is a service for clients, ad agencies, and media buying services

LA PPMs coming Tuesday; Reason for delay

On 6/9, Nielsen Audio announced the Los Angeles market PPMs for May were going to be delayed for
NJBA / New Jersey Broadcasters Association

NJBA responds to royalty hearings

Here is a statement issued by The New Jersey Broadcasters Association CEO Paul Rotella in response to

CMG/Atlanta Radio leases WTSH-FM

Cox Media Group is adding a Local Marketing Agreement to its Atlanta stations with Women’s World Broadcasting’s 107.1 WTSH

One in four would listen “a lot more” if their smartphones had FM tuner

Great news from Edison Research: Having an FM tuner in their cell

WFNX-FM, WWBZ-AM launch new formats

On 5/28, Northeast Broadcasting’s WFNX-FM and WWBZ-AM Athol, MA simulcast split from AAA WXRV-FM “The River” Boston and began stunting

Nashville Music Minute reaches 50 affiliates

Sun Broadcast Group says that its Country music update, Nashville Music Minute, has added its 50th affiliate. Coffee County Broadcasters’
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House Judiciary Committee music licensing hearings begin

On 6/10, the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held the first of two

Brian Thomas interviewed on WNSH success in NYC

The NY Daily News’ David Hinckley interviewed Thomas, Corporate PD and PD of Cumulus 94.7 Nash FM