Radio News

Cumulus Media announced the appointment of Jeff Brown as Senior Vice President, Cumulus Corporate

The April 2014 Audio Today report reveals that the national radio listening audience has hit an

NBC Sports Radio, a JV between WestwoodOne and NBC Sports Group, is celebrating a major milestone as the network announces it has passed the 400 station mark.

AdLarge Media has entered into an exclusive agreement with the Motor Racing Network (MRN) for national advertising sales representation of MRN’s NASCAR racing on radio and digital audio platforms.

The endless winter of 2014 is finally fading, and with the thaw comes the sprouts and shoots of a promising Spring for TagStation and NextRadio. The release of both the HTC One (M8) and the Samsung Galaxy S5 has created an impressive uptick in new listeners and furthered the adoption of NextRadio even faster than we could have hoped. Our presence at the NAB Show in Vegas has generated new TagStation partnerships, and listeners across the country (and in other countries!) are inundating us with feedback for NextRadio and FM in their smartphones.

NAB Radio Board Chairman Don Benson named eight appointees to the NAB Radio Board, with the

Cumulus Media announced Thomas joined the company as

Here are some new stats from Edison Research’s recently released “Infinite Dial” study for P1s of Urban radio (including both Urban and Urban AC stations). Driven by a lower average age than any format other than Top 40, Urban/Urban AC P1s are heavier digital users in almost every way measured:

TM Studios, a division of WestwoodOne, announced “a harmonic partnership” with Elias Arts, the most awarded broadcast music company in history. TM and Elias Arts are rolling out the introduction of a one-of-a-kind production music library known as The Production Artist. This library, renowned in entertainment media, is new to radio. The content has only previously been available for network TV, film, and national agencies.

Media Latino Communications, a leading Hispanic Radio Network of U.S. stations, and Entravision Communications will jointly produce and syndicate the

Paul Rotella, NJBA CEO, is guest-hosting “Harry Hurley in the Morning” Friday, 5/2 on Townsquare Media’s WPGG-AM 1450 Atlantic City. Rotella tells RBR-TVBR: “I’ve been a guest before, and even a guest co-host, but never THE host, especially for four hours! I know it is going to be a lot of fun—we’ve worked hard to put together an interesting and entertaining ‘Jersey’ line up for Friday’s show! I want to thank my friend Harry Hurley and the staff and management of Townsquare for their warm welcome and for their support. It is an honor and a privilege to be on the radio, especially as a talk show host; and it is an important public trust. I’ve learned a lot preparing for it too---- I’m only doing it for one day---Harry and his colleagues, do it every day, and I now have a much better understanding of how much work goes into making it all look “easy!” –See you on the radio!” Paul’s guests include:

Kevin Youngers is selling W289CB Milwaukee (105.7) to Entercom for $300K. It will rebroadcast WXSS-HD2 in that market, which is sister station, Sports WSSP-AM. In other filings,

The UK radio industry will have to wait for digital switchover after communications minister Ed Vaizey said that much had to be done before broadcasters could contemplate following television into an all-digital future.

Shaw Communications is getting into the streaming music business through a partnership with Cumulus-invested digital service Rdio

Entercom announced a new addition to its ever-growing ESPN Upstate (Greenville-Spartanburg, SC) lineup. Starting 4/28, Mark Sturgis is moving from a two-hour show on WCCP-FM Clemson, SC to a 3-hour 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. show on ESPN Upstate. With this announcement, ESPN Upstate is now live and local for six hours straight, beginning with “In The Huddle” with Greg McKinney weekdays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.