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There has been a perception that Arbitron’s (now Nielsen) transition to PPM in the country’s largest markets has resulted in ratings compression. It is a hard idea to refute when you look at an AQH rating ranker and find multiple stations tied with a 0.5 (for example), and often only 0.1 or 0.2 of a rating point can separate a dozen radio stations in a given market. If you accept the notion that perception is reality, then all of these stations are tied, and on a cost per point basis there is no difference.

Maverick Media (Gary Rozynek, CEO) has closed on the sale of WNTA-AM, WXRX-FM, WRTB-FM

Cumulus Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton announced Tommy Jordan has been named host of AC WLEV’s morning show. Jordan moves to

Listener hours for Pandora during the month of May 2014 were 1.73 billion, an increase of 28% from

Seeking Alpha’s Crunching Numbers notes that SiriusXM recently held its annual meeting. During that

Delmarva Educational Association’s Gospel “Amen 820” WGGM-AM Chester-Richmond, VA has flipped to Conservative Talk as “820 The Answer.” With the new WNTW calls, the station is featuring a combination of area and national hosts.

Cheatham County, TN's only local radio station has returned to the airwaves 6/3. WQSV-AM Ashland City has been silent for the last year, but popular demand prompted the GM to bring it back. Ashland City is about 20 miles NW of Nashville.

Summit City Radio Group, LLC has closed on the sale (6/3) of its radio cluster in Fort Wayne, IN to

WestwoodOne is busy preparing for the kickoff of the college football season with a slate of regular season and postseason NCAA Football matchups. The season starts on Thursday, 8/28 with Texas A&M at South Carolina.

Hubbard’s FederalNewsRadio.com and WTOP-AM 1500 AM DC announced the launch of a new program, “Women of Washington”--a weekly interview

Genesis Communications debuted a new morning show this week. Chris Markowski, best known for his national radio program, "Watchdog

As we’ve said before, unless Pandora can get a better royalty deal for the songs that are played, the only way

Seeking Alpha provided a transcript of Sirius XM Holdings Q&A session

Tom Rounds, Founder and CEO of Radio Express, and producer of the original hit countdown show, American Top 40 With Casey

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