KVSF celebrates a year of talk radio
Hutton Broadcasting announced the one-year anniversary of KVSF 101.5 “The Voice of Santa Fe” and the “Julia Goldberg Morning Show.”
UK broadcasters want DAB switchover abandoned
A group of broadcasters representing 80 stations has called on the UK government to abandon plans
Randi Rhodes ending her Premiere show
Syndicated talker Randi Rhodes is calling it quits, announcing she’ll end her show on 5/16. The progressive
Your Class A FM may be able to double in power
Dear Fellow Broadcaster: I am the owner and General Manager of WYAB 103.9 FM in Flora
Michael Graham moves to WYAY-FM
Last we heard, he was self-syndicating in New England via a handful of stations. But now
Major labels sue Pandora over royalties
Several major labels have filed suit in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, claiming Pandora
Alpha, L&L Broadcasting merge; buy Main Line
Portland, OR-based L&L Broadcasting and Alpha Broadcasting announced a plan to merge the two businesses into a single, privately held entity called
Boston pirate raided, shut down
US marshals have shut down a pirate FM in Boston’s Grove Hall neighborhood, said Charles Clemons, the one-time mayoral candidate who is the station’s founder.
GatesAir breaks new ground in IP signal transport
GatesAir announced the radio industry’s first end-to-end, interoperable solution for transporting AES-192 signals over IP. The solution gives broadcasters
Two thirds see radio as local
New research from Mark Kassof & Co. reveals that a solid majority of 18-64’s see radio as a local medium, and most of those who do say they would listen less to a station that shifted to more national programming.
Dave Boretti joins Aire Radio Networks
Dave Boretti has joined the SBS Aire Network sales group. Based in Chicago, Dave has rejoined with former boss at Univision Radio Network, Jack Hobbs (now EVP/Corporate Sales at SBS) and will handle the Midwest region. Prior to this, Dave was at WestwoodOne and was involved with their short-lived Hispanic sales operation prior to the Cumulus purchase.
Curtis Media closes on Durham translator
Eastern Airwaves, LLC, an affiliate of Curtis Media, Inc. has closed on the purchase of the construction permit for translator W226BV (93.1) Durham, NC from Community Public Radio, a Georgia not-for-profit.
CCME restructures sales departments nationwide
As many have been predicting, Clear Channel has begun a sales department restructuring
BIA/Kelsey details new business models around “Internet Radio Revolution”
A new report by BIA/Kelsey shows that Internet Radio is changing
SBS Q4 was up 2%
In Q4 2013, net revenues totaled $37.5 million compared to $36.9 million for the same prior year period—an increase of