Yahoo! Sports Radio picks up Triple Crown

Yahoo! Sports Radio has partnered with Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN) to carry all three Triple Crown races in 2014. HRRN will provide exclusive...
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KETE-FM sold in Texas

North Texas Radio Group is selling Christian Class A KETE-FM 99.7 Sulphur Springs, TX to The Way Radio Group for $170K. It includes a time brokerage deal before closing.
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Ryan Seacrest to boost CCME work; may drop E!

He’s reportedly in talks with CCME for an expanded role. He currently hosts the syndicated “On Air”

CBS Radio moving offices to downtown DC

CBS Radio has reached a deal to shift its regional operations from suburban Lanham, MD to Washington, DC., where it will join the National Labor Relations Board at 1015 Half St. SE.

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
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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
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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.