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
Emmis to ring NASDAQ closing bell
WQHT HOT 97 FM and sister stations WBLS 107.5 FM and WLIB 1190 AM New York, will celebrate
Don Bouloukos sets retirement
CBS Radio NYC SVP/Market Manager Don Bouloukos is retiring from the company effective June, after a career in broadcasting
NextRadio: NAB Show wrap-up
The TagStation Team has compiled a NextRadio wrap-up from the NAB Show last week and the news is good. To kick it off, last week's keynote by NAB President and CEO, Gordon Smith, had a few great shout-outs for NextRadio. He opened his thoughts with how it’s an exciting time to be in the media business and noted:
AP names WJBC-AM Station of the Year
Cumulus’ WJBC-A/FM in Bloomington, IL was named Station of the Year by the Associated Press
Alan Chartrand named Market President at CCME Boston
He’ll oversee CCME’s Boston cluster overseeing the operations and programming of Kiss 108
KTYM-AM to be sold in LA
Trans America Broadcasting’s Urban Gospel KTYM-AM 1460 (5-kW) Inglewood/LA, is being sold to Immaculate Heart Radio’s Immaculate Heart Radio Educational Broadcasting in