“The Jock” picks up Royals broadcasts
Birach Broadcasting’s Sports Talk KXLQ-AM The Jock in Des Moines announced it will carry Kansas City Royals baseball games this season. Radio host Marty Tirrell made the announcement. The station, based in Indianola, IA, carried the Yankees last season.
George Kilpatrick leaves WSYR-AM after 20 years
Progressive talker George Kilpatrick's 20-year run on CCME’s News-Talk WSYR-AM Syracuse has come to an end. He didn’t comment on why his 7-9 AM Sunday show is ending, but said he looks forward to expanding to sister station in the market
Avis Budget Group beefs up SiriusXM offering
Avis Budget Group announced that the satcaster is now available as a premium add-on across a majority of its Avis and Budget car rental fleets. More than 60% of its rentals now have factory-installed satellite radio receivers. The in-dash access to SiriusXM replaces the portable plug and play satellite radio previously offered to Avis and Budget renters.
HD multicast audience up 300%
iBiquity Digital announced over 4.7 million people listened to an HD2, HD3 or HD4 channel in an average week, according to the latest Fall 2013 Nielsen Audio Nationwide audience estimates. This represents a 293% increase in AQH audience from the Fall 2011 survey. Also, during that same period, cume grew over 256%. iBiquity also notes
Curtis Media closes on Wilmington, NC translator
Eastern Airwaves, LLC, an affiliate of Curtis Media, has closed on the purchase the CP of translator W235CG (94.9) Ogden (Wilmington), NC from Starboard Media Foundation, Inc., a Wisconsin non-profit. The purchase price is
Emmis fiscal radio Q4 up 11%
Emmis' radio net revenues for fiscal Q4 ending 2/28 were up 11%, from $29.1 million to $32.4 million. Excluding WEPN-FM NYC, which
Univision Radio cuts have arrived
We told you first on 3/22: “Univision Radio is set for a wave of internal consolidation which may include
FTC clears last Nielsen-Arbitron buy hurdle
Following a public comment period, the FTC has determined that Nielsen’s $1.26 billion buy of Arbitron
Pandora: Better algorithms = more listening
Pandora has refined its Genome Music Project algorithms significantly over the years it has been in
The Tacher Company signs WSM-AM
Independent representation firm The Tacher Company, Inc. has aligned with heritage Ryman Hospitality
WayFM Louisville move-in completed
Way Media’s WayFM Christian AC network has finished up the move of WAYI-FM 93.9 Sellersburg, IN to WAYG-FM 104.3 Charlestown, IN and 105.9 WAYK Valley Station, KY.
KCSC 90.1 FM now KUCO
100-kW Classical KCSC 90.1 FM has new call letters--KUCO--to better reflect the partnership between the radio station and the University of Central Oklahoma, its licensee. KCSC was named for Central State College, the university’s name when the station was created in 1966.
Glenn Beck sued for defamation
Glenn Beck, who airs on his “TheBlaze” network and is syndicated across the country via Premeire Networks, is in a bit of a pickle. Less than one week had passed since the Boston Marathon bombings, he made a few comments on air about Abdulrahman Alharbi, a 20-year-old Saudi Arabian student at the New England School of English. He’d been injured at the marathon, later questioned by police and ultimately cleared of wrongdoing.
Business Rockstars signs with CRN Digital Talk Radio
Business Rockstars Radio, featuring “Rockstar” CEO’s, entrepreneurs, and start-ups targeting the 30 million “Wantrepreneurs” in the US, announced a new affiliation with CRN Digital Talk Radio, an integrated audio platform combining television, radio and social media.
WQAM welcomes Marc Hochman to afternoons
Beasley Broadcast Miami welcomes market vet Marc Hochman as the afternoon driver on Sports Radio 560 WQAM. “The Marc Hochman Show