Radio News

CBS Radio’s Hot AC/Y98 (KYKY-FM) St. Louis announced Brion O’Brion will take over the night air-talent position, effective 4/9. The Brion O’Brion show will be heard weeknights from 7p-Midnight, and will feature a great variety of music, along with Brion’s unique perspective on entertainment, current events and local happenings.

Black Card Radio’s Charlie Tuna continues to grow with additions and changes in several markets. Charlie recently joined Classic Hits WNDR "The Dinosaur" Weekdays 7p-midnight, with his 70s Weekend Show airing Sunday nights in Syracuse.

Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman told attendees at The Festival of Media in Rome that marketers need to revise their media mix and give more consideration to radio, which he said is a medium largely overlooked despite its “incredible return…Radio has done a terrible job of marketing itself and performs a unique function, especially as consumers continue to move on to mobile devices.”

The Marketron CEO, fresh from signing new deals with Jelli, Imagine Communications, Efficio

Cedar Rapids, IA-based NRG Media announced the completion of a change in equity investors. The new partnership and funding is with

Summit Media Broadcasting in West Virginia announces the acquisition of WCWV-FM Summersville, WV a Class B station with a huge signal

Charlotte, NC-based DESiMetrics Corp. has introduced “DESi,” its signature software platform. DESi provides radio stations the ability to measure

In Jacobs Media's new study of core radio listeners, the impact of digitally-delivered media continues its rise

iBiquity Digital announced at the NAB show that the number of Mexican broadcasters across the country

Here’s a great example of how the Nielsen-Arbitron merger can benefit cross-media measurement for local broadcasters: Nielsen and CBS

SAG-AFTRA has launched a Save Local Radio campaign to support

The Talk Stream Live Top 25 Streaming Talk Shows’ Q1 report shows WestwoodOne’s