Jelli launches “SpotPlan”
Jelli says SpotPlan is the first programmatic buying platform for radio advertising. In addition, the company announced the availability of demand and supply-side APIs to enable third-party buying and selling software to tap directly into Jelli’s ad platform.
Joe Zingale passes
Gary Weiss, RVP, Radio One Raleigh/Charlotte Region, says Joe Zingale, Bob Weiss’s (Gary’s father) and Norman Wain’s former partner years ago in the company they had that founded the famous WIXY 1260 and WDOK (“Stereo 102”) in Cleveland passed away 3/10 in Cleveland after a long battle with Parkinson’s:
Chop Shop Classic celebrates 40 years of AC/DC
Envision Networks Chop Shop Classic announces an AC/DC 40th Anniversary Special. Host Steve Black looks back 40 years to where it all began. The 2-hour special will revisit how the band came together, Angus' stage costumes and antics, the life and death of Bon Scott and replacing Bon the same year he died in 1980, and of course, the music history of AC/DC’s greatest hits.
Saga FY up 3.3%, sans political; Q4 down 5%
Saga Communications’ FY revenue was down only 1% on $129.5 million compared to $130.3 million for
Sirius XM stock upgraded, but mixed bag
Macquarie has upgraded shares of Sirius XM Radio from a neutral rating to an outperform rating
Radio lags behind TV, Internet in emergencies
New research from Mark Kassof & Co. says that radio ranks third as the source of information
NextRadio, TagStation to test enhanced advertising
NextRadio and TagStation are planning the first beta testing of FM enabled smartphone Enhanced Ad capabilities with a select group of
Emmis gives employees $3.2 million in common stock
Roughly 75% of Emmis’ full-time employees were told 3/10 that they’re eligible to receive
Buckley sells KSEQ-FM to Lotus
Lotus Communications and Buckley Broadcasting announced 3/10 that Lotus is buying Rhythmic Top 40
FCC upholds license challenges
The Commission has denied David Smith, Peter Labarbera, Kathy Valente, Illinois Family Institute, and Illinois Chapter of the Concerned Women for America, which have challenged numerous applications for Review of the grants of license renewals for
Entravision flips KHHM in Sacramento
Entravision’s CHR Hot 103.5 KHHM Sacramento has shifted to Rhythmic CHR with a new on-air lineup including The Morning Show with Sugabear, Amanda, and Karli, Middays with Sacramento radio veteran Andrea Gomez, Afternoons with JayMarZZ and Nights with Soosh*e. Featured artists for the new KHHM HOT 103.5 FM include: Pitbull, Eminem, Pharrell, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, among other popular musical talent.
Nielsen issues RADAR 120 report
The March 2014 RADAR release is the first time Nielsen reports the findings based on the Mon-Sun 12M-12M daypart. Past RADAR press releases used...
KFXN-AM Minneapolis sold
MMTC Broadcasting (via diversity watchdog Minority Media and Telecommunications Council) is selling one of its stations that Clear Channel had donated—Asian KFXN-AM Minneapolis—to Asian American Broadcasting (Xeng Xiong and Kongsue Xiong) for...
TRN, Cumulus announce Westwood One settlement
TRN Companies and Cumulus Media have agreed to settle outstanding claims arising during
KPTY-FM sale closed in Texas
The sale of Latin Pop KPTY-FM, Winnie, TX (Beaumont/Port Arthur) from Tichenor License Corporation/Univision Radio Broadcasting Texas L.P. to Excel Media, LLC has closed. The Buyer, Excel Media, is a Texas-based company headed by John Walton.