KRGN-FM sale announced
Family Life Communications (Dr. Randy Carlson, President) has closed on the sale of KRGN-FM Amarillo, TX (Market #167). KRGN is 100,000 watts @ 292’ HAAT on 102.9 MHz (Christian). The buyer is
Radio One Q4 up 5.4%
Net revenue was $111.6 million, an increase of 5.4% from Q4 2012. Station operating income was $39.1 million, an increase of 9.9% from the same period in 2012.
CCME Media + Entertainment strong in Q4
Q4 2013 revenue was down to $1.69 billion from $1.7 billion a year before as a 2% decrease in its
Atlanta gets new Country FM
It’s a new co-channel translator located downtown that extends the reach of 107.1—Rome Radio Partners WTSH-FM Rome, GA (60 miles NW of Atlanta). “South 107.” South 107 also covers northwest Georgia and reaches into Cobb County. Engineers have worked to make the new W296BB Jonesboro, GA simulcast with minimal interference on 107.1 where their contours overlap. It's 13 watts @ 344 ft. HAAT.
Hannity has some bragging rights, too
While Politico just broke out some numbers on Michael Savage’s encouraging ratings since
Dave Herman indicted over sex charge with minor
The former iconic WNEW-FM NYC DJ was accused last October of trying to transport a 7-year-old New Jersey girl to the U.S. Virgin Islands for sex. He was arrested at the St. Croix airport. Federal authorities say Herman had expected to meet the girl and her mother flying in from New York. Now he’s been indicted.
The Woody and Wilcox Show joins 105.7 The Buzz
CCME’s Alternative The Buzz WVBZ-FM in Greensboro, NC says The Woody and Wilcox Show will join the station in morning drive, beginning Monday, 2/24.
KVFE-FM launches in Texas
Reach Beyond, formerly HCJB Global, recently moved a step closer to its vision of blanketing the U.S.-Mexico border with the launch of its 14th Christian Spanish-language radio station in Del Rio, TX. It’s on 50,000 watts @ 249 ft. HAAT and reaches about 200,000 people within its 75-mile radius in Del Rio and across the border into Ciudad Acuña, Mexico.
Sheridan Broadcasting chairman awarded
Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation Chairman and owner Ronald Davenport Sr. will receive the Founders Award at the 5th Annual Black College Football Hall of Fame (BCFHOF) Awards dinner on 3/1 in Atlanta. The award is presented annually to individuals who have helped ensure the ascension and success of the Black College Football Hall of Fame and/or Black College Football as a whole.
WPHT-AM tower gets approval
The proposed AM tower will now be built next to the existing AM tower near the Moorestown-Cinnaminson, NJ border: CBS Radio East, which owns the existing 425-ft. tower for 50-kW WPHT-AM and the 21 acres it sits on, asked the Moorestown, NJ Zoning Board of Adjustment to approve the 199-ft aux tower for WPHT.
KCRW makes big moves in Santa Barbara
Santa Monica Community College’s non-comm Indie/Eclectic/NPR KCRW-FM LA and the
Savage scores big in new time slot
In January, in 25-54, Savage beat and in some cases doubled Hannity's AQH audience, according to
CRN Digital to air “Lars Larson Show”
CRN Digital Talk Radio is now streaming the "Lars Larson Show," at 7:00 P.M. Eastern / 4:00 P.M. Pacific on the network's CRN 2 channel. The conservative talk show is hosted by Lars Larson, an award-winning radio veteran and regular contributor "The Kelly File" on Fox News.
Cumulus Q4 up 4.5%; FY up 2.4%
Net revenues for the quarter were up $11.9 million, or 4.5%, to $275.5 million, compared to
Curtis Media buys Sanford NC translator
Eastern Airwaves, LLC, an affiliate of Curtis Media, Inc. has agreed to purchase the CP for translator W282BX (104.3) Tramway, NC (Sanford) from Rudolph...













