Auction 84 offers AMs to limited bidding pool
The seeds of the AM stations that are about to go on the FCC auction block date all the way back to 11/6/03, when the FCC first announced a window for proposals aimed at their creation. Now, more than ten years later, their auction to a group of mutually-exclusive proponents has been announced.
“Radio Men” out at KKZX
They’ve been the morning men for more than 20 years at CCME’s Classic Rocker KKZX-FM Spokane, WA, but the duo of Jim Arnold and...
“Quinn and Rose” leave mornings at WPGB
Conservative talkers Jim Quinn and Rose Tennent (“The War Room with Quinn and Rose”) have ended their run at CCME’s Talker WPGB-FM Pittsburgh the...
Smulyan leveraging technology to secure radio’s future
According to Emmis chief Jeff Smulyan, radio doesn’t have an effectiveness problem, it has a
Shanon Murphy returns home after brain surgery
“Psycho Shanon,” part of the YEA Networks- syndicated Kidd Kraddick in the Morning Radio show from KISS-FM (KHKS-FM Dallas), is home from the hospital...
Nielsen to lay off a total of 333 in Columbia, MD
While it’s obvious they are not waiting until January to lay off many former Arbitron workers in
Ron Ruth passes
Leah Kamon, SVP, Marketing & Communications Radio Advertising Bureau said that Ron Ruth, former EVP/Stations with the RAB, has passed 11/16: “It is with...
Glenn Ordway joins Sirius XM
Glenn Ordway, who was let go by Entercom’s WEEI in February after a 27-year run, has debuted on Sirius XM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio...
TRN bringing back Doyle, Humphries?
We’ve heard TRN is sending an email to affiliates claiming Jerry Doyle and Rusty Humphries are coming back next week, after weeks of best-of’s...
LPFM window now closed
The opportunity to file for a brand new low power FM was supposed to come to an end Thursday 6PM eastern, but problems with the FCC’s Consolidated Database System interfered with the ability of some late applicants to file on time. After a period of extended filing, the window is now actually closed.
Premiere decides to re-up Randi Rhodes
Premiere Networks confirms a Politico story: Liberal talker Randi Rhodes has renewed
Ex-WCWA host indicted for drugs, weapons charges
The Toledo Blade reports that Troy Neff, 35, former host at Clear Channel’s Sports Talker WCWA-AM Toledo, OH was involved in a road-rage incident...
100 Greatest Christmas Hits names affiliates
Envision Radio Networks welcomes the latest group of affiliates that will be counting down to Christmas with The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits of All...
Wilmington’s Bach Radio shutters
Two years after its debut, Wilmington, NC's only all-classical-music station, Hometown Wilmington Media's WSFN-A/FM has ceased its programming, reports the Wilmington Star News. The...
Cumulus to sell KABC, KLOS site
What a smart move: Cumulus will sell its longtime 45,000 sq.-ft. facility and property for the stations on South La Cienega Boulevard in LA. The 10-acre site is near a stop on the Expo Line rail route connecting downtown LA and suburban Culver City, reports the LA Times: