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WUBB-FM personality Tim Leary made the battle against breast cancer intensely personal. For $10 a pop, he used tattoo ink to become a walking billboard, inking on names and logos in excess of 530, and displaying them during the running of a half-marathon in Savannah GA.

The podcaster is offering a fun-filled afternoon to the highest bidder on Ebay. The winner will have Leykis pick them up for a personal...

Premiere has decided to not renew her contract after a three-year run, say RBR-TVBR sources. She’s currently on around 40 affiliates and her run will end at the end of this year.

The FM on cellphone initiative continues to pick up steam, according to TagStation, and it was given a big shot in the arm by the addition of three new consumer mobile devices that are part of the program. Meanwhile, the number of stations that have been accessed is approaching 5K.

Hollander served as President and CEO of CBS Radio from 2002 to 2007 and as Chairman and CEO of Westwood One from 1997-2002. He...

So says a new report from BIA/Kelsey, “Local Radio Stations Profiles and Trends for 2014

Cumulus Media Networks announced the latest expansion of the NASH Country music brand with the launch of “NASH Nights Live” with host Shawn Parr....

Bruce, who co-hosts the 49ers pre-game radio show on Cumulus’ KNBR-AM San Francisco, has

If proof is needed that radio is one of the most valuable tools available when it comes to promoting

Numerous UK radio broadcasters have launched a campaign opposing that country’s digital switchover. The move, unlike here in the US with HD Radio, would force analog FM broadcasters to all migrate to DAB. Ed Vaizey, the Communications minister, is expected to set a timetable for the switchover that may include a firm switchover date at the Go Digital Conference 12/16.

After six decades, King has launched air on more than 50 Cumulus stations beginning 11/11...

Seeking Alpha's Andrei Volgin is seeing some negative trending occurring with Pandora--likely since the launch of Apple's iTunes Radio and a new mobile listening cap. While Pandora just released its audience metrics for October that showed growth in total listener hours to 1.47 billion from 1.36 billion in September (hours per listener also increased), Volgin notes that one extra day in October accounts for 45% of the increase in total hours and 33% of the increase in hours per listener. More importantly, the company lost 1.8 million active listeners, he observed.

Envision Radio Networks is offering up its free annual Country Oldies Show Christmas Special beginning 12/16 through the 25th. Host Steve Warren will spin...

The $9 million sale of Rice University's KTRU-FM Houston (now Classical KUHA) to University of Houston’s Houston Public Media has potentially put the organization...

Salem Radio Network Vice President of News & Talk Programming Tom Tradup recently wrote a piece...