Ron Ruth Memorial Fund established

Radio Advertising Bureau and the Broadcasters Foundation are celebrating the life of radio veteran Ron Ruth by setting up a fund with the latter organization to benefit broadcasters in need.
Eastlan Ratings

Eastlan using the web to boost young demo response

Radio ratings firm Eastman uses the telephone as its primary research tool. But now, after six months of testing, it is going to weave the internet into the methodology, primarily to get greater participation from young radio listeners.
Saga Communications, Inc.

Saga: Divide and prosper

As it did last year, Saga Communications is offering a special cash dividend to its shareholders as 2013 winds down. But this time the face value amount is higher, and if you take an earlier share manipulation into account, it’s significantly higher.
Rdio, Inc.

Rdio reduces staffing

Facing stiff competition with more on the way, audio streaming service and Cumulus partner Rdio is undergoing a reduction in force designed to better position itself for the long term.
FCC

AM revitalization docket open for comment

The FCC is looking for ways to improve the health of the AM broadcast fleet, and now is your chance to weigh in on the topic. One of the last acts as the head of the FCC from former Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn was to open a proceeding looking at ways to infect new life into broadcast’s oldest platform
Entercom

Buffalo Sabres, Entercom team for local food pantries

It’s a Thanksgiving turkey drive this Thursday, 11/21, to benefit local food pantries. The event will take place from 7-9 a.m. in the parking...
TRN - Talk Radio Network

America’s Morning News names Matt Ray morning anchor

TRN Entertainment’s America’s Morning News has a new permanent host to anchor its three-hour morning news program. Matt Ray, who has been a regular...
Thumbs Down

“Quinn and Rose” loss at WPGB gets big response

Conservative talkers Jim Quinn and Rose Tennent (“The War Room with Quinn and Rose”) recently ended
Mancow

Mancow rants on Chicago; moves to the ‘burbs

The Talk Radio Network-syndicated morning man told the Chicago Tribune that his city had become
Pile of Money

Triple trouble for Austin area AMs

Encino Broadcasting failed to get license renewal paperwork in to the FCC for not one but three AM stations serving the greater Austin TX area, and now it’s going to have to pay the price – but at least it was reduced.

88Nine RadioMilwaukee names interim PD team

Non-comm 88Nine RadioMilwaukee Interim PD Stephen Kallao and APD Jordan Lee have been named to jointly manage programming while the station seeks a new...

Casey Kasem’s children reject settlement offer

Casey's three children from a previous marriage have rejected a settlement offer proposed by Casey's wife, Jean. Casey is bedridden with advanced Parkinson's and...

Benztown inks imaging deals with Beasley

Benztown says the deals with Beasley Broadcast Group include station imaging services in Fayetteville, Miami and Las Vegas. Benztown will provide station imaging for...

WHPY-FM reporter chases intruder after home invasion

WSMV-TV (Fox) Nashville reports that Jack Flash, traffic reporter at Grace Broadcasting Services’ "Hippie Radio" 94.5 FM was the victim of a home invasion...
Gavel

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.