540 ESPN Milwaukee’s Steve Haywood back on-air
Steve Haywood, a 46-year-old Milwaukee native and is back on Good Karma Broadcasting’s ESPN Milwaukee radio. He hasn’t been on the radio in nearly...
UK may shutter analog radio by 2018
Analog radio across the pond may be history by the first half of 2018, the head of Britain’s commercial radio trade body said, as she called on the Government to set out a clear timetable for the industry’s digital switchover. Digital radio listening must reach 50% of all listening, if the government can proceed with the switchover process.
Fired TV anchor free to pursue in-market radio gig
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a court held that former KMOV-TV news anchor Larry Connors was fired for cause and upheld a non-compete preventing him from working for a competitive television outlet. However, the door was left open for a move to local radio.
Jim Winston discusses “The NABOB Network”
During the Q&A session after the Global Agency Panel session at the NABOB
WestwoodOne re-ups with John Tesh
WestwoodOne has signed a three-year contract extension with Intelligence For Your Life Radio host John Tesh. Tesh is self-syndicated via Tesh Media. WestwoodOne is...
Ramsey: Fear not the spot
From time immemorial broadcasters have sought the perfect balance between the content that brings in an audience and the advertising that brings in revenue. Radio thinker Mark Ramsey advises not to worry so much about spotloads, but about what is surrounding the spots.
Lazer raises $850K for local children’s hospitals
Lazer Broadcasting Corp.’s Spanish language stations in California and Reno, Nevada completed a 42-hour fundraising Radiothon recently benefiting local children’s hospitals with a record-setting...
Recording company watchdog misunderstands FM chip
A blog post from musicFIRST made a genuinely funny remark about the FM chip, saying adding old radio
WMMS’ Shane French facing charges
Shane French, host of "Rover's Morning Glory" on the CCME Cleveland Rocker is facing more than a dozen felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from...
NABOB: Radio CEO/Group Head Panel
Top execs talked about radio’s connection with the consumer and the state of Urban radio today
Cleveland Rock shocker indicted for July 4th incident
Shane French aka Rover of Cleveland’s Rock Station WMMS-FM 100.7 is headed to court in the somewhat distant aftermath of a July 4th altercation with an off-duty police officer. However, French maintains that the officer is the one at fault.
SoundExchange celebrates its tenth year
The growth of digital music royalty distributor SoundExchange over the ten years of its existence parallels the tremendous growth in the digital music universe. Suffice it to say that its Q3 2013 distribution total dwarfs the amount it sent to music creators for the entire year of 2003.
Rdio debuts free streaming service
Internet radio service Rdio has launched (10/3) its free music service in the US
New Jersey broadcasters stand up to Watt
Mel Watt (D-NC) is the latest to introduce legislation which would seek to add a performance royalty
Report: Pandora valuation overstated
According to Seeking Alpha’s Andrei Volgin, there are simply not enough people in the US to justify Pandora’s current valuation. Pandora just completed a...