Armada Media buys three translators
Armada Media has bought three FM translators, in Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas. Armada will simulcast its AC KSTH-FM 92.3 on K229CE at 93.7 in...
Vegas jock busted in child sex sting
Summit American KJUL-FM host Ronald Kirsh, 53, was arrested for allegedly attempting to lure a 13-year-old girl via an online chat room to a...
Sasha “The Diva” moves to middays
Cox Media Group (CMG) Atlanta has named Sasha the Diva as midday host on WALR-FM. “Sasha the Diva has built a reputation in Atlanta...
CCME may get the Yankees on WOR
With Yankees and Mets radio rights set to expire in October, most had thought either CBS Radio’s WFAN
Colorado combo hammered for file violations
An AM-FM combo serving the area to the northeast of Grand Junction CO says that it wasn’t that it didn’t
CCME adding FM in Sacramento?
It’s not your everyday way to do it, but it’s becoming more common: Taking advantage of a loophole in a translator application to simulcast an HD-2 signal. Here’s how it may just be happening in Sacramento with CCME’s Jack FM, KQJK-FM. EMF owns the 107.1 mHz translator (K296GB), licensed to Roseville, CA and CC may purchase that license after the CP is issued to move it. KQJK-HD2 is an Alternative format. When launched, it could compete with Entercom’s KKDO-FM (also Alternative) if flipped to the KQJK-HD2 format.
Ray Lucia fined $300K
Syndicated financial talker Ray Lucia has been ordered to pay $50,000 for giving investors misleading info about his “Buckets of Money”
SoundExchange makes record payments to artists
Performer royalty collector SoundExchange said its Q2 2013 distributions to artists for spins on internet, satellite and cable radio set a new record. It...
Radio Show to focus on the key battleground
Not every station is lucky enough to be located in a political battleground – such a location can result in a cash windfall every...
“Le Show” landing on KCSN-FM LA
The Indie/AAA Cal State Northridge non-comm is getting "Le Show," Harry Shearer's long-running weekend topical program--which was dropped from crosstown KCRW-FM April. KCSN will...
KMSM-FM license on hold, pending review
Montana Tech’s student radio station’s application to renew license is on hold pending a review of an indecency complaint. That hold, however, won’t likely affect KMSM’s authority to broadcast, according to a Montana Standard story.
KFOG-FM adds Webster to afternoons
Like was speculated, Bill Webster (‘Webster”) has been added to KFOG after Tim Jeffries left to pursue another opportunity—possibly within the Cumulus/Bay Area station...
Satellite and internet radio metrics show growth
Sirius XM Radio says it’s benefitting from strong automobile sales to the extent that it is raising it guidance for net subscriber gains for...
GM change at Dick Broadcasting
Word has it that GM Bruce Wheeler left the Greensboro/Winston-Salem, NC cluster on 7/1 and that former crosstown CCME WMAG-FM GM Dick Harlow may be the replacement. Harlow left CCME Raleigh-Durham in January. Dick Broadcasting confirmed that Wheeler is gone but no word on his replacement. The cluster includes Top 40 WKZL-FM and Rock 92 WKRR-FM.
Tim Jeffreys leaving KFOG mornings
Morning driver Tim Jeffries is reportedly leaving to pursue another opportunity—possibly within the Cumulus/Bay Area station group. Cluster OM Bill Pugh is sitting in...