Emmis slam dunks its fiscal Q1
The black ink was flowing freely at Emmis Communications during its first fiscal quarter ended 5/31/13 – including a massive percentage
Entercom, WEEI, Red Sox donate 1,000 tickets
Entercom/Boston and Sports talker WEEI, in partnership with the Boston Red Sox and Major League Baseball, will donate 1,000 Boston Red Sox tickets for...
musicFIRST orchestrates letter-writing campaign
Musician and label rights organization musicFIRST is encouraging musicians to write to their representatives in Congress and ask them to prevent the Internet Radio Fairness Act from making it into law. And as frequently the case with national organizations, it has helpfully provided a sample letter.
Media One, Dunkin’ Donuts hold “First Responders Salute”
In wake of recent national events and tragedies, the five radio stations of Media One Group in Jamestowen, NY have recognized all first responders...
Cumulus Media Networks axes marketing department
It happened just two days after letting VP/Research Martha Luszcz go in NYC: RBR-TVBR sources tell us
Pandora, music sources set to talk
According to The Verge, peace talks are said to be in the offing between internet music distributor Pandora and musicians and labels. Pandora has...
Apple to pull iTunes Radio holdouts from iTunes?
According to multiple sources to Digital Music News, Apple is considering penalizing any iTunes
Russell Perry to be awarded at Urban Knight Awards
An award honoring the late Sydney L. Small, Co-Chairman of American Urban Radio Networks, will headline the 2013 Urban Knight Awards. The 11th Annual...
NAB/RAB will seek to strengthen radio/label partnership
The radio and recording industries have always had a symbiotic relationship, although it has clearly frayed around the edges in recent years. In view...
Mikey, Mottla return for “Rock All Night”
Legendary major market talent Mikey Esparza and 20-year major market Rock programmer and talent Russ Mottla will return to radio next month as co-hosts...
Sam Huff retires from Redskins radio
Red Zebra Radio’s WTEM-AM DC, the flagship station for the Washington Redskins radio broadcast, announced that Sam Huff will retire after 38 years in...
Pandora continues to build dashboard presence
According to internet audio leader Pandora, it now has a presence in more than 100 car models, and it
CBS Sports Radio signs 300th affiliate
CBS Sports Radio just partnered with its 300th affiliate. Launched on 9/4/12, the network has more than tripled its reach with programming available in...
WIOU-AM to become ESPN Radio affiliate
Hoosier AM/FM LLC’s News-Talk WIOU-AM is planning a 7/1 move to an ESPN Radio format. Station manager Ernie Caldemone told the Kokomo Tribune the...
Emmis about to perform bellwether role
The heavy-duty portion of the quarterly results season is still over a month away, but for Emmis, results will be reported in a matter...