Fine appeal: If at first you don’t succeed
Fail, fail again. Mt. Rushmore Broadcast was unable to get fines against some of its radio stations overturned, failed to get satisfaction from a...
Beasley writes Q1 revenue story in black ink
Radio group Beasley Broadcast Group registered nice gains in revenue and operating income, enough to offset an increase in expenses, and started 2013 off...
Oakland Raiders sign with Entercom’s KGMZ-FM
The team’s play-by-play coverage is moving from CBS Radio’s Alternative KITS-FM San Francisco to Entercom’s Sports KGMZ (95.7 The Game) under a multi-year agreement...
Toronto FM added to A1R Psychic Radio Network
Positive Peak Radio & TV's A1R Psychic Talk Radio (Ask1Radio.com), a call-in interactive advice based network that can be added 24/7, welcomes Dufferin Communication's...
WGN Radio Neediest Kids Fund launches campaign
With spring's arrival bringing the end of the school year closer, thousands of children across Chicagoland will soon be losing access to programs that...
Gifford group hits senators with radio ads
Americans for Responsible Solutions is a public interest group that is making good on a vow from former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and her...
House leader confirms 2013 copyright focus
Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) is chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and he just confirmed that the challenges of protecting intellectual property in the digital...
Format P1 listeners’ engagement in online, mobile, social
Almost half (47%) of CHR format P1s have listened to online radio in the last week according to new data from The Infinite Dial 2013: Navigating Digital Platforms from Arbitron and Edison Research. The new data (the 21st in the series dating back to 1998) released 4/25 was for Arbitron clients and presented in a webinar by Bill Rose, Arbitron SVP/Marketing and Tom Webster, VP/Strategy and Marketing, Edison Research. The report looks at radio format P1s from nine AM/FM Radio formats: AC, CHR, Classic Rock/Classic Hits, Country, News/Talk/Sports, Public Radio, Religious, Rock and Urban.
WHFS-FM’s Ed Norris injured from motorcycle crash
The CBS Radio/Baltimore talker and former high ranking state and Baltimore City police official Ed Norris was injured in a traffic accident in northern...
Univision launching Uforia music service
Univision announced the Uforia music service and upgraded radio app focused on content curation and customizable channels at the Billboard Latin Music Conference 4/23....
Noncom advertising case involves cigarettes, payola
A former executive with a noncom FM in the Cincinnati area turned in his former station for a number of alleged violations, including underwriting...
Entercom donates $25K to The One Fund
Once again, radio not only serves the community in times of crisis, but donates dollars as well. Said Jeff Brown, Vice President and Market...
Eight trustees resign from WJFF-FM board
Radio Catskill's Community Radio NPR affiliate in Jeffersonville, NY is perhaps the nation's only hydro-powered radio station, drawn from a dam 50 feet away...
Greater Media rebrands WJRZ-FM
The new 100.1 WJRZ-FM, serving The Jersey Shore from Toms River/Manahawkin, NJ is now playing the greatest hits of the 60’s, 70’s and 80's....
Rep presses for activated FM chips in mobile phones
Todd Young (R-IN) wrote a letter to CTIA’s Steve Largent requesting that his organization take the lead in making sure mobile phones can pick up FM radio as a safety measure. Ironically, the letter was dated the very same day as the bombing during the Boston Marathon rendered most cell phones useless.