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.
The John Renshaw Show moves to weekdays
Beasley Broadcast’s Sports Radio WQAM-AM Miami has moved to middays from 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and Alex Donno, host of the station’s Miami Hurricanes in-studio...
Talker tells Sandy Hook families: “Go to hell”
Bob Davis, half of the outspoken “Davis & Emmer,” show on Clear Channel’s KTCN-AM News Talk 1130 Minneapolis-St. Paul has sparked a firestorm after...
KRXQ-FM pulls morning show on Boston jokes
Entercom’s KRXQ 98 Rock Sacramento pulled their syndicated morning show, “Rob, Arnie and Dawn” after crosstown
LRFA picks up support on Capitol Hill
The Local Radio Freedom Act, which members of Congress support to express their opposition to the imposition of a performance royalty on AM and...
CBS Sports Radio adds two new shows
The two new weekend shows complement the continuous national coverage already featured to over 250 affiliates. Beginning this 4/20, “Eye on Baseball” with host...
Entravision harnessing radio to get out the LA vote
A run-off election for mayor in Los Angeles is on the calendar for 5/21/13, and multimedia Hispanic outfit Entravision is hoping its assets can...