Weighing in on LPFM
Prometheus Radio Project took a victory lap, Free Press applauded and NAB supported the FCC action to promote low power FM and clear the...
NPR expanding “TED Radio Hour”
TED Radio Hour, a journey through the world of extraordinary ideas, is getting more space to ponder. Co-producers NPR and TED are expanding it...
Peruvian is world’s oldest radio host
Specifically, 97-year-old Maruja Venegas from Lima, Peru is the globe's longest-running radio personality, according to Guinness World Records. She started out her broadcasting career...
Study: Online Radio not a competitor for terrestrial
Despite the rapid growth of Pandora, a recent online survey of 1,017 adult Americans conducted by Vision Critical indicates that Pandora’s gains are not...
FCC opens the airwaves to LPFM
The countdown to a window for the acceptance of new LPFM applications is now in progress, with a target date of 10/15/13. The FCC...
Weighing in on royalties
The first hearing on internet royalties expanded to bring the entire audio royalty universe into play, and promises to be but the beginning of...
Envision unwraps “Looking Up Country Christmas”
It’s a free two-hour special from Envision Radio Networks featuring popular country Christmas music and holiday stories from favorite country artists.
Looking Up Country Christmas...
Michael Savage back in NYC, adds D.C.
Cumulus Media Networks’ “The Savage Nation” will return to the New York City market via WABC-AM and will be heard in the nation’s capital...
FCC set to take next step on low wattage FM
The Friday 11/30/12 FCC Open Meeting is nearing its opening kickoff, and it will address one topic and one topic only: short range FM...
Hurricane Sandy boosts ratings for NYC’s all-news radio
As most predicted, all-news radio in the New York City market showed big ratings spikes in November, the latest Arbitron ratings show. Just-released figures...
Q94 holding 36 Hours For Kids Radiothon
Clear Channel’s WRVQ-FM Richmond (Q94) is bringing its 36 Hours for Kids Radiothon to listeners at local shopping mecca Short Pump Town Center December...
Chaffetz royalty bill kicking off an extended process
The chances of enacting the Internet Radio Fairness Act proposed by Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) by year’s end are minimal at best. Incoming House Judiciary...
Rep puts radio performance royalty back on table
The focus of the 11/28/12 Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet Subcommittee hearing
KXRS-FM gets zoning approval for move-in
Lazer Broadcasting’s Regional Mexican KXRS-FM Hemet, CA has scored approval 11/27 to move into the full Riverside-San Bernardino market. The FCC granted the CP...
Univision Radio launches “Mami 92.7” in NYC
The new WQBU FM, Mami 92.7 FM features the greatest tropical hits of all time, competing with SBS’s WSKQ-FM in that market. Mami 92.7...