Finally: young demos boost radio listening
Arbitron’s September 2012 RADAR 114 report shows radio’s audience increased slightly year over year by 249,000 persons aged 12+, representing nearly 93% of the...
Juan launches in Birmingham
SparkNet’s Juan format has launched in Birmingham, AL on Rivera Communications’ WQCR-AM. With a multigenerational appeal for both men and women, Juan plays what...
Entercom one of the Top 500 Tech Innovators
Entercom has been named by Information Week as one of the Top 500 Technology Innovators by Information Week. Entercom, the only radio broadcasting company...
Cumulus’ SweetJack launches big push
Groupon has some fresh competition nationwide. Cumulus’ daily-deals rival SweetJack is rolling out an ad blitz for SweetJack 9/17 in 37 cities including NYC,...
Saga, Cherry Creek Radio sign group-wide with vCreative
Saga Communications and Cherry Creek Radio have adopted vCreative PPO to manage continuity and production workflow for all of their market clusters, as well...
WDAE’s Ian Beckles arrested
Ian Beckles, a former Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive lineman and current co-host of a WDAE-AM Tampa (Clear Channel) sports talker, was arrested 9/13 for...
Radio comes into play in Virginia Senate race
The election battle in Virginia has two unusually high-powered candidates – it’s not often that two former governors face off for a US Senate...
WBAL getting new morning driver
Maryland native Bryan Nehman will host the new morning drive show at Hearst News/Talker WBAL, Baltimore after Dave Durian steps down—likely in mid-October. Durian...
Howard Stern looking to leave SiriusXM
The King of All Media is counting down the days until he can retire from SiriusXM satellite radio. Stern took a big pay cut...
Unsigned Only 2012 music competition winners announced
Unsigned Only announced its 2012 winners selected from almost 7,500 entries worldwide. The Grand Prize, Unsigned Only's highest honor, goes to San Francisco, CA...
101 ESPN adds “The Jeff Fisher Show”
101 ESPN St. Louis, the flagship radio station for St. Louis Rams football – announced their latest addition to their Rams Radio programming. “The...
CBS Radio staying with CBS
That’s according to Les Moonves, who told a media conference in Los Angeles that its radio division was staying put. It has a healthy...
Mel thinks he’s out at Sirius after Malone takes over
John Malone’s Liberty Media, close to gaining control of SiriusXM after the 50% ownership stake is
Maffei: Liberty may not spin SiriusXM
As Liberty Media is already over 49% ownership of SiriusXM, inching very close to controlling the company, Liberty CEO Greg Maffei took a step...
Arbitron, comScore to launch cross-platform measurement with ESPN
The two ratings/measurement companies will develop the first-ever five-platform measurement initiative that would provide a view of changing consumption of video, audio and display...