Ed Christian

RMLC inks pact with BMI

Radio stations have had a new deal with ASCAP, and now they can bookend it with a new BMI deal that backtracks to 2010...

Classical South Florida launches on 88.7 mHz

Classical South Florida (CSF), a nonprofit listener-supported public radio organization dedicated to broadcasting classical music, has begun airing its programming in Fort Myers and...
CBS

WPHT unveils new lineup

CBS Radio’s Talk Radio 1210 WPHT today announced a new weekday line-up, featuring all live and local talent beginning on Monday, 6/25.  The newest...
Dial Global

Dial Global to offer “The NBC Sports Radio Network”

Building on their NBC News Radio Network offering, The NBC Sports Group and Dial Global announced
Cumulus

Cumulus taking Geraldo Rivera national

Both Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey and COO John Dickey have stated they will be looking to take talent at their radio stations national via...

FCC doubles down on Michigan AM

The bank account at Birach Broadcasting’s WCXI-AM Fenton MI is going to be a little lighter after the FCC discovered a few problems with...
NPR / National Public Radio

“Tappet Brothers” ending run on “Car Talk”

Tom and Ray Magliozzi said 6/8 they’ll stop making new episodes of their humorous National Public Radio car advice show at the end of...

La Tricolor hits Palm Springs

Entravision is using 103.5 KPST in the Palm Springs market to fire up a format utilizing a variety of Mexican musical styles. The musical mix...
FCC

SF noncoms pay big for consent decree

Non-commercial radio entities in San Francisco ran afoul of the rules, but have agreed to a deal with the FCC that will resolve the...
Clear Channel

Analyst applauds Clear Channel-Big Machine pact

Fitch Ratings says that the initial spike in costs that Clear Channel should incur per its royalty deal

G. Gordon Liddy retiring, Peter Schiff replacing

After 20 years in national syndication, G. Gordon Liddy will be retiring from his daily radio program on the Radio America network.  The G-Man...
Entercom

Michele McPhee returns to WRKO

Entercom’s WRKO-AM Boston announced that starting Monday, 6/11 Michele McPhee will return to the station as the new host of middays 11am to 3pm....
Jeff Smulyan

Debate engaged over FM chip

An FM chip in cell phones could dramatically help lower bandwidth use and is a priceless possession during an emergency, say proponents led by...
U.S. Congress

FM chips and royalties dominate Future of Audio hearing

Despite suggestions that there would a laundry list of topics on the House Communications Subcommittee hearing on “The Future of Audio,” almost all of...
Pandora

Mazda to integrate Pandora in dash

Mazda has joined the roster of car makers who have announced plans to integrate Pandora into their radios/dash. Mazda models that will feature Pandora...