Merlin Media stations add Clark Howard
Dial Global’s Clark Howard Minutes will begin airing on Merlin Media’s all-News stations WEMP-FM NY and WIQI-FM Chicago, adding 36,100 and 14,800 AQH respectively...
NAB Radio Board hears options on AM
NAB EVP/Chief Technology Officer Kevin Gage presented to the board this week an engineering study about the options available to AM broadcasters for dealing with issues such as increasing
Rick Santorum using radio to capture conservative nod
The race for the Republican presidential nomination has pretty much always been Mitt Romney v. everybody else, with numerous candidates taking a turn as...
Ivie discusses why PPM accreditation is so complex
Given the news that the Media Rating Council (MRC) that it has withdrawn accreditation of the monthly AQH radio ratings data produced by the...
MRC withdraws accreditation in five PPM markets
Arbitron has been informed by the Media Rating Council (MRC) that it has withdrawn the accreditation of the monthly AQH radio ratings data produced by the PPM service in five markets: Cleveland, Portland OR, Riverside-San Bernardino, Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo, and
Two more pirates busted in Florida radio waters
The Florida airwaves have been one of the hotspots for FM spectrum piracy, and the FCC has put the collar on two more of...
Birach to launch ESPN Radio in Detroit
Now we know why the News-Talk station recently dropped the "The Bonds and Fisher Show." Birach Broadcasting’s WCAR-AM GM Buzz Van Houten also mentioned...
WLYF Miami adds John Tesh
The John Tesh Radio Show is debuting evenings on Lincoln Financial Media’s WLYF-FM "101.5 LiteFM." The Tesh show will make its debut in the...
"The Gamut" launches on WTOP HD-3
DC has a new radio station in Hubbard Broadcasting’s WTOP-HD3. Appropriately named, “The Gamut” plays just about everything: AAA, Blues, Dance, Classic Country, Disco,...
Dial Global details Super Bowl coverage
Following on the heels of the study released with Edison Research showing that 22.9 million radio listeners tuned in to pro football on the NFL Championship weekend, EVP Branding at Dial-Global Roby Wiener took a moment to talk
Traffic safety groups task teens with radio ad production
The advent of cell phones, and even more, the advent of texting on cell phones, has led to a dramatic increase in traffic accidents...
Courtside taps Compass Media Marketing
RBR-TVBR First: Compass Media Networks’ new Compass Media Marketing ad rep firm for the audio industry, and Norm Pattiz’s Courtside Entertainment Group announced CMM...
U2 prefers radio to cloud promotion
Paul McGuinness is the manager of worldwide musical act U2, and he was asked recently about his thoughts on using Spotify and other similar digital platforms to release music. He said his band wasn
The Wave returns with Smooth AC in Cleveland
Broadcast Architecture’s new Smooth AC affiliate is on in Cleveland, as “Smooth FM 107.3, The Wave.” The station, now owned by Rubber City Radio...
Bill O'Reilly's Radio Talking Points moves to Courtside
Courtside Entertainment Group and Dial Global offered O’Reilly’s national Radio Town Hall Election special to 169 affiliates nationwide back in November. Now Courtside announced...