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...
ISC/MRN getting much less from SiriusXM for rights this year
Now that Sirius and XM have merged into a single entity, we’re starting to see the effects of a monopoly on rights fees paid...
New radio deal with ASCAP gets judicial nod
The Radio Music License Committee and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers hammered out a new music licensing agreement early in December...
Univision Radio debuts Alfonso Aguilar talker
Aguilar, a former Bush administration official, is launching a conservative-themed Spanish-language show in 11 top Univision Radio markets. On 1/21, Aguilar began what will...
Interest group uses radio to focus FL on BP oil spill
The Environmental Defense Action Fund wanted to make sure politicians in the state of Florida are fully on board to use fines charged to...
Peak Broadcasting moving rapidly through bankruptcy
It looks like Peak Broadcasting won
Bob Maccini questions broadcasters joining iHeartRadio
The Ando Media founder and current new media exec with Angel Street Capital says in his blog that broadcasters like Cumulus and Greater Media’s...
Broadcast observer asks Supremes to free radio speech
Randy Dotinga, who has been writing about broadcasting and radio in the San Diego area for years, has all kinds of questions about the need to continue singling out broadcasters when it comes to indecent programming. For one thing,
Mark Plotkin leaves WTOP after 10 years
Hubbard Broadcasting’s top-rated all-newser WTOP-FM DC has canceled Mark Plotkin’s 10 AM “Friday Politics Program”. Some reports say he was fired, more than just...
KOY-AM adds Smooth Jazz evenings, weekends
Clear Channel’s Adult Standards KOY-AM has added Broadcast Architecture’s Smooth Jazz format evenings and weekends on “The Coyote.” The station also simulcasts 24/7 on...