Radio advertiser uses ad to screen clients (video)
Crockett Keller of Keller’s Riverside Store teaches classes designed to prepare students for getting a concealed handgun license, and he advertised his service on...
WWRL adds "Equality and Pride"
On 10/31, Access.1 Communications’ progressive talker WWRL-AM NY is launching Equality Pride Radio, a programming block geared to New York’s LGBT community. The programs...
Emmis takes Hungarian radio dispute to international forum
It’s been nearly two years since Slager Radio went silent in Hungary, but Emmis Communications isn’t giving up in its battle to get the...
Tourism helping in hard-hit markets
Beasley Broadcast Group owns a cluster of stations at ground zero for the housing bubble bust – Las Vegas – and Ft. Myers, FL...
New board settles in at Dial-Global
With the merger of Westwood One and Dial-Global on October 21st, a new management team from Dial-Global took over, as previously reported, and most of the old WW1 board of directors exited. We now have details on the full board of the merged
Slight Q3 revenue decline for Beasley
Net revenues were down 1% to $24 million in Q3 for Beasley Broadcast Group. But if you exclude the $300K of political advertising from last year, CFO Caroline Beasley told investors
HITS returns to Des Moines
Almost three months after Connoisseur Media sold its KZHZ-FM HITS 105.9 frequency in Des Moines to Iowa Public Radio, Saga Communications of Iowa’s Des Moines...
WSFR-FM flips in Louisville
Cox Media Group Louisville’s Classic Rocker WSFR-FM has flipped to Classic Hits. It’s now branded as 1077 S-F-R, “The NEW 107.7 The Eagle –...
Car crashes into WJFK offices
The driver, claiming to have swerved to avoid a pedestrian, crashed into the call screener’s office of the CBS Radio’s Sports Talker 106.7 “The...
MannGroup launches "Afternoon Gumbo"
Programmer Jeff Wyatt (WXKS-FM, WUSL, KPWR, KIIS, WIHT, WMZQ) has teamed with veteran record promotion exec Iris Dillon (A&M, Virgin, and Island Records) to...
Michael Smerconish renews, partners with Ron Hartenbaum
Dial Global’s Michael Smerconish has renewed his contract with Dial Global and will now be produced by Ron Hartenbaum. Smerconish can be heard on...
Unions up in arms over Sirius XM music licensing
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) are fighting back against an effort by Sirius XM to cut its music royalty payments to SoundExchange via
CBS
And in so doing, the station is adding valuable material to the serving-the-public-interest portion of its public file. KLUC-FM is partnering with popular artist...
NAB Radio Board cautions Supercommittee on spectrum fees
It’s not like local radio broadcasters don’t already pay millions of dollars in fees to the federal government, say top radio executives at the...
SBS appears to have dodged a bullet
Spanish Broadcasting System has rebounded after closing for two days below the $1.00 minimum bid limit for Nasdaq. The stock was as high as...