WMAL to crank it up by adding FM in DC
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Broadcasters Hall of Fame adds Bob Marbourg
Anyone living in or driving through the DC area knows the traffic here is the worst in the nation. That’s, of course, what happens...
Chaz and AJ added to WFOX
The Cox Media Group New Haven, CT morning duo have been at Rocker WPLR for the past eight years and are the market’s #1...
FCC paves way for AMs to save by going green
If an AM station can maintain its audio quality and coverage area, and at the same time reduce its own energy consumption, the FCC is all for it. The technology exists to make it possible, and the Commission is poised to grant
A few shareholders did vote no on the Citadel-Cumulus deal
The vote was tight on Proposal 4, a non-binding advisory vote on whether to pay the golden parachutes due to Citadel
What now for a bigger Cumulus Media? (audio)
The puzzle has a lot of pieces for Lew and his team at Cumulus to put together. Not a lot of market overlap, but some of the markets coming from Citadel
Cumulus takes big gun WMAL to FM; competes with WTOP
Simulcast uniquely positions WMAL/WVRX to compete head-to-head with WTOP and their $57 million in annual ad sales. Key to victory in DC:
SiriusXM launching "White House Insider"
It’s four-week series on the P.O.T.U.S. channel hosted by correspondent Jon Decker that offers an unbiased look at the people, power and politics in...
Nassau Broadcasting's lenders lower the boom
Long, complicated restructuring talks between Nassau Broadcasting Partners and its senior lenders have apparently hit a brick wall. The lenders
Cumulus Media spells out the closing terms
Details are: The vulture capital funds which had been the primary owners of Citadel following its emergency from Chapter 11 voted Thursday to approve the deal
Citadel Broadcasting is now part of Cumulus Media
Deal is sealed. $2.3 billion closing was Friday morning (9/16) and Citadel Broadcasting is no more. Cumulus has announced the final cash/stock compensation.
2011 NAB Marconi Radio Award Winners take the crown
The winners were announced 9/15 at the annual NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show held at the Radio Show in Chicago. The event...
The final price for Citadel is $33.95 per share
RBR-TVBR analysis: Citadel Broadcasting will be folded into Cumulus Media before the stock market opens today (9/16). Price of the deal was announced as $37 per share back in February...what
Radio remains king of all in-car media
In the face of Pandora, satellite, MP3 players, etc., in the dash, broadcast radio continues to dominate the choices for information and entertainment in the car, according to the new national survey
Michael Copps slams Cumulus consolidation deal
The acquisition of Citadel by Cumulus in creating the #2 radio group in the US, and to FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, it is another example of the march to consolidation and homogenization of the media. However, looked at another way,