Terry Robinson in hospice care
Satellite format pioneer Terry Robinson is in hospice care after being diagnosed with cancer earlier this month.
Robinson and Bill Moyes were station owners and...
Investor pressuring SBS to split
RBR-TVBR First: Attiva Capital is a significant shareholder of Spanish Broadcasting System, holding, along with its principal investors, about 9.3% of the publicly traded Class A shares of SBS
The Live Ride with Marty McFly debuts Nashville Newswire
The Envision Radio Networks two-hour weekly Country-formatted show announced Nashville Newswire, a weekly call-in feature with Country Weekly’s Ken Tucker that provides the latest...
Officials nix WBKY tower proposal
Wisconsin-based Magnum Broadcasting wants to build a 488-foot tower in the Town of Rutland, WI, to facilitate the move of its station, Bucky Country...
Westwood One unveils 2011 NCAA Football schedule
We’ve got both the lineup of college football doubleheaders and all-star broadcasters for the 2011-2012 seasons from Westwood One. John Tautges will call play-by-play...
Alden loses a round in court with Emmis
You need a scorecard to keep track of the lawsuits flying over last year
Cox Media Group Birmingham launching Sports Talk on FM (audio)
Cox Media Group (CMG) Birmingham is launching its new 24-hour sports-talk station, "The Zone" 97.3 FM, on 8/30. Replacing New Country
Iowa City radio owner eyes council seat
Although KCJJ-AM Iowa City IA is not an overtly political talk station like many other residents of the senior broadcast spectrum band, it would...
Bond analysts see radio growth slowing
“Radio posted decent Q2 results for the most part, but the outlook is weakening,” said Wells Fargo Securities analysts Bishop Cheen and Davis Hebert...
American Public Media adds Marketplace Index
American Public Media’s (APM) Marketplace has launched “Marketplace Index,” a weekday report hosted by David Brancaccio (pictured) that will “psychoanalyze” the economy each day...
Two NYC AMs off air from Irene flooding (audio)
Steve Schultis:
Irene can claim two AMs off the air due to flooding: New York Public Radio's WNYC AM820 is off air due to flooding...
Baylor IMG Sports Network affiliates named
The entire 2011 Baylor football season will be carried in Texas on the Baylor IMG Sports Network and nationally on SiriusXM. The Bears open their...
Creditors seek to restrict Inner City on cash use
The senior loan holders who filed to put Inner City Media Corporation (ICMC) into involuntary Chapter 11 have followed up with a motion to limit ICMC
WXDJ, Budweiser hold music event
Spanish Broadcasting System’s Spanish Tropical WXDJ-FM El Zol 95.7FM says its music event (8/25) with Budweiser--“Budweiser en Privado” (in private)--was a big success. The...
'Irene' coverage WFTL 850 West Palm simulcasts Merlin's NYC-FM News 101.9
As Hurricane Irene approaches the New York metropolitan area, listeners of Florida's WFTL 850 AM will hear the most accurate on-air coverage of the...