Merlin Media begins staffing up
With his creation of Merlin Media to acquire three big stations from Emmis, Randy Michaels also announced the first hires for the new company....
Texas FM among top winners in NY Festivals International Radio Awards
Among the three stations around the globe to take a Grand Trophy in the 2011 New York Festivals International Radio Awards is non-commercial KUT-FM...
Smerconish raises $20,000 for memorial completion
On 6/19 Dial Global’s Michael Smerconish surpassed his charitable goal at a brunch he and his wife hosted at their Bucks County, PA home to...
Randy Michaels back in radio as Emmis spins major market FMs
Will Randy Michaels be able to recreate the wizardry that catapulted him to the upper echelon of radio executives during his career? Investment gurus at GTCR seem to think so, and they
Emmis stock price popped on Randy Michaels deal
Shares of Emmis Communications traded as high as $1.25, up 18% from Monday
Breaking: Emmis selling 3 stations in Chicago and New York
Randy Michaels is back in radio. Emmis Communications has announced a deal to sell WKQX-FM and WLUP-FM Chicago and WRXP-FM New York to Merlin...
MMTC cites format study to call for FCC ownership study
A research effort by a college professor shows that the more radio stations there are serving a minority group, the more listening there is...
Envision offering free Tribute to Clarence Clemons
In honor of just-passed E Street Band/Bruce Springfield saxophonist Clarence Clemons, Envision Radio Networks and Tom Cunningham’s Bruce Brunch are paying tribute to the...
Roseanne Barr returning to TV with Lifetime series
“Where in the world is Roseanne Barr?” Lifetime answers the question with the premiere of the all-new docu-series, Roseanne’s Nuts, marking the Emmy® Award-winning actress,...
Oaktree sets its sights on NYSE
RBR-TVBR reported back in May that investment company Oaktree Capital was planning to get a listing at the New York Stock Exchange, and that plan is now officially in the works. The firm, which
RADAR 109: Dial-Global tops again, Rosso details updates
Arbitron reported in its June 2011 RADAR 109 Radio Network Ratings, detailing that some 191.9 million Persons 12+, or 74%, heard one or more network radio commercials in an average week of the survey period
Pandora's Wall Street debut was a bust
You may have read uninformed commentary elsewhere that Pandora Media
98.7 Kiss FM details Black Music Month concerts
Emmis’ Urban AC WRKS KISS FM NYC is kicking off KISS FM’s Black Music Month Concert Series with four R&B shows and artists including...
Pandora's stock keeps sliding downhill
Most stocks are trading higher in Friday
Fire knocks Trinity College's WRTC off the air
A fire in the underground cabling at Trinity College in Hartford, CT cut power 6/15 to some of the campus and knocked its non-comm...