ESPN Radio's V Foundation auction raises $810K
The seventh annual “Don’t Give Up ESPYs V Foundation Auction” raised $810,955 for The V Foundation for Cancer Research, a 61% increase over last...
McVay Media becoming McVay/Cook & Associates
Long time broadcast consulting firm McVay Media CEO & Founder Mike McVay (pictured) has brought back Charlie Cook, this time as President and Partner...
CBS to blow up Chicago's "Fresh" FM, simulcast all-news WBBM-AM
It has been reported everywhere that CBS Radio
Minority advocacy hails FCC advancement of LPFM
The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council has been striving to push media ownership in the US closer to the level of diversity that exists...
Numerous radio stations about to add local TV news
A big trend about to burst, but beginning just now: Stations are flipping to all-News and using local TV affiliate partners to do the top and bottom
A closer look at the LPFM proceeding
The FCC did an analysis of frequency availabilities under the new adjacency protection standards established by the Local Community Radio Act, to get
SBS slams its stock into reverse
On 6/1/11, the board of directors at Spanish Broadcasting System authorized a 10-for-1 reverse stock split, and it became effective 7/12/11. Formerly known as SBS on the charts, the company now trades as SBSA
Marconi Award finalists named
The NAB announced finalists for the 2011 NAB Marconi Radio Awards honoring radio stations and on-air personalities for excellence in broadcasting. The winners will...
Q101 jocks to say goodbye
Chicago Media blogger by Robert Feder says while Randy Michaels’ Merlin Media continues to assemble and train staff for its upcoming switch to an...
Pandora execs address analyst questions
A good question from one of the analysts was,
ARNN adds "Mid-Mornings Live with Ernie Brown"
America’s Radio News Network (ARNN) has announced the launch of yet another three-hour daily all-news programming block, debuting 7/25, 6:00-9:00 a.m. PT (9:00 a.m.-...
FCC action hailed by LPFM activists
It’s been a long haul for public interest group Prometheus Radio Project, including a major date with the Third Circuit Court and dealings with...
Pandora holds Financial Analyst Day
Newly-public Pandora Media (N: P), the largest personalized internet radio provider, held a Financial Analyst Day on 7/12 in San Francisco.
FCC widens the door toward LPFM grants, translator thaw
6,500 FM translator applications have been frozen since 2005 as the FCC and Congress have worked to sort out competition between the translators and the expanding LPFM service