Cox Media Group launched Hot 101.5 Tampa for holiday weekend
CMG is making no bones about calling out market leader WFLZ-FM, which is owned by Clear Channel. CMG announced. Hot 101.5 debuted at 11:00 am ET on Friday and will spend the Independence Day weekend playing 10,000 songs in a row
Credit markets tightening as Cumulus sells debt
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Absent owner slammed for absent public file documents
FCC agents visiting KBPO-AM Port Arthur TX during a week-and-a-half-long stretch of December 2010 found various levels of staffing, including no staffing, and also...
Jelli makes radio programming a democracy in Las Vegas
LKCM Radio Group and Aurora Media have entered into an agreement Jelli that makes listeners the program directors at two FM station in the...
Chicago FM news war heating up
Time Out Chicago blogger Rob Feder writes that CBS Radio is preparing a preemptive move as Merlin Media prepares to launch a new FM...
Partnering in Tampa Bay
Good move by Genesis Communications' WWBA-AM 820 News with Gannett's WTSP-TV (Chnl 10) as 10 News is Tampa Bay's leader in local news and information. WTSP is the local CBS affiliate, and remember if there is no NFL strike WTSP is home to NFL Sunday.
FCC looks into San Francisco noncom deal
The sale of KUSF-FM by the University of San Francisco to Classical Public Radio Networks LLC joined several others of its kind in generating...
Pittsfield public school station earns fine reduction
WTBR-FM Pittsfield MA, licensed to the Pittsfield Public School Committee, was one of those stations that not only filed late for its license renewal
Howard Stern and Sirius XM disagree over facts in lawsuit
As you would expect, Howard Stern and his agent, Don Buchwald, are opposing the motion by Sirius XM to have a New York court throw out their lawsuit
Fairness Doctrine to walk the plank in August
FCC in response to inquiries from Republican leadership has said that the Commission plans to scrub the Fairness Doctrine from its regulations
S&P turns positive on Sirius XM
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services revised its rating outlook on Sirius XM Radio to positive from stable. S&P said the change reflected the satellite...
NRG Media and Salvation Army partner for flood relief
The red kettles of the Salvation Army may be a common sight at Christmastime, but they’re back out now in Nebraska and Iowa as...
Noncommercial Denver AM gets alternative CPR treatment
Music-intensive formats, other than niche brands, have been pretty much chased of the AM dial for quite some time, but in Denver, Colorado Public...
Democratic campaign organization strikes again
Described as a super PAC, the Democratic Majority PAC is doing its best to counter the efforts of Republican-backing PACs, and in particular, Karl
AOL Radio switches from CBS to Slacker
AOL Radio has now teamed with Slacker Inc. and will re-launch in late summer without former partner CBS Radio. Meanwhile, CBS is focusing on