Arbitron adds Hudson Valley market
There’s a new radio market #38. Arbitron has added a new Hudson Valley market, replacing the smaller Newburgh-Middletown, NY (#137) market. The change will...
Harold Camping suffers stroke
Some three weeks after his promise of a 5/21/11 Doomsday rapture event that never happened, Family Radio president and radio evangelist Harold Camping has...
Santorum first GOP presidential hopeful to buy radio ads
Radio is getting its first ad spending by an official candidate for the 2012 presidential race. Former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) launched a 60-second...
Canadian commercial radio bounced back in 2010
Statistics Canada says that 1993 was the last time private radio companies in its home nation recorded a year-over-year revenue loss – unless you...
Governor may be charged in attack on radio host
The attack by Kalinga province Governor Jocel Baac on radio host Jerome Balinag Tabangay, which was caught on an in-studio video camera, has gotten lots of attention around the world, including
Pandora Media increases its IPO size
A new Internet IPO trend is to offer only a small portion of the total equity to maximize demand and price. In this case, the six million new shares being
Death of Fairness Doctrine may deprive hosts of go-to topic
Rush Limbaugh said,
Voice of Russia Radio launches in NYC, DC
Well, in DC we have 50-KW China Radio International on 1190 kHz and now Voice of Russia (VOR) Radio on 5-kW Way Broadcasting’s WZHF-AM...
Clear Channel coffers have been refilled
Clear Channel Communications has completed its private placement of $750 million in new bonds on Wall Street. A half billion will be held in the
KSON adds John Flint and Tammy Lee in morning drive
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Sirius XM at center of latest Weiner photo release
Blogger Andrew Breitbart was the one who broke the story that Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) had sent lewd images to women he met via the...
Radio host attacked in studio by governor (video)
As heated as politics gets in the US, we sometimes forget that physical violence against reporters and commentators is far from rare in many...
Taylor Swift took top prize at CMT Music Awards
Taylor Swift took top honors at the 2011 CMT MUSIC AWARDS for VIDEO OF THE YEAR ("Mine"), accepting her award live via satellite from...
Label touts radio play achieved by fresh musical face
Kreayshawn burst on to the national musical scene from her native Oakland CA the new way