VH1 launching Big Morning Buzz Live
Live from the lobby of VH1's headquarters in Times Square, VH1 presents "Big Morning Buzz Live" premiering Monday, May 9 at 9:30 AM*. Vivacious...
California reps move to preempt FM phone chip
Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Anna Eshoo (D-CA) have teamed together to introduce a House of Representatives Resolution that would discourage the
Radio One says Q1 will be up double-digits
Having announced plans to buy back some of its own stock, Radio One issued preliminary results for Q1. And the numbers are pretty impressive.
The...
CKLN off the air, but remains online
CKLN, a campus-community station from Ryerson University in Toronto on 88.1 mHz, had its license revoked by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on...
SiriusXM making good on diverse programmer pledge
According to conditions of the merger between satellite audio services Sirius and XM, it is providing long term leases to companies that will provide...
Fred Upton gets another reminder how hot his Chair is
The sleepy congressional district in the southwestern corner of Michigan where Fred Upton (R-MI) makes his home has been off the national radar for...
Radio One looking at Q1 revenue growth, investing in Radio One
Urban media specialist Radio One has announced that its Board of Directors has greenlighted the purchase of stocks near and dear to the company - its own Class A and Class D common stock
WVOL-AM Nashville vandalized
And it’s the second time this year for the Heidelberg Broadcasting Urban Oldies and local talk station: On the night of 4/11, vandals threw...
Time running out for SBS on Nasdaq
Last of a group of public broadcast companies to get back into compliance with minimum share price benchmarks. If it gets the hearing it wants, it will at least buy time to get back to a dollar
David Ensor to be new VOA director
The Broadcasting Board of Governors has selected David Ensor as the next director of the Voice of America, according to a Politico article, to...
Crosby pleads guilty to threatening NPR hosts
As predicted in the local papers 4/9, John Crosby, 38, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine pleaded guilty 4/15 in U.S. District Court in Portland to sending threatening communications and possession of a firearm by a felon. He could be sentenced to up to 10 years
Which consumers listen to what on the radio
If you are a radio professional, your idea of what to call the programming on a radio station is much different than the terminology that your listeners are likely to be using. Take the term Adult Contemporary. That one is not only commonly used in the
WAGE-AM back on at 50-kW in DC as WCRW
Suburban DC (Leesburg, VA) now has another 50-kW station (1,300 watts-n) at 1190 kHz. Talker WAGE (which was on 1200) returned to the air 4/11 as WCRW AM 1190 after going dark more than a year ago. This time the programming is Asian
San Francisco welcomes The Wolf
Entercom’s Country 95.7 The Wolf (KBWF) has been blown up to become SportsRadio 95.7, the home of the Oakland Athletics baseball. Sister station KUFX...
Virginia noncom agrees to decree over alleged ad sales
Fund-raising at a noncommercial station in rural western Virginia seems to have gone over the top beginning back in 2009. According to a complaint,...