FCC has bids for over $4M for FM CP rights

The bidding in FCC FM Broadcast Auction No. 91 has made it through seven rounds as of 3PM Thursday 4/28/11. Of 144 allocations put up for bidding, the Commission says it has

Rowdy Yates coming to KVOO-FM

He’ll join Sunny Leigh and Luke Dawg on Journal Broadcast Group’s KVOO-FM Tulsa mornings beginning 5/9. Yates spent the past 17 years as PM...

Cumulus Media gets an upgrade from Moody's

If you are following the Cumulus trail - the credit ratings agencies are giving it thumbs-up signs. Moody's assigned a Speculative Grade Liquidity

Bruce Hornsby looks to radio to market new release

Pianist, singer and composer extraordinaire Bruce Hornsby has a new album out. It

WLOL to hold 30 year reunion

The staff of CHR 99-1/2 WLOL Minneapolis-St. Paul will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the station's launch in 1981 (and 10 year lifespan)...

Eucario Bermudez returns to Radio Caracol

Veteran journalist Eucario Bermudez is back with his daily comments on Noticiero del Mediodía (News at noon) M-F Noon-1PM with Prisa Radio’s Radio Caracol...

Radio has role in Oregon bag battle

There is a movement afoot in the Oregon legislature to ban the use of plastic bags in the state’s grocery stores, but it has...

Westwood One's Dennis Green on Rick Dees, growth and the NFL

As Rick Dees makes his return to LA on KHHT-FM for mornings, Westwood One is claiming over 200 stations nationwide are now airing programming...

Jim Mandich dead at 62

Former Miami Dolphins player and radio analyst Jim Mandich has died of bile-duct cancer at age 62. Despite chemotherapy and radiation treatments, Mandich had...

College radio seeks to stop station losses

The loss of college radio stations in Houston, San Francisco and Nashville has gotten the attention of the trade group College Broadcasters

Arbitron CEO assesses outlook for radio

In terms of the radio industry as a whole, Arbitron continue to see the 2010 rebound in radio ad revenue extended into the first quarter of 2011

98.7 AMP Radio hosting Royal Wedding at White Castle

CBS Radio’s 98.7 AMP Radio Detroit (WDZH-FM) recently held a competition to find the best story of a cash-strapped couple who wanted to get...

Suspect jailed without bond in Orlando assault

A man who admitted 4/25 that he tried to rape a local radio host while she was praying live on the air was granted...

Big Machine Radio launches on iHeartRadio

Clear Channel Radio has launched Big Machine Radio, a commercial-free streaming radio station featuring exclusive content from Big Machine Label Group’s top recording artists,...