ESPN Tucson adds FM
And another AM adds an FM: Journal Broadcasting’s ESPN Radio 1490 The Fan is now known as ESPN Tucson 1490AM KFFN-AM & 104.9FM (KFFN-FM...
DigiMedia patent lawsuit extension granted
The latest on the DigiMedia patent lawsuit we recently wrote about, where the corporate owners of numerous groups, including Beasley Broadcasting, CBS Radio, Cox Radio, Cumulus, Entercom, Greater Media and Townsquare Media
Business improving for Radio One
Just 15 days after telling Wall Street that Q1 was only pacing flat to up in the single digits, Radio One has issued a...
Greenville's WORD-FM holds debate for protesters
Radio to the rescue, again, when it comes to Westboro Baptist Church funeral protesters: Entercom’s AM-FM News radio simulcast WORD-FM (WYRD) in Greenville, SC...
Citadel price falling as stock market drops
When Citadel Broadcasting announced acceptance of the takeover bid by Cumulus Media, Citadel proudly proclaimed that the value worked out to
NPR's future; long-form commercial competitor debuts
The National Public Radio debacle
WRXP shakes up air shifts
Emmis’ NYC AAA/Alternative 101.9 RXP says that starting 3/21 their Monday-Friday line-up shakes the shifts throughout the day. Steve Craig will now rise and...
Full House seconds Rules Committee NPR knockdown
The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 1076, a bill from Doug Lamborn (R-CO) aimed at eliminating federal funding for any programming
Dial Global adds more talkers on FMs
Dial Global announced its Stephanie Miller, Ed Schultz, Thom Hartmann, and Bill Press have all just signed with the new 105.7 WHJX FM Jacksonville,...
Norman Goldman going live in San Francisco
Compass Media Networks’ Norman Goldman has been upgraded to afternoon drive on Clear Channel’s KKGN, Green 960 San Francisco beginning 3/28. The station will...
House Rules Committee votes to take a bite out of NPR
H.R. 1076 is a bill that proposes to take all funding away from National Public Radio, while avoiding taking a direct bite out of local noncommercial radio stations that carry NPR. And the local stations would be allowed to run NPR programming
Man arrested for threatening NPR hosts
A man in Maine was arrested in January and indicted last month by a federal grand jury for threatening to kill two hosts of...
Musicians group thanks White House for PRA support
The brief mention of a radio performance royalty in a White House intellectual property white paper earned kudos from musicFIRST
Jim Seaver dead at 92
Very few people could ever claim to have been on air for over 58 years, much less hosting the same radio program the entire...
FCC actions set up move-in roadblock
FCC acted to make it harder for stations to move in search of higher concentrations of population while diminishing service to more rural areas