LPFM on the tarmac
Destination: The big desk in the Oval Office... RBR-TVBR observation: Obama's autograph will mark the end of the beginning. Now the FCC will have to figure out where
Bubba going down to the wire with Sirius XM
Sirius XM did cut a new five-year deal with Howard Stern, it remains at loggerheads with Bubba the Love Sponge. His contract is due to run out on Friday. RBR-TVBR note: Unlike Stern, Bubba isn
Ford now lets parents block explicit Sirius content
A V-Chip for the radio? Well this would be the first. Ford is upgrading its “MyKey” feature with a technology that allows parents to...
Connecticut noncom agrees to decree on underwriting
The FCC had reason to believe that a noncommercial FM station in the extreme western portion of Connecticut was straying over the line when...
WNIC gets Fresh; moves to a Hot AC
Heritage AC WNIC-FM Detroit has made a move 12/27 to Hot AC, re-naming itself as "Fresh 100.3," borrowing the name in-market with CBS Radio’s...
Sandusky Seattle launches "Click 98.9"
Another Smooth Jazz outlet bites the dust. After 19 years, Sandusky’s KWJZ has moved changed 12/28 to a Modern AC, Classic Alternative dubbed “Click...
Ex-Rep Tom Tancredo lands on radio
Former US Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO) failed in his bid this year to become Governor of Colorado. Like so many out of work politicians...
What a merged Cumulus and Citadel would look like
RBR-TVBR analysis: It would not be a case of a mouse swallowing an elephant, but the proposal is certainly a case of the would be buyer acquiring a much larger entity. Perhaps a better analogy would be a horse swallowing an elephant.
Emmis and Smulyan sharing lawsuit costs
Emmis Communications states in an SEC filing that it has agreed to pay up to $200,000 of the cost of suing Alden Global Capital...
WSDD goes GenX in St. Louis
100.3 The Sound: Modern Music for St. Louis is no longer. Clear Channel has changed formats on its WSDD-FM 100.3, flipping from a Modern...
Cox blows up WHDR for Soft AC WFEZ in Miami
Looks like Cox Radio/Miami is going full force against Lincoln Financial Media’s top-rated WLYF-FM there. Cox already has heritage AC WFLC-FM, “The Coast,” but...
Ludwig's The ONE Radio scores two stations
Ludwig Enterprises “The One” digital radio receiver, which uses extra DTV station bandwidth, is now offering up Haitian and Jamaican programming from Miami-Ft. Lauderdale...
Orr to turn in oars at the Citadel legal department
Jacquelyn J. Orr will no longer be General Counsel, Vice President and Secretary of the Company as of the end of January 2011. After...
Clear Channel exploring its finance options
RBR-TVBR observation: Like all media companies that are over leveraged - when the money comes in the front door it goes out the debt service door
Miami radio fixture Neil Rogers dies at 68
Former WQAM-AM Miami talker/shock jock Neil Rogers has been hospitalized since November, following multiple strokes and heart attacks since retiring in 2009. He did...