No news on the Howard Stern front
With Howard Stern’s contract due to expire the end of this month, you can expect Sirius XM executives to be asked about Stern every...
Memorial services for Stu Olds
The life of Stu Olds will be remembered by many in the broadcasting industry at services this Wednesday and Thursday. Olds, who was CEO...
Westwood One signs Cumulus for Urbanski in 18 markets
Westwood One said that upon its January 24th debut, Douglas Urbanski will be heard on Cumulus Media stations in 18 markets nationwide. “Urbanski,” the...
MMTC wants to hear more minorities in radio news
Minority Media and Telecommunications Council exec David Honig says that the employment level of minority journalists in radio news departments is far below the...
William O'Donnell dead at 88
Longtime Chicago radio manager William O’Donnell died Friday (12/3) at his home in Boca Grande, FL of apparent heart failure. He was 88.
O’Donnell served...
Mancow rebranding morning show as "The Mancow Experience"
TRN-FM and Dial-Global have re-upped to syndicate Erich “Mancow” Muller’s re-energized radio show “The Mancow Experience”. The new multi-year contract with Mancow introduces a...
Citadel Broadcasting rejected merger proposal
Someone approached Citadel Broadcasting last month with a merger proposal. Beyond that, little is known, since the board of directors at Citadel said “no...
MRC explains withdrawing accreditation for Arbitron
Looks like the Media Ratings Council (MRC) is cracking down on both radio and television ratings services. Adding to MRC's pulling of Nielsen Diary Markets accreditation on 11/17, Arbitron put out a
RBR-TVBR Analysis: Anatomy of a Washington State radio mash-up
Two of the strongest radio clusters in two smaller Washington State markets are coming together, mixing and matching the formats and signals of
Station owner says power compliance is too expensive
KCKX(AM) Stayton OR operates on 1460 kHz, and is licensed for 1 kW during the day but only 15 Watts at night. An FCC field agent out of the
W Radio 690 participates in Don Francisco "Teleton"
Throughout 2010, W Radio 690 AM SoCal "La voz del Pueblo" has offered support to various social causes, in order to improve the lives...
Free Beer & Hot Wings embrace the Holidays
Compass Media Networks’ Free Beer & Hot Wings announced the 9th annual, and expanded “The Holiday Break-in Tour,” enabling listeners to nominate needy families...
New Sirius XM satellite in proper orbit
The XM-5 satellite launched in October is now in its designated orbit. The new addition to the Sirius XM fleet has been declared “ready...
Ron Santo dead at 70
Chicago Cubs star turned radio broadcaster Ron Santo has died at age 70. Cubs flagship station WGN-AM Chicago reports that he died of complications...
FCC goes pedal to metal on AM station studio presence fine
Oops deparment: A station serving the Catholic community in the Wilkes Barre-Scranton PA market was found without any personnel at its Olyphant PA studio, and it still lacked a presence when the FCC made a return visit