Citadel Broadcasting execs get new stock options
RBR-TVBR First, CEO Farid Suleman and other top executives of Citadel Broadcasting have been granted new stock options vesting over three years.
Extra FM stations in store for Fairbanks, Alaska
There are currently only nine FM stations serving Fairbanks AK, according to the FCC, which has decided that the public interest would be served...
Radio One back in Nasdaq's good graces
If you follow the daily stock chart in RBR-TVBR, you may have noticed that Radio One’s publicly traded Class D stock closed above $1...
Weigel going national with Me-TV network
Weigel Broadcasting Company already has Me-TV running on digital multicast channels of its own Chicago and Milwaukee stations. Now the network based on classic...
Lex and Terry returning to Gainesville
Dumped when the University of Florida’s commercial WRUF-FM made a surprise format flip from Rock to Country, “The Lex & Terry Morning Show” is...
Station trading: Halfway decent weeks sneaking in
We looked at six weeks of broadcast transactions filed with the FCC going back to 10/4/10 and ending with 11/12/10. While the overall station...
El Show de Don Cheto adds three new markets
Liberman Broadcasting Inc. (LBI Media) announced that its top-rated Hispanic morning drive radio program, “El Show de Don Cheto,” will now be syndicated in...
WBAI goes Artsy Fartsy
Pacifica’s WBAI-FM NYC is bringing some fresh new voices to its arts programming with The Artsy Fartsy Show (airing Tuesdays at 2pm ET). It’s...
Univision signs for Arbitron PPM service
Long-time holdout Univision has signed a contract for Arbitron
RAB
The RAB is launching an In-Market Revenue Road Show focusing on 20 key markets sized 50-100. The Road Show scheduled for Q1 will include...
SBS gets an upgrade from Moody's
Although its Q3 revenues were down, Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) has gotten some good news from Moody
Thom Hartmann
Dial Global’s Thom Hartmann’s latest book, “Rebooting The American Dream” is being serialized online in its entirety. It’s a collaboration between Thom’s publishing company...
Court battle moves on in Sirius-XM anti-trust/fraud case
A lawsuit filed on behalf of approximately 20M subscribers to satellite audio service Sirius-XM is being allowed to proceed. The suit alleges that
Radio keeps on rolling with 5% Q3
Local and national revenues enjoyed a combined 5% gain during the 3rd quarter of 2010, according to the latest results from the Radio Advertising Board and Miller Kaplan Arase and Co. That matches
Arbitron has new PPM metric to track sports involvement
The Custom Sports Services operation at Arbitron has announced a new metric, the Event Retention Index (ERI), to provide more clarity on the extent...