Sunny 106 becomes
Beasley Broadcasting’s Sunny 106 WJPT-FM Ft. Myers-Naples, FL, is now airing all holiday-themed music through midnight, Sunday, 12/26. Programming will return to its Soft...
NPR funding survives lame duck session
A push to defund National Public Radio by House Republicans failed, allowing executives of the embattled network to rest easy through the holidays. But the respite may be short-lived, as Republicans
Bob Pittman investment in Clear Channel detailed
When Bob Pittman came onboard as Chairman of Media and Entertainment Platforms for Clear Channel Communications and its parent company
BET
Westwood One and Emmis Communications announced that BET’s 106 and Park Countdown will be heard on Saturdays from 10AM -12PM on HOT 97 New...
Compass to air Big Ten Football Championship
Compass Media Networks announced a multi-year agreement with Learfield Sports for the exclusive, national, terrestrial radio broadcast rights to the Big Ten Football Championship...
Gerry House is a Hall of Famer
Gerry House now has something to put on his calendar after he wraps up his long-running radio show in Nashville next month. He can...
Clear Channel's Bob Pittman may build radio a bigger pie
Charles Warner, a blogger at Media Curmudgeon.com, says that Bob Pittman is very adept at running winning media enterprises, with a long track and successful record in radio under his belt. But his greatest talent, one that may benefit all of radio
Smerconish to focus on afternoons
Dial Global announced Michael Smerconish’s Philadelphia flagship, CBS Radio’s The Big Talker WPHT, will move him from mornings to afternoons. So Michael will cease...
Radio host arrested in gambling investigation
A joint federal-state investigation of an alleged gambling ring led to the arrest of 13 people in and around Hartford, CT. Among them are...
Brad Paisley to co-host CMT Country Countdown
Westwood One announced 2010 CMA Entertainer of the Year, Brad Paisley will sit in as co-host of CMT's Country Countdown USA along side 2010...
Media watchdog going to bat for LPFM
Free Press, one of the most vocal public interest groups on the media beat, is urging its followers to contact senators and drive the Local Community
WGN Radio shakes up weekend schedule
Tribune’s WGN Radio Chicago announced changes to its weekend schedule, including the return of “Sports Central Weekend” hosted by former Chicago Bear Glen Kozlowski...
Q3 revenues up for Debut Broadcasting
Debut Broadcasting, the smallest publicly traded radio company, reported its second straight quarter of increased revenues. It is also getting a new national sales...
Radio in Sweden suffering from podcast competition
The good news for commercial radio broadcasters in Sweden: Revenues in October were up 7.5%, according to The Local, a Swedish English
Harpo Radio
The two-hour, daily radio talk program hosted by acclaimed newscaster and television and radio personality, Gayle King, will now be available to radio listeners...