NYMRAD Holiday gathering brings in the talent
New York Market Radio (NYMRAD) ignited the holiday season with its 27th annual gathering, last Friday, December 3rd. Radio folks filled the new venue,...
FM Auction No. 91 slides back a month
The gavel kicking off FM Auction No. 91 will bang down about a month later than planned, according to a new FCC release, and there will be three less sticks on the shelf
Al Jazeera gets US radio outlet
Pacifica Radio has announced that it will now carry news coverage from Al Jazeera English. The broadcast of one hour of news daily from...
Ric Santos, Donna Britt join Timeless Cool
With over 30 years as a successful radio personality, Ric Santos has joined Timeless Cool to host mornings (6-10am) on the COOL AC’s satellite-delivered...
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...