101 ESPN signs three-year basketball deal
Bonneville’s WXOS-FM 101 ESPN St. Louis signed the agreement with Missouri Valley Conference Sports Properties (MVCSP), with exclusive rights to air men’s b-ball games...
NPR concludes Juan Williams review, news exec is out
SVP Ellen Weiss shown the door... RBR-TVBR observation: RBR-TVBR observation: Will this move take Republican heat off NPR? No.
Great Falls CP may have to move tower
A new AM talker planned in Great Falls, MT already is getting some big pushback from Cascade County, MT officials, who say the owners,...
Internal Emmis syndication for The Dana Show
Dana Loesch, one of the original forces behind the national Tea Party movement, has been hosting a local show on KFTK-FM St. Louis. Now...
Paul and Young Ron net 810,000 pounds of food for the hungry
On Friday, 12/17 Paul Castronovo and "Young" Ron Brewer were on the radio for 12 hours raising money and contributing food to Feeding South...
Local Community Radio Act: It
RBR-TVBR observation: Ball is now in the FCC
Bubba the Love Sponge makes Internet move official
Bubba had used Twitter to tell fans that he did not come to terms on a renewal and urged them to cancel. RBR-TVBR observation: We
Columbus homeless man with golden radio voice gets offers (video)
YouTube video went viral got a lot of media attention from former radio announcer Ted Williams. RBR-TVBR observation: Example of how viral media works and how quickly it can spread a story. Local Radio and TV must engage into the internet, it will be the 'New Asset' builder.
Clear Channel hands out stock options
The end of 2010 brought stock option grants to three key employees. RBR-TVBR observation: The trio of execs will now have to work to get CC Media
Eastlan challenges Arbitron in Gainesville-Ocala
There is now a head-to-head ratings battle in Gainesville-Ocala, which ranks as the #83 Abitron market. The entrenched ratings company is being challenged by...
Pandora inks deal to get into Toyota vehicles
Popular internet audio service Pandora, which allows subscribers to create their own customized internet “radio” stations, has made another stride into the automobile, where...
Toyota to add HD Radio, Pandora to vehicles
Ford is already integrating Pandora into 2011 cars with its Sync system. Now Toyota has announced the same from 2011 CES in Las Vegas....
KBNW shuffles lineup
Replacing progressive talker Ed Schultz, Citadel Media’s Mark Levin is now in place at Horizon Broadcasting Group’s News Radio Central Oregon KBNW-A/FM. He airs...
WOR-AM replaces Glenn Beck with Mike Gallagher
Citing lower-than-expected ratings, Buckley Broadcasting’s WOR-AM New York is dropping Glenn Beck’s Premiere Radio Networks syndicated show after next week, opting instead for Salem...
WACC-AM Radio Paz in Miami cuts staff by 17
Pax Catholic Communications, the Archdiocese of Miami's media ministry, has let go the majority of staff 1/3 at its flagship Spanish-language Radio Paz WACC-AM...