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
End-times billboards linked to religious radio group
Family Radio founder Harold Camping is predicting that the beginning of the end of the world is just a few months away. According to...
WGN's Orion Samuelson honored with street naming
Legendary agribusiness broadcaster Orion Samuelson will be recognized on 12/9 by the City of Chicago with an honorary street naming commemorating his 50 years...
StarTalk returns as syndicated show
The StarTalk Radio Show returns to the airwaves 12/5, with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson as host, and Jon Stewart as his inaugural guest. StarTalk...
WYBC Coats For Kids charity event back in town
The Annual Cox Radio’s WYBC-FM New Haven, CT Coats For Kids Drive will help the less fortunate get a warm coat for winter. You'd...
Dr. Dean Edell retiring from KGO-AM, syndication
Citadel’s KGO-AM longtime host and Premiere Radio Networks-syndicated Dr. Dean Edell announced he’s retiring after more than three decades (1979). His last live show...
Todd Schnitt offers $50,000 for Julian Assange
Compass Media Networks’ Todd Schnitt is offering a $50,000 reward for credible info leading to the capture of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. His website...
Station with late-filed license renewal rescued from the scrap heap
When it comes to getting an application to the FCC to renew a broadcast license, there’s late – resulting in a relatively small fine;...
107.5 The Eagle offers $50,000 to NFL players
Dean and Rog, morning drivers at Cox Radio Houston’s 107.5 The Eagle, are offering Houston Texans Andre Johnson, and Tennessee Titans’ Courtland Finnegan, a...
Westwood One details Gores Group investment plan
Shareholders of Westwood One are receiving a statement from the company spelling out details of the two-part investment of an additional $15 million by...
Sheriff's deputy widow gets check from Bubba
A check for $15,000 from donations raised by the Bubba the Love Sponge Foundation was presented 11/29 to Laura Longway, widow of Hillsborough County,...
Analyst bumps up Radio Forecast as year draws to a close
Forecast is steady growth, bringing radio back to about the pre-recession revenue level of 2008 by 2014.