WWRL-AM changes lineup
Access.1 talker WWRL-AM NYC announced that Errol Louis, morning host for the past two years is leaving to join NY1 as anchor of “Inside...
Citadel defends stock grants to executives
Citadel Broadcasting has asked US Bankruptcy Judge Burton Lifland to reject the motion filed by R2 Investments to void the restricted stock grants that the company
Michael Smerconish to interview President Obama
Dial Global’s Michael Smerconish will interview Barack Obama on his national radio show 10/27, the White House announced. While there are no guidelines for...
Arbitron Q3 up 1.4%; updates full-year guidance
Arbitron’s Q3 2010 results showed revenue of $99.5 million, an increase of 1.4% as compared to revenue of $98.1 million during Q3 2009. Revenue...
NAB and musicFIRST still appear far from a deal
Following adoption Monday by the NAB Radio Board of a
"Piolin Por La Manana" gets Michelle Obama interview
On the heels of Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo’s recent interview with President Barack Obama, the three-time winner of the Marconi Radio Award will interview First...
NAB Radio Board endorses "term sheet" for PRA
If the full NAB Board of Directors agrees at its meeting on Tuesday (10-26) the Performance Rights Act (PRA) ball will be in musicFIRST
Breaking: NAB sets terms for PRA agreement
The NAB Radio Board has endorsed a "term sheet" for a Performance Royalty Fee agreement which would phase in a 1% of net revenues...
TRN aiming to compete with NPR with news net
In the wake of NPR’s controversial firing of commentator Juan Williams, the need for syndicated balanced, non-biased news programming in three hour blocks or...
BEA to handle Bayliss Radio Scholarship Fund
The Board of Directors of The John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation announced that the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) has been selected to administer the Bayliss...
Barry Farber celebrates 50 years in radio
Barry Farber recently held his 50th anniversary broadcast from The Paley Center for Media in NYC. Farber launched his radio career in New York...
TV exec Ken Lowe to keynote Country Radio Seminar 2011
Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. (CRB) announced that Ken Lowe, CEO of Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI). That may seem strange, since SNI owns not a...
Another FM pirate walks the plank, perhaps as proxy
Picot Chery denies operating an unauthorized radio station on 90.5 MHz in Spring Valley NY, a town to the northwest of New York City....
Radio One refi effort goes on
As the deadline for the bond exchange offer tied to Radio One’s refinancing effort came again, the company – to no one’s surprise –...
NBC, second week of 'School Pride' little less inspirational
NBC, second week of 'School Pride' little less inspirational
At 8 p.m. ET, the debut of "School Pride" averaged a 0.7/3 in adults 18-49 and...