SBS gets an upgrade from Moody's
Although its Q3 revenues were down, Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) has gotten some good news from Moody
Thom Hartmann
Dial Global’s Thom Hartmann’s latest book, “Rebooting The American Dream” is being serialized online in its entirety. It’s a collaboration between Thom’s publishing company...
Court battle moves on in Sirius-XM anti-trust/fraud case
A lawsuit filed on behalf of approximately 20M subscribers to satellite audio service Sirius-XM is being allowed to proceed. The suit alleges that
Radio keeps on rolling with 5% Q3
Local and national revenues enjoyed a combined 5% gain during the 3rd quarter of 2010, according to the latest results from the Radio Advertising Board and Miller Kaplan Arase and Co. That matches
Arbitron has new PPM metric to track sports involvement
The Custom Sports Services operation at Arbitron has announced a new metric, the Event Retention Index (ERI), to provide more clarity on the extent...
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...