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.
Ryan Seacrest, Clear Channel expand and renew contract
The new and expanded three-year agreement has Seacrest continuing in his current role as producer and host of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, his...
Canadian music publisher names alternative revenue villains
It is a widely held belief that the failure of recording companies to adapt to the new realities of the internet led to a failed business model and compensatory attack on broadcasters in search of revenue. RBR-TVBR observation: Solving the problem of piracy is no easy matter, but
Jerry Lee bestowed American Society of Criminology award
Jerry Lee, owner of Philadelphia’s WBEB 101.1 FM (B101), has long been recognized for his visionary leadership in the broadcast world. Now given his...
Sirius XM renews NFL agreement
For months now Wall Street has been focused on whether Sirius XM Radio will renew its two most important programming contracts: Howard Stern and...
Sirius XM hits 20 million subscriber mark for satellite radio
RBR-TVBR observation: Satellite radio has never come close to meeting the most enthusiastic Wall Street predictions of the 1990s, but
Mainstream PRA story misstates facts
GAO tried but was unable to peg a dollar value to the promotion provided free of charge to musicians, but RBR-TVBR analysis of the GAO report showed an unmistakable link between the amount of airplay and the sales success of the music.
CRB to honor The Judds and Joe Galante
Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. (CRB) has announced legendary mother-daughter duo The Judds as its 2011 CRB Career Achievement Award recipient and industry executive Joe...