Emmis gives the buyout an official burial
SEC filings Wednesday by Emmis Communications and CEO Jeff Smulyan officially terminated the attempt by Smulyan to take the company private. That just formalized the deal collapse which was announced early this month. Smulyan
David Field is still a radio revenue optimist
A year ago Entercom CEO David Field was the lone voice at the Radio Show in Philadelphia saying that radio revenues could be up double digits in 2010
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The new program is “Political Week in Review,” and it will be heard Fridays, beginning 10/1/10, all the way through to the post-election Friday...
CEA, NAB exchange fire over radio on cell dispute
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has countered a Harris Poll to suggest that a large majority of US citizens do not want FM tuners...
Sen. Bob Bennett: No PRA vote this year
While the radio industry agonizes over the possible outcome of negotiations with the record industry on a Performance Rights Act deal, any vote by
FOX News Radio expands updates
Beginning 10/4, FOX News Radio will expand their FOX Business updates from 3x per day syndicated business reports to hourly updates. The new Fox...
First combined Radio Show kicks off in DC (audio)
The Radio Show has long been a fall event, but what’s different this year is that it isn’t just the NAB Radio Show. It’s...
NAB takes case for radio on mobile to the internet
The National Association of Broadcasters has been working to get working radio chips into mobile phones, making it part of the negotiations over the
ESPN Radio Pittsburgh to shut down
Looks like ESPN Radio isn’t carrying the punch it used to—but in a sports city like Pittsburgh?!: ESPN Radio WEAE-AM Pittsburgh’s local programming was...
2010 Radio Mercurys bring forth Grand Prize tie
Winners for the 2010 Radio Mercury Awards were announced 9/27 at its annual awards reception at the NASDAQ MarketSite as part of the kick...
Talk Radio Network to debut All-News network
Because of a void in long-form news radio, and the ever-increasing and vital
Gene Converse dead at 70
Best known for his years as morning man at WXCO-AM Wausau, WI, Gene Converse has died in Lake Alfred, FL. He was 70.Converse died...
Tavis Smiley teams with Cornell West for new noncom radio show
Public Radio International will be distributing a new weekly hour-long radio program featuring veteran broadcaster Tavis Smiley with well-known Princeton professor Cornell West featuring...
Radio One/DC gets new stripes in Wegmann, Leinwand
Radio One announced that Christopher Wegmann has been named Vice President/General Manager and Alan Leinwand has been named Director of Sales for Radio One's...
24/7 Comedy Radio adds KFNY
24/7 Comedy Radio, radio’s first short-attention-span all-comedy format debuts live on Clear Channel’s KFNY 1440 in Riverside, CA 9/27. Modeled on the winning Top-40...