Moody
Moody's Investor Service says the $100 million stock repurchase plan announced by Clear Channel Communications may have negative credit
Greater Media CEO Peter Smyth weighs in on PRA
The latest broadcaster to give his take on the potential Performance Rights Act resolution by the NAB and musicFirst is Peter Smyth, CEO of...
Jorge Campos returns with
After the success and acceptance achieved by Jorge Campos’ “Rumbo a Sudáfrica” among advertisers, affiliated radio stations and their listeners, Campos – one of...
Now Tom Ray is doubting HD Radio?!
The Buckley Broadcasting VP/Director of Engineering, who oversees 50-kW WOR-AM NY, posted an opinion piece in a trade pub this month that holds some...
Cell companies want no part of a PRA deal
Leave us out of it is the basic reaction of the trade organization for wireless phone companies to the idea of mandating FM receiver capability in cell
Moody
Following its exit from Chapter 11 reorganization, Citadel Broadcasting has gotten a debt rating from Moody
Ross Love dead at 64
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the death of local entrepreneur and civic leader Ross Love. We knew him as a radio group owner. He was...
PRA opponents still making their pitch
Despite negotiations by the NAB and musicFirst to come to a deal on the Performance Rights Act, broadcasters are still lining up political support...
Entravision
Aside from what some may have misinterpreted regarding Entravision CEO Walter Ulloa’s Q2 results mentioning the radio division opted not to renew with Citadel...
MMTC cautious about PRA negotiations
It was the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) which estimated that passage of the Performance Rights Act (PRA) would drive
Peter Dean Lakin dead at 68
Magnum Broadcasting reports the death of veteran newsman Peter Dean Lakin, known on air as Pete Holliday. He was 68.Lakin had been a TV...
Ruth Dawson Yellowhawk dead at 50
Antioch College’s WYSO-FM Yellow Springs (Dayton), OH reports the death for former Program Director Ruth Dawson Yellowhawk. She lost a battle with lung cancer,...
Sydney Small dead at 72
Access.1 Communications confirms that founder and CEO Sydney Small died unexpectedly over the weekend. He was 72.Small entered broadcasting in 1972, founding the National...
Dr. Laura nominated for Marconi Award
Talk Radio Network Ventures and Take On The Day, LLC congratulated Dr. Laura Schlessinger, the most listened-to woman in radio broadcasting history, on receiving...
Radio ad buy targets government overspending
Non-profit, 501(c)(4) organization Public Notice says it is launching a radio campaign “to draw attention to the crisis of government overspending and the staggering...