Senator Menendez hails PPM resolution
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) has been a critic of Arbitron’s Portable People Meter (PPM) in the past for its alleged undercounting of minorities. Now...
Industry group wants radio political ads legalized
For those of you scratching your heads because you just cashed a check from a politician for advertising bought and aired, let us clarify...
Union Radio and Angels Barcelo Return to Haiti
As the world marks 100 days of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, the team of Hora 25 Global (Saturdays at 12 noon local time on Radio Caracol 1260 AM Miami and W Radio 690 AM in LA/San Diego) moves back to the streets of its capital
Citadel shareholder wants reorganization plan rejected
Aurelius Capital Partners has not yet responded to Citadel Broadcasting’s motion to have the bankruptcy court force Aurelius to sell its stock, but
Arbitron still negotiating with SBS and Univision
Despite the agreement it announced with the PPM Coalition, Arbitron has not yet resolved all issues with the two largest Spanish-language radio groups, Univision Radio and Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS). Both recently began encoding for the
Revenues down, net income up for Arbitron
Arbitron reported that Q1 revenues were down 2.6% to $95.9 million. Even so, net income rose 11.4% to $13.7 million, or 51 cents per...
Arbitron and PPM Coalition settle their differences
Arbitron and the PPM Coalition announced that they have settled their outstanding disputes. They say they plan to move forward collaboratively, having already
Krantz Media Group launches with six clients
Media Industry exec Gary Krantz has launched Krantz Media Group, a full service consultancy specializing in new business development management/syndication services, and media Investment...
Michigan tax authority objects to Citadel’s Chapter 11 Plan
The State of Michigan Department of Treasury has thrown a new wrench into the works as Citadel Broadcasting tries to get its revised bankruptcy
Gubernatorial candidate Ehrlich’s radio show challenged
Bob Ehrlich is the former Republican governor of Maryland. He would also like to be the next governor of Maryland, and has made his...
Radio studios are becoming TV studios as well
It began with Don Imus (or maybe even before that), but the idea of having cameras in a radio studio to deliver live video...
KCRW updates iPhone app
KCRW (89.9FM and KCRW.com) launched updates to the KCRW Radio iPhone app, which is already available in the Apple App Store and streams all...
Savvy shoppers tackled WIL's "Cornbread's World's Largest Garage Sale"
Massive crowds raced over to Fairmount Park in Collinsville, IL for the recent WIL-FM "Cornbread's World's Largest Garage Sale" event, held on Saturday morning,...
Regent settles with dissident shareholder
It looks like Regent Communications has cleared away the last obstacle to its likely emergence from Chapter 11 next week. It has reached a settlement with Resilient Capital Management, whose motion
Thompson bows out of Wisconsin Senate run
Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson (R), who also is involved with small-market radio group Armada Media, was widely reported to be testing the waters...