From NAB: A warming trend apparent in the deal market (audio)
David Schutz, President/Hoffman Schutz Media Capital, gave RBR-TVBR a quick synopsis of the deal climate at the show. Like we mentioned recently, the Cumulus-Crestview...
Regent says judge’s decision will make 11 a short Chapter
Regent Communications filed to take itself and its subsidiaries into Chapter 11 on 3/1/10. With a reorganization plan now court-approved, it expects to be...
Radio’s Knoller celebrated by WHCA
The White House Correspondents Association will over three decades of “sustained excellence” from CBS Radio veteran Mark Knoller, who has been covering the White...
SBS confirms: Arbitron reaches tentative deal on PPM fight
Spanish Broadcasting System (an undisclosed source) has confirmed that it and Arbitron hope to finalize a tentative out of court settlement to their PPM legal dispute within the next few weeks
WTMJ’s Honor Flights sending 300 vets to DC
Journal Broadcast Group’s Newsradio 620 WTMJ Milwaukee and The Charlie Sykes Show have met the challenge of raising enough money to fly up to...
Judge approves Regent Communications reorganization plan
US Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross has approved the Chapter 11 reorganization plan of Regent Communications and rejected a motion by a major shareholder to put on the brakes and appoint a special committee to represent shareholders
Tribune files Chapter 11 plan
If creditors and United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware approve, multimedia corporation Tribune will have a plan in place that it believes will allow it to pull out of Chapter 11 protection before the year 2010 goes into the history books
Radio losing ground to internet as source of music discovery
A new study out from Edison Research finds that almost everybody still uses the radio – in fact, 92% of us find our way to the AM or FM bands on a regular basis
Syndication One adds seven for Rickey Smiley
Syndication One has expanded the Rickey Smiley Morning Show to reach over 40 markets, with seven new affiliates recently added including: Columbia, SC on...
NPR, NABET sign new 5-year contract
The National Association of Broadcast Engineers and Technicians/Communications Workers of America (NABET-CWA) and NPR have concluded contract negotiations, and the new contract has been...
Regent bankruptcy ruling coming Monday
US Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross heard arguments Friday on whether to delay the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding for Regent Communications for appointment of a special committee representing current shareholders and, alternatively on whether
Open House seat in Michigan as Stupak packs it in
US Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), a member in good standing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is not going to seek reelection this...
Glenn Beck's not as meteoric as people think
Jed Lewison of DailyKos.com notes that Glenn Beck, while in the headlines almost daily, may not be equating that popularity to ratings anymore:“Yesterday, for...
Clear Channel has reduced its leverage, but only a little
Not a single Wall Street equity analyst that we know of follows CC Media Holdings and its thinly traded over-the-counter stock. However, the parent of Clear
What the Cumulus-Crestview deal really might mean
The potential significance of the Cumulus-Crestview Partners’ recent announcement that they are going to spend up to a billion dollars to buy stations