Murdoch selling radio stations
The far-flung media empire of News Corporation includes not a single radio station in the United States, but it does have some in Russia....
Dial Global now repping Radiolicious
Dial Global announced it has entered into an ad sales agreement with Radiolicious, effective immediately. Radiolicious is a leading mobile radio app, available for free...
Puerto Rico’s status as radio market under review
US Rep. Pedro R. Pierluisi (D-PR) fired off a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski (and by cc, the other four commissioners) questioning the...
Black Crow Chapter 11 stays on track
Black Crow Media Group announced that the judge overseeing its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case has turned down motions by GE Capital to dismiss the...
Union Radio details South Africa 2010 coverage
Union Radio, a Prisa company, announced its extensive coverage of the soccer World Cup in South Africa, with the participation of a team of over...
Regent opposes motion for shareholder committee
Regent Communications has asked Federal Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross to deny a motion by Resilient Capital Management for appointment of a special
Former Interep clients asked to cough up cash
The Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee for Interep filed dozens of claims in the past two weeks, seeking cash from broadcasters who were once clients of the
Interep bankruptcy trustee sues former directors
Charging “breach of fiduciary duty and waste and mismanagement of Interep,” the Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee for the defunct rep firm has sued the
Obama singles out Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck
Responding to a question from Harry Smith on the CBS “Early Show,” Barack Obama said he’s not surprised that he is being fiercely attacked over the radio, and
Department of Commerce supports PRA
Saying that the establishment of a broadcast performance royalty will spur the investment necessary for the creation of music for the general public to enjoy, the DOC said in a letter to certain members of Congress that it supports the Performance Rights
Rotary “Dollars for Scholars” raises $10K
The Crook County/Prineville, OR Rotary generated $10,000 in contributions to its 15th annual “Dollars for Scholars” Radiothon, which was broadcast on Country’s Greatest Hits...
Return of DC-area WAGE-AM getting pushback
The effort to bring WAGE-AM (currently dark) back to Loudoun County, VA (suburban DC) is meeting with some resistance from the county's planning staff, as well as some members of the public
Cumulus Media hands out bonuses
Cumulus Media has reported to the SEC on cash bonuses and stock grants that the board of directors has decided to top managers for their 2009 performance. Cumulus had resumed paying cash bonuses for 2008 after awarding none to top executives for
Univision encoding for PPM in more markets
Univision Radio has begun encoding for Arbitron’s Portable People Meter (PPM) system in Miami, Phoenix, San Diego, San Antonio and Las Vegas. Even so, the Spanish media giant is not yet subscribing to PPM data for those markets. Rather, the decision to
Glenn Miller ads spin out string of pearls for those he hates
Entercom, which owns radio stations compelled to run racist and anti-Semitic ads from a write-in candidate for US Senate, has found a way to...