Commonwealth and Cromwell adopt Alert FM
As broadcasters continue to lobby for the inclusion of FM chips in cell phones and other portable devices to enhance emergency communications, two radio groups announced plans to equip their stations with the Alert FM system. Alert FM, from Global
MBA takes Miller case to Missouri AG
The Attorney General for the State of Missouri, Chris Koster, has been brought into the battle over whether radio stations must air racist and...
Eastlan adds half-dozen markets
While Arbitron continues to roll out Portable People Meter (PPM) markets and Nielsen is entering its second year of competing in the US radio...
Possible turn-down option for offensive political ads
Radio stations in Missouri have been grappling with ads from a candidate for US Senate that contain racist and anti-Semitic elements. And although the
Compass forming Raiders Radio Network
Compass Media Networks is taking the Oakland Raiders national. Specifically, The Raiders have named Compass the official and exclusive broadcaster of the Raiders Radio...
85 candles on the cake for WOWO
Wednesday, March 31st marked 85 years on the air for WOWO-AM Ft. Wayne, IN. It has not gone unnoticed.On the official website of the...
WGN adds talker, expanding Sports coverage
WGN Radio is re-focusing and expanding its sports coverage showcasing long-time sports personality David Kaplan, in addition to adding a new current-events talk show...
Compass Media takes Ron Insana to long-form
Compass Media Networks announced the launch of The Ron Insana Show hosted by Ron Insana - one of America's most prominent business journalists and...
Q4 down double digits for Regent
Regent Communications is in Chapter 11 reorganization, so normally talkative CEO Bill Stakelin isn’t doing a quarterly conference call. Those companies which did conduct...
SBS pulls plug on PPM encoding again
Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) will be heading to arbitration with Arbitron in a few days over its refusal to pay for Portable People Meter...
2010 starting off well for Radio One
Radio One’s once-per-year Wall Street conference call was full of optimism. While Q4 2009 revenues were down 8.9%, CEO Alfred Liggins said Q1 is...
Q4 still down, but improved for Westwood One
Westwood One reported that its Q4 revenues were down 8.7% to $92.3 million. That was, however, better than than the other threee quarters of 2009. The company said the lower percentage decrease in revenues “reflects a cautious return to
Westwood One reworks debt covenants, business improving
Westwood One has gotten some covenant relief from its lenders, which will give the company more financial flexibility in 2010. Meanwhile, CEO Rod
Political label forces objectionable ads onto KMBZ airwaves
Missouri has a US Senate seat up for grabs this year, and Entercom’s KMBZ-AM in Kansas City is running ads from a legally-qualified candidate...
“Alter-Native” Radio launches
Double Grammy winning DJ/Producer Native Wayne Jobson has a new nationally-syndicated Rock-Reggae radio show dubbed “Alter-Native” (via Talent Farm)The two-hour show consists of Native...