Nominees for the National Radio Hall of Fame
National Radio Hall of Fame (NRHOF) Chairman Bruce DuMont has announced the 2010 list of nominees in four public voting categories. Nominees now move...
Teacher protest nixes radio host appearance
Due to a threatened protest by teachers, WKXW-FM “New Jersey 101.5” host Big Joe Henry has withdrawn as host of the 5th annual Count...
Donny Osmond adds Australia
“The Donny Osmond Show,” the daily radio program from McVay Syndication, has launched in Australia. Donny recently launched in Perth and Canberra with the...
Maryland AG office OKs Bob Ehrlich’s WBAL radio show
As long as former and wannabe-future Maryland Republican governor Bob Ehrlich is not an announced candidate, hosting a radio show does not constitute in...
Some in UK saying not so fast on the digital radio switchover
A proposal to ditch analog radio broadcast and switch to digital by 2015 is drawing heat across the pond in Great Britain, with at least one industry veteran
BIG 100.3’s Josh Cunningham hosts DC’s Bike to Work Day
WBIG-FM Washington/BIG 100.3’s evening personality Josh Cunningham hosted the main pit stop of the 38th annual Bike to Work Day 5/21 at Freedom Plaza...
Long-delayed Interep severance checks approved
Former Interep employees are about to receive their severance checks – nearly 20 months after the last of them lost their jobs. The bankruptcy...
RAB: Q1 radio revenues jumped 6%
It was the best performance since Q1 2007 as US radio revenues increased 6% year-over-year in Q1 2010. Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) President and...
Citadel Chapter 11 order signed and entered
As promised, US Bankruptcy Judge Burton Lifland has signed the order confirming the Chapter 11 reorganization plan for Citadel Broadcasting
KATY-FM files FCC petition against KRTH HD Radio interference
All-Pro Broadcasting, Inc., licensee of KATY-FM, 101.3 MHz, Idyllwild, California (Riverside-San Bernardino), is filing a Petition with the FCC seeking relief from ongoing and destructive interference
Rush Limbaugh lauded as the brains of the GOP
After ascending to the presidency, Barack Obama was more than happy to identify conservative talker Rush Limbaugh as the head of the opposition. Now an author has taken to the OpEd pages
WOMC announces “The Bobby Mitchell Show with Chuck Gaidica”
104.3 WOMC OM/PD Tim Roberts announced that the station will launch its new morning show on 5/24, replacing the retiring Dick Purtan. 20-year morning...
New owners shaking up former Regent HQ
RBR-TVBR has learned that many headquarters staffers were pink-slipped this week at the former Regent Communications, now known as Townsquare Media. Some operations have already moved from Covington, KY to Greenwich, CT
WYCD Downtown Hoedown hit record crowds
Hart Plaza on Detroit’s riverfront was bursting at the seams under sun-filled skies as an estimated 1.3 million people flocked to the open air...
UK broadcasters using trade-in policy to push digital radio
The Times Online UK edition is calling it a “scrappage scheme.” The BBC, commercial radio operators and electronics retailers are offering consumers discounts of...