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...
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...