Ron Lundy reported ill
The New York Daily News reports that one of the city’s best-known Top 40 DJs, Ron Lundy, is hospitalized in Mississippi after suffering a...
Randy Michaels memo will be tough for WGN staffers
In Chicago Public Radio's Vocalo.org, Robert Feder reports Tribune CEO Randy Michaels issued a list of 119 words and phrases that must never be...
Arbitron adds PPM breakouts for pro football
Arbitron has announced the first product from its new Arbitron Sports division. It’s a detailed analysis of listening measured by the Portable People meter...
Limbaugh emigration threat clarified
We saw if first on the Colbert Report – radio icon Rush Limbaugh threatening that if health care reform passes, he’ll go to Costa...
“The Bev Smith Show” stylin’ at NAACP Image Awards
"The Bev Smith Show" took its listeners to the NAACP Image Awards in LA. Established in 1967, at the height of the civil rights...
But will the combiners handle it?
With the soon-to-be flurry of HD Radio FM power increases kicking in nationwide, we’ve heard there could be a problem in some markets –...
RAB Chair says organization is viable and focused (audio)
While the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) has made cuts during the recession, much like its member radio companies, the new Chair
Another Washington politician weighs in on KFUO
The proposed sale of KFUO-FM St. Louis to Gateway Creative Broadcasting, which would bring an end to classical music on radio in the market,...
Performers praise airplay, NYT summarizes PRA
It usually takes a high-profile indecency case to get radio into the news section of a major newspaper, but in this case, the tug of war over the Performance Rights Act paved the way in the New York Times. Meanwhile, a Country performing artist underlined
Arbitron to pitch PPM change on Capitol Hill
Speaking at a Credit Suisse investor conference on Monday, Arbitron CEO Bill Kerr said he will be meeting later this week with House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) to discuss Arbitron’s proposal
Freedom 970 debuts Hannity, Levin
March 8 marked the debut of Sean Hannity and Mark Levin on Freedom 970 (KCMD-AM) in Portland, OR. The deal was announced last November...
Radio’s rep moves up in the House
Former radio station group owner Greg Walden (R-OR) has been named chairman of the Republican leadership, a party role that has been vacant since...
WJFK launches first HD Radio quadcast
Yes, when you are all-talk, HD Radio's sound quality is good enough for four separate signals: CBS Radio has launched "The FAN Sports Network," the first four channel HD Radio digital multicast
Hendrie adds nine
Talk Radio Network – FM’s The Phil Hendrie Show continues to grow, adding nine new affiliates in recent weeks including market #4, Clear Channel's...
Guarded optimism at Beasley Broadcast Group
Ad sales are improving, so Q4 was the best quarter of 2009 for Beasley Broadcast Group, with revenues down 14.1%. Excluding political, President Bruce Beasley told analysts the same station decline was 8%. “In Q4, key Beasley clusters in Philadelphia, Las Vegas