Tribune files Chapter 11 plan
If creditors and United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware approve, multimedia corporation Tribune will have a plan in place that it believes will allow it to pull out of Chapter 11 protection before the year 2010 goes into the history books
Radio losing ground to internet as source of music discovery
A new study out from Edison Research finds that almost everybody still uses the radio – in fact, 92% of us find our way to the AM or FM bands on a regular basis
Syndication One adds seven for Rickey Smiley
Syndication One has expanded the Rickey Smiley Morning Show to reach over 40 markets, with seven new affiliates recently added including: Columbia, SC on...
NPR, NABET sign new 5-year contract
The National Association of Broadcast Engineers and Technicians/Communications Workers of America (NABET-CWA) and NPR have concluded contract negotiations, and the new contract has been...
Regent bankruptcy ruling coming Monday
US Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross heard arguments Friday on whether to delay the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding for Regent Communications for appointment of a special committee representing current shareholders and, alternatively on whether
Open House seat in Michigan as Stupak packs it in
US Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), a member in good standing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is not going to seek reelection this...
Glenn Beck's not as meteoric as people think
Jed Lewison of DailyKos.com notes that Glenn Beck, while in the headlines almost daily, may not be equating that popularity to ratings anymore:“Yesterday, for...
Clear Channel has reduced its leverage, but only a little
Not a single Wall Street equity analyst that we know of follows CC Media Holdings and its thinly traded over-the-counter stock. However, the parent of Clear
What the Cumulus-Crestview deal really might mean
The potential significance of the Cumulus-Crestview Partners’ recent announcement that they are going to spend up to a billion dollars to buy stations
Shifting at WGN-AM Chicago and WCCO-AM Minneapolis
You may want to take notes. This is complicated.First off, Tribune’s WGN-AM Chicago is flipping Garry Meier to afternoon drive (3-7 pm) with Steve...
RAB touts radio’s ability to drive web traffic
This is not your daddy’s RAB, if you are a citizen of the United States, anyway. It’s the one also called the Radio Advertising...
“Fly Jock” Tom Joyner in out of this world interview
Syndicated radio host Tom Joyner may have booked a lot of air miles to earn the nickname “Fly Jock,” but he never got as...
Drug commercial spend detailed by Nielsen
Although spending for pharmaceutical drug advertising on TV is not at the level it used to be, the investment by marketers in this space...
Thalia renews with Citadel Media en Español
Citadel Media en Español announced that Conexión Thalia Radio Show, the lifestyle and music program hosted by international Latina recording artist Thalia, has signed...
KeKe Luv to go “Live for 175” again in Boise
For the third consecutive year, Peak Broadcasting’s 103.3 Kiss Fm Radio (www.1033kissfm.com) Boise’s morning host and program director KekeLuv (Steve Kicklighter) will again broadcast...