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...
Radio’s not going to pot – pot’s going on radio
The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 is an initiative on this year’s California ballot, and supporters have taken to radio in the state’s two largest media markets to start building support. The ad states that legalizing marijuana would
Dickey signs baseball deal with Skyview
Major League Baseball recognizes the Atlanta Braves Radio Network as the largest network for any MLB team, with affiliates spread throughout the South. Dickey...
Katz hosts party after NABOB awards dinner
Katz Media Group hosted the after-party for The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) 26th Annual Communications Awards Dinner on 3/19. Comedian, actress...
Some forecasts trailing radio pacings
Radio ad revenue pacings are picking up so rapidly that some forecasters are racing to keep up – while it appears others are just being left behind
Fire with fire: McCain uses radio to fend off radio’s Hayworth
Former radio talker and US Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) is spreading a nationwide net to bring in campaign cash and is close to hauling in $1M for the month of March for his US Senate campaign
Arbitron keeps working on young minority demos
In its monthly Portable People Meter (PPM) client call, Arbitron reported that February was another month of improving metrics for its PPM panels. The problem spots are familiar – 18-34 year