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...

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