29 CC stations raise $2.8 million for kids
Twenty-nine Clear Channel stations nationwide held local radiothons on February 11-12 raising $2,792,094 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, one of the world's premier...
Citadel Media launches The Jeremy Show
Citadel Media has tapped Country music radio’s proverbial fountain of youth by launching The Jeremy Show. The program is hosted by Jeremy Robinson, who...
North Dakota delegation targeted by radio campaign
All three members of North Dakota’s US Congressional delegation have supported health care reform. A local group opposing the legislation has targeted all three...
Hayworth makes AZ Senate run official
Former Clear Channel Phoenix market Talker J.D. Hayworth, who also has a stint in the US House of Representatives on his resume, has announced...
SBS gets Nasdaq extension
The stock price of Spanish Broadcasting System has been as low as eight cents within the past year, but it has rebounded of late....
Sirius XM on verge of breaking a buck
CEO Mel Karmazin has resisted the idea of a reverse stock split for Sirius XM to get above the $1 per share minimum for Nasdaq trading. It appears
British station ordered to go after 65+
The UK’s most listened to radio station, BBC Radio 2, has been picking up young listeners and jettisoning oldsters. That’s not sitting well with...
Another radio exec aims for Congress
Multi-talented George S. Flinn is a radio group owner, a medical doctor, and a commissioner in Shelby County, Tennessee. And we can add potential candidate for the US House seat for Tennessee’s 8th District, which is being abandoned by
FCC looks down on perpetual affiliation contract
When the Steckline family sold off its Lesso Inc. radio stations, it got the buyer to agree to extremely lengthy affiliation agreements with the...
Armada Media sued by lender
Midwestern radio group owner Armada Media has been sued by its lender, Wells Fargo Foothill. But the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that a request...
Foreclosures without litigation: The new normal?
There’s a bit of an untold story we’re hearing that’s out there involving broadcast station finance – at the M&A level. Because of the unprecedented downturn
Radio station raises $272K for Haiti relief
That figure is more impressive when you learn that the station was not in a top 20 market, but in Arbitron market #159, Asheville,...
PPM Coalition takes Arbitron/SBS court order to the FCC
An order from the New York State Court forcing Spanish Broadcasting System radio stations to resume Arbitron PPM encoding has sent the PPM Coalition
Clear Channel gets an upgrade from Moody’s
With business improving, Moody’s Investors Service says a major restructuring or bankruptcy filing no longer appears imminent for Clear Channel Communications. So, the credit rating company has given Clear Channel’s ratings an upgrade
W Radio 690 AM to promote health of listeners
In 2010, W Radio 690 AM – “La voz del pueblo” continues to support new social causes. This time, Grupo Latino de Radio’s station...