Air America cuts live signal, shuttering 1/25
Charlie Kireker, Chair, Air America Media, sent the following email 1/21 to all Air America staffers -- the network is shutting down. “It is with the
Howard Stern looking to go back to terrestrial radio?
Stern has told his listeners while interviewing Bubba The Love Sponge 1/21 that he’s been contacted by several terrestrial radio execs. “I actually have an offer,” Stern said. “Well, not a bona fide offer
FCC minority radio panel comes into focus
The FCC will be doing more than looking into minority broadcast ownership issues next week – that panel is scheduled to sit Wednesday, 1/27/10....
Conan O’Brien’s next stop may be Fargo
Fans of Conan O’Brien, soon to leave NBC’s “Tonight Show” under less than happy circumstances, have been voting on what job offer he should...
Bob & Sheri's Hope for Haiti Radiothon gets 478 sponsors for kids
Greater Media Charlotte’s nationally syndicated Bob & Sheri program devoted their entire Wednesday, January 20th broadcast to helping the children of Haiti through the...
Bill Press Back to mornings in Ithaca
Dial Global’s Bill Press moves back into his previous 6-9AM ET slot at WNYY-AM Ithaca, starting Monday Jan 25th, replacing Lionel.
Radio RBR is coming
RBR.com is launching a new online radio channel, “Radio RBR”. We're looking for creative, informative and entertaining content from the talk, political, humor, music,...
98.7 KISS FM raises $76K for Haiti
More broadcasters to the rescue: On Monday, 1/18 during a special radiothon on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Emmis’ 98.7 KISS FM NYC,...
GLR offering exclusive Copa Santander Libertadores coverage
Grupo Latino de Radio announced the beginning of its exclusive Spanish Language radio coverage of Copa Santander Libertadores. 40 teams participate in this 51st...
Nielsen adds a radio ratings subscriber
Nielsen’s sticker diary service remains at 51 US markets, but the company is crowing proudly that it has signed an additional local radio subscriber...
Garber defends radio
Mary Beth Garber (pictured), president of the Southern California Broadcasters Association, recently put forth a spirited, fact-based defense of radio in response to an...
Tisch keeps buying Saga stock
Daniel Tisch has never been willing to comment publicly on why he is interested in buying shares of Saga Communications. But buy he does.According...
Michigan State, WJR re-up
A deal struck 1/19 with MSU and Citadel’s WJR-AM Detroit will continue to give the station exclusive radio rights to MSU athletics until 2020....
Sirius XM added subscribers in Q4
Reversing its subscriber erosion from earlier in the year, Sirius XM reports that it added 257,028 net subscribers in Q4 of 2009. The satellite...
“Cornbread” reups with 92.3 WIL
Bonneville’s 92.3 WIL St. Louis announced morning driver “Cornbread” has signed a new contract. He has been the namesake of WIL’s morning drive program,...