Guy Phillips reups with Y98
Guy Phillips, Y98-FM morning drive personality (CBS Radio/St. Louis), has signed a contract extension that will provide listeners with a live and local show...
Dear, departed radio station lamented
A rather lengthy op-ed piece in Wednesday’s Baltimore Sun recalls the history of WAMD-AM Aberdeen, MD. Veteran Baltimore newscaster Chuck Jackson called it a...
Sen. Menendez jumps on Arbitron scandal
Long-time Portable People Meter (PPM) critic Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), pictured, is taking advantage of the ouster of Arbitron CEO Michael Skarzynski to renew his...
Mike Missanelli renews with The Fanatic in Philadelphia
Greater Media announced afternoon driver Mike Missanelli has renewed a multi-year deal on 97.5 / The Fanatic in Philadelphia. The station is also simulcast...
Local radio broadcasters differentiate from big groups
Susan Patrick of Legend Communications and Rick Peters of Bluewater Broadcasting defended themselves and their most of their radio peers as being local businesses committed to serving their
Ron Chapman gets Hall of Fame nod
Legendary Dallas radio personality Ron Chapman will be inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame during the NAB Show Radio Luncheon April 13th...
FM 94/9 brings back “The Mikey Show”
Lincoln Financial Media’s Indie/Classic Alternative FM 94/9 (KBZT FM) announced “The Mikey Show”, with host Mikey Esparza, will return to the San Diego airwaves...
SEC charges money talker with fraud
John Farahi, his wife and his company controller have been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with defrauding investors lured in by Farahi’s...
Live 105 launching “Free for All”
LIVE 105 (KITS-FM) San Francisco (www.live105.com) will debut a new primetime program beginning January 11th (8:00PM-12:00 Midnight). The four hour show, broadcast weekdays and...
SRN adds daily update from controversial “Prop 8 trial”
Salem Radio Network’s The Hugh Hewitt Show has just added a live, daily update from the controversial “Proposition 8 trial” which opened Monday in...
Details of Skarzynski’s false testimony to Congress
The lie that former Arbitron CEO Michael Skarzynski is accused of telling a US House Committee on December 2nd was hardly a key component of his
Breaking: Skarzynski's misstatement to Congress
In a Wall Street conference call Tuesday, Arbitron officials disclosed that the erroneous testimony that former CEO Michael Skarzynski made before a House Committee...
Skarzynski gets paid to walk away
Despite the circumstances of his ouster, former Arbitron CEO Michael Skarzynski is going to leave the company with a hefty severance after only one...
CEO blown out at Arbitron as most PPM markets fail accreditation
Exactly a year after taking the post, Michael Skarzynski abruptly resigned Monday as President and CEO of Arbitron. His exit came as the company
Forbes looks at royalty battle
No new ground was turned, but Forbes did put something out there about the struggle between broadcasters and the labels over performance royalties for songs broadcast over the air. In the end, Forbes saw