NAB, SoundExchange get together on stream scheme
The NAB has negotiated a package it thinks it can live with on royalties for webcast material, and has further struck separate arrangements with...
Follow the money
As our ratings story confirms, CHR has been very nice to Clear Channel in NYC and LA. KIIS-FM is CC Radio’s top-biller in Los Angeles and WHTZ-FM is second only to mega-biller Lite AC WLTW-FM in New York
CBS to challenge CC Radio in the top two markets
CBS is attempting to shake up formats in NYC and LA—according to two reliable sources. CBS Radio this week will flip one FM in NYC and one FM in LA to
Today is D-Day for Sirius XM; Rescue or bankruptcy?
This is truly going down to the wire. $175 million of bonds come due today (Tuesday, 2/17) and Sirius XM has already said it may file Chapter 11, as soon as today, if it can’t cut a deal to
A pissing match in NYC, LA
If CBS Radio is going to challenge Clear Channel in the top two markets, then we’ve also heard this will start a major format...
Michael Graham jailed after traffic infractions
WTKK-FM Boston talker Michael Graham was handcuffed and arrested early Friday morning in Framingham, MA and charged with failure to stop for a red...
Clock ticking for Karmazin; Will Sirius XM file Chapter 11?
You can bet Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin didn’t take the weekend off. $175 million of debt comes due tomorrow (Tuesday) and he has to either do a deal with
Republican reps target moderate Dems
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee already kicked off advertising for 2010 with a radio blitz targeting 28 vulnerable Republicans. Now the National Republican Congressional...
Google leaving radio business
From the company's official blog: "We have decided to exit the broadcast radio business and focus our efforts in online streaming audio. We will...
Jerry Doyle’s “4% Solution” reaches Senate
Talk Radio Network Enterprises’ host Jerry Doyle, a Wall Street insider, previously proposed what he has coined the “4% solution” to help homeowners and...
GLR Networks’ Minuto 60 now airs 6am-12am
After its success with Spanish Radio Stations, and as a result of the increasing demand for news content among Hispanic listeners, GLR Networks announced...
KFWB to air The Angels
CBS Radio’s KFWB-AM LA has reached an agreement with the Los Angeles Angels to broadcast 110 of the team’s weekday games, as well as...
Phil Hendrie adds 14 new affiliates
Talk Radio Network-FM’s The Phil Hendrie Show continues to increase affiliates; announcing the addition of 14 new affiliates, 9 in the top 100 metro...
Google exits the radio biz
Not long after pulling out of the newspaper business, Google announced yesterday it will stop selling ads for radio, and plans to sell its Radio Automation business it bought in 2006 from dMarc Broadcasting
Radio counter-attack v. labels begins
It is expected that the record labels may have enough support in the two Judiciary Committees to pass through the onerous Performance Rights Act, but the NAB is already signing up support