Police Bust Alleged Gang-Promoting Radio Station
ORLANDO, Fla. – Gang units with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrested two men they said were illegally broadcasting a gang-promoting radio show. The sheriff’s...
Year : 2009
Update on Radio One Hegwood Replacement
Rumblings from the Atl and abroad… Radio One is being BOMBARDED with respondents to the recently vacated programmer position previously held by Steve Hegwood. Looks...
NABOB & SRA DISAPPOINTED WITH ARBITRON PPM PROMISES
Washington, DC — The Spanish Radio Association (SRA) and the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) expressed their disappointment and frustration with Arbitron’s recent...
Triton Media Names Jim Kerr Vice President of Strategy
Triton Digital Media, the leading supplier of digital products and services to the broadcast industry, has announced the hiring of Jim Kerr to the newly...
Brad Sanders Tributes Women’s History Month
With Sixth Annual “Be Good To Women Day”Prayer Vigil Event on March 24National Prayer Vigil and Local Community ForumScheduled to Honor WomenAnd Address Safety and...
Pennies from Kevin Returns: Online Radio Show from Kevin
https://cache.mypodcast.com/cached/penniesfromkevin_20090305_0342-392443-188847-2-25.mp3Yes, it's back. Pennies from Kevin the online radio show about everything from Urban music to Obscure sh.... Here is the first show. Let me...
WHAT? Cox Radio posts $404 million loss
Weaker advertising revenue and an impairment charge to reduce the carrying value of FCC licenses and goodwill dragged Cox Radio Inc. into the red for...
Conservative Host Fired from “Liberal Black Station”
Mike Scinto, a local conservative talk radio host who has spent the past 10 years of his longtime radio career at WDAO-AM (1210), said he...
Producer Conference in Phoenix
The world’s premeire conference specifically geared towards producers returns to Phoenix Saturday May 9th – Sunday May 10th, 2009, at the Phoenix Hyatt Regency. 2-day...
NY Paper Questions Tyler Perry’s Closet Stance
I decided to kill the link. Tyler Perry is a great, talented and ambitious black man. That’s all the public needs to be concerned about....
Arbitron Confirms PPM Market Improvement Commitments
COLUMBIA, MD; March 2, 2009 " Arbitron Inc....
Jill Strada Promoted to Program Director at 98.7 Kiss FM
Radio Facts: Hot 97 Music Director & Assistant Program Director Jill Strada Elevates to Position of Program Director for Sister Station 98.7 Kiss FM......
Clear Channel, CC Media Post Losses on Write-Downs – WSJ.com
A deteriorating advertising market pushed Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. and parent company CC Media Holdings Inc. deep into the red in the fourth quarter.”The...
Newspapers and Magazines Decline as Blogs Rise
After looking at this video of the Rocky Mountain News shutting its doors in Denver, I fail to have any sympathy for them, I don’t...
Arbitron and GAP Broadcasting Sign Radio Ratings Agreements
Agreement includes software services in all markets and �monthly rolling-average reports in year-round market Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) announced today that it has signed multi-year...
OH NO: Philadelphia Newspapers File for Bankruptcy
Two U.S. newspapers have filed for bankruptcy, the latest blow for the country’s struggling newspaper industry. Philadelphia Newspapers, owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer and the...
9th Annual Arbitron Urban PD Clinic: This Friday
Arbitron Research and Technology Center, Columbia, MD February 27, 2009 at 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Julian Davis will host Urban PDs at the Arbitron...
Legendary Station Owner/Industry Vet Dies
Originally posted on 2009-02-23 10:18:29 Influential Hampton Roads Bishop Levi E. Willis Sr. dies | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com. Originally posted on 2009-02-23 10:18:29 Bishop Levi...
OH NO: All Jamaican Music Officially ENDS per BAN
OK Perhaps it’s not ENDING but ALL Jamaican music is about fooking or violence, what’s left? The nation of Jamaica has instituted an island -wide...
Solange Knowles Hospitalized After NyQuil Reaction
R&B star Solange Knowles was admitted to a hospital when she collapsed after downing flu medicine on a flight out of New York on Tuesday...
John Legend Critiques Offensive Cartoon in Letter
Kudos to John Legend, more than an R&B performer but a true intellectual and brave spirit as well. Open letter to the post below Radio...
OH NO: Rihanna’s Police Picture After Beating
TMZ ran this pic yesterday of singer Rihanna after the alleged beating she got from Chris Brown....
Radio One narrows loss – Washington Business Journal:
Despite a much smaller loss in the fourth quarter, Radio One Inc. continued to battle the deteriorating radio advertising market and experienced a 7.1 percent...
WHAT? Usher’s Wife Released From Hospital After Heart Attack
Tameka Foster Raymond was released from a hospital in Brazil on Monday where she was treated after suffering a cardiac arrest shortly before undergoing plastic...
Dwyane Wade Sues Estranged Wife Over Defamation Claims
Radio Facts:Dwyane Wade sued his estranged wife and two of her lawyers Wednesday over accusations the Miami Heat star contracted a sexually transmitted......