100.3 The Beat/Philly Makes Changes… picks up the pace
Philadelphia, PA. – On Sunday, January 11, 2009 WPHI, 100.3 The Beat will pick up the pace every evening at 10:00 PM Sunday thru Thursday....
Year : 2009
Arbitron Settles Portable People Meter Case
Company agrees to incorporate specific actions into its continuous improvement program for the Portable People Meter service in the New York......
OH NO: Kat Williams Got Elf SLAPPED by Dude in Detroit Club
Kat Williams allegedly got the sh… slapped out of him at a club in Detroit after an impromptu performance. The crowd said Kat made reference...
OH NO! Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says –
ATLANTA ” Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen pregnancy rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, according to a new federal...
HBO lands rights to inaugural ceremony
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) ” HBO will kick off coverage of Inauguration Week with an exclusive Sunday, January 18, telecast of the star-studded opening ceremony,...
KACY radio station owner makes court appearance 01/06/09
An Arkansas City radio station owner and his wife arrested last month for drug possession made their first appearance in district court this morning. Marshall...
NeuStar Webmetrics Boosts Customer Satisfaction
Radio Facts: NeuStar's Webmetrics Services Will Enhance Customer Satisfaction on Leading Social Networking Sites Geared Toward Urban AudiencesNeuStar,......
Late Night DJ Fired After 12 Years – Devastated
I’m trying to understand why radio stations are firing legendary announcers without allowing them to, at least, say goodbye to listeners, then again, perhaps I...
HOT 97, Kiss FM & RXP Launch iPhone App
Emmis Communications New York radio stations HOT 97, 98.7 Kiss FM and 101.9 RXP today announced the launch of new iPhone Apps featuring a visual...
Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Launches on ABC Radio
ABC Radio Networks Kicks Off ‘The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40’ This Weekend – BroadcastNewsroom. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ — ABC Radio Networks kicks...
Harry Clark Promoted to Director of Sales at Emmis New York
Radio Facts: Clark to Now Oversee Emmis New York Cluster Sales EffortsEmmis Communications New York has announced that effective immediately Harry Clark......
Tazz Daddy out on Rickey Smiley Show
Tazz Daddy is out as producer on the national Rickey Smiley morning show. No details were given at presstime execpt that Mickey Johnson is the...
Kat Williams Attacks Steve Harvey, Says T-Pain Sucks
This is actually funny but what in the fook is going on with Kat? Read more: Radio Facts Legacy 30th Anniversary Issue....
Perry Broadcasting Programming Gig Open
Jay Tek has left the program director position of Perry Broadcasting’s cluster of urban stations in August according to sources. No reason was given. Tek...
WMXJ’s New Program Director Faces Challenges in Oldies Radio
Radio Facts: Dying listeners, satellite radio, the voracious Internet, the damnable iPod: It's all enough to make Bill Stedman, the new program......
‘Cha Cha Slide’ writer suing record label – UPI.com
A record label failed to pay Willie “DJ Casper” Perry Jr. royalties for his hit “The Cha Cha Slide,” the Chicago disc Radio DJey alleges...
Sanyo R277: Internet Radio Without a Computer
Looks like there's a new way to hear internet radio but without the internet....
In seven-station swap, CBS Radio sheds WQSR in Baltimore
As part of its plan to trim 50 radio stations from its portfolio, CBS has dropped one of its five Baltimore holdings, trading 102.7 Jack-FM...
Radio host faces prison for theft, racketeering
Sports radio talk show host Charles “Scott” McKinney will serve at least a year and a day in prison for bilking investors out of over...
Music Purchases Exceed 1.5B/Rock Dominates
Overall Music Sales, Digital Track Sales, Vinyl LP Sales, Set New Sales Plateaus in 2008* * *Digital Music Accounts for 32% of Music Purchases* *The...