Regent Communications posts loss for 4Q, 2009
Regent Communications posted a $14.2 million fourth-quarter loss despite filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with revenues falling 12% from 2008 levels....
Finest City Broadcasting Stations Up for Sale Jan 7
Finest City Broadcasting's XHRM and other stations are going up for public sale on January 7th. Commercial radio has lost appeal for buyers over the...
The 50 Hottest Women Of Radio
Pop Crunch compiled a list of the 50 hottest women in radio after researching major media markets across the United States. The comprehensive list features...
Clear Channel to Donate Stations for Minority Ownership
Clear Channel Radio will donate a number of AM station to the council through the MMTC-Clear Channel Ownership Diversity Initiative. Initially, Clear Channel Radio plans...
Rep. Ed Towns Launches PPM Investigation
By Edolphus “Ed” Towns (N.Y.) I have launched an investigation into widespread complaints that Arbitron’s new ratings system, the Portable People Meter (PPM), inaccurately measures...
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...
Aretha Franklin Digital Version of Inauguration Song
Aretha Franklin's preferred version of "My Country Tis of Thee" will be released this week, the song she performed in front of a national and...
ESPN Radio Gets News Sales Manager
Looking to jump-start sales for its five owned-and -operated radio Radio Station s, espn has created the post of director, national sales. Greg Sunkel, who...
Lexus buys naming rights to KDKA studios
Downtown-based NewsRadio 1020 KDKA has sold the naming rights to the Gateway Center studios in which the radio station has operated for generations to Lexus...
PluggedIn-Public radio goes hi-tech to raise cash
U.S. public radio stations are looking to thumb-sized, high-tech gadgets to help raise money and make it easier for on-the-go listeners to access their programming....
Houston radio duo Dean and Rog are leaving 93.7 FM
>Dean Myers and Roger Beaty, hosts of the Dean and Rog morning drive-time show on Clear Channelâ„¢s KKRW (93.7 FM), will move their show June...
OH NO: FCC Payola Probe Targets Spanish-language stations
The Federal Communications Commission has launched an investigation into payola allegations at some of the Rio Grand e Valley's most popular Spanish-language radio stations. But...
WOW: An Interesting Radio Idea for You
Craig Roberts is one of the lucky ones during this week of sadness and hardship in corporate radio: Not only did he get to keep...
NPR Only Radio Broadcaster of Obama Inaugural at Lincoln Memorial
Even my father, who is clueless about the internet, asked me to show him how to find streaming coverage of the inauguration. For my father...
Radio Stations Support Obama’s Call to Service on King Day
As economy falters, Americans urged to serve others to honor Dr. King (Washington D.C.) ” Radio stations across the country will help support President-elect Obamaâ„¢s...
Britney’s “If U Seek Amy” Faces Radio Issues
Britney Spears’s forthcoming single “If U Seek Amy” is facing a U.S. radio stations ban over its controversial lyrics. The track, which is the third...
Web sites and radio may try to capture Hispanic audience
Univision’s shrinking presence in the Indianapolis market could open doors for other media looking to capture Hispanic customers. That’s what advertising expert Kathy Cabello thinks....
Clear Channel Promotes Debbie Wagner
Debbie Wagner, who has spent all but 14 months of her 29-year media career in Tucson ” and is as responsible as any executive for...