Holiday 2011 PPM Austin TX Greensboro Hartford CT Indianapolis IN Jacksonville FL Memphis TN Milwaukee WI Nashville TN Norfolk VA Providence RI Raleigh NC West Palm Beach Fall 2011 Quarterly Bluefield WV Casper WY Cheyenne WY Jackson TN Lawton OK Mankato MN Rapid City SD Sioux City IA Wichita Falls TX Abilene TX JB & Sandy Nikki Nite Rob Carson The Morning Show JD for the Ride Home Chris and Janeen Keith Mitchell The Breakfast Club Shane Collins Shroom Meat Brady & Rose John Tesh Miggy AJ Jennifer Lipp Dan Thomas Alex & Terri Stephen Michael Kerr Tom & Maria Steve Goddard Valentine Ryan Seacrest The Juice Crew John Magic

Daily News & Headlines

McLaughlin Exits Merlin Media as Sr. Director/Digital Merlin Media Senior Director of Digital Programming & Marketing Rich McLaughlin exits. Prior to Merlin, he served as Digital Program Director for Clear Channel Radio. He joined the radio giant in November, 2009, from Fordham University's WFUV-FM/New York where he More

CC Loves Madonna Super Bowl Weekend As Madonna prepares to headline the halftime show for Super Bowl XLVI this weekend, Clear Channel announced that it has partnered with the 53-year-old pop diva to launch a first-of-its-kind worldwide campaign of her latest single and video, "Give Me All Your Luvin'," More

Beasley Q4 Revenue Drops, Net Earnings Up 1.7% Beasley Broadcast Group posted a 6.8% drop in fourth quarter net revenue to $25.2 million from $27 million in 2010. Station operating income (SOI) was also down, dropping 9.5% to $9.4 million from $10.4 million. The company reported Q4 net income rose 1.7% to $3.4 More

Cumulus Flips KSZR-FM/Tucson to CHR as ''i97-5'' Variety KSZR-FM/Tucson flips to CHR as "i97-5" with the slogan "All The Hits!" targeting today's young adults including Gen Y listeners and adults 20-35. The new top 40 outlet launched Friday with 10,000 songs in a row, giving listeners what it calls "a high impact, concentrated sample of what 'All The Hits' really means." Market More

NAB Responds on Voluntary Inclusion of FM in Cells In response to a letter from CEA, CTIA and musicFirst to members of the Congressional Black Caucus claiming that NAB is seeking a "mandate" of FM chips in cellphones, NAB Executive VP/Communications Dennis Wharton said in a statement: "It is disappointing that CEA, CTIA and musicFirst are falsely claiming that NAB is More

Dan Fagan Back on the Radiowaves in Anchorage AK Longtime radio talk host Dan Fagan will return to the airwaves on February 6. His new show will air on Fox News Talk 95.5 FM and KOAN-AM (1020)/Anchorage, AK, from 11am-2pm. Currently the host of the "Dan Fagan Show" on Fox 4 KTBY and owner/publisher of the website alaskastandard.com, Fagan joins a line-up with Laura Ingraham, More

Former Scranton Owner Cuts Deal on Child Sex Abuse Case The former owner of three Scranton, Pennsylvania radio stations (WWDL-FM, WICK-AM and WYCK-AM), Doug Lane, has made a plea deal in his child sex abuse case. Lane was charged with molesting several teenage boys after befriending them and offering them jobs working at his radio stations. He also gave them alcohol. In a deal More

FCC's Gurin Exits As CGB Chief FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Chief Joel Gurin will be exiting his position. Gurin has held the position since first joining the Commission in late 2009. His effective departure date is February 17, 2012 and Media Bureau Deputy Chief Kris Monteith will step in to serve as Acting Bureau Chief. FCC Chairman More

Cumulus Chief Engineer Arrested For Stealing Equipment Police in Norwood, Ohio have arrested 35-year-old Ben Ary, the former Chief Engineer for Cumulus' Cincinnati-based stations. Ary's employment was terminated just days before his arrest on a felony theft charge. Ary stands charged with allegedly stealing over $129,000 in broadcasting equipment -- crimes that date back to May More

Salem Names Phil Boyce VP/Director of Spoken Word Christian radio broadcaster Salem Communications appoints Phil Boyce as VP/Director of Spoken Word Format. In this new role, Boyce will oversee the programming practices of all spoken word English formats. He will also lead Salem's programming department to help improve its News/Talk, Teaching and Talk, and Business formatted More

Entercom/Indianapolis Ups Ammons to Cluster OM Entercom Hot AC WZPL-FM/Indianapolis Program Director J.R. Ammons is elevated to cluster Opeartions Manager, adding Adult Hits WNTR-FM (MY107.9) and News/Talk WXNT-AM (1430) to his oversight duties. Ammons previously programmed CHR WSTR-FM (Star 94)/Atlanta until October, 2010. He left Star to program KMXV-FM/Kansas City and More

Rich Broadcasting Closes on Three-Station Idaho Deal Rich Broadcasting has closed on its three-station buy three Idaho stations from Pacific Empire Radio Corporation for $1.1 million. Included in the deal were KRXK-AM (1230/1kw) and KGTM-FM (98.1/100kw)/Rexburg and KBJX-FM (106.3/100kw)/Shelly. The seller Is An Idaho-based company headed by President/CEO Kurt Luchs. Pacific More

Michael Bryan Appointed Clear Channel/Nashville OM CHR WXXL-FM (XL 106.7)/Orlando Program Director and Cluster Digital PD Michael Bryan is appointed OM of the company's co-owned 5-station cluster in Nashville. He replaces Rich Davis who is now serving as PD for sister KDWB-FM/Minneapolis. Bryan begins his new duties in Nashville, effective immediately, while retaining his More

iBiquity CEO Bob Struble Shares His CES Findings iBiquity Digital President/CEO Bob Struble, the developer of HD Radio, recounts his findings after scanning 1.85 million square feet of exhibit space at CES. His conclusion: "I can't say I saw every one of the 31,000 exhibitor's booths, but I did see a lot, and came to a distressing realization: AM/FM radio is the only analog More

Radio Partners LLC Acquires Steamboat Springs CP Radio Partners LLC has agreed to purchase a FM construction permit 970911MV, licensed to the ski town of Steamboat Springs, CO, for $125,000 from Ramsey Leasing, pending FCC approval. The buyer is headed by Don Tlapek who also owns an FM construction permit for Olathe, CO. The seller is headed by Kelly Ramsey who also has More

Merlin Wins One Round Over CBS Merlin Media and CBS have been going at it over their respective New York City station slogans. First, CBS demanded Merlin's WEMP stop saying, "You Give Us 22 Minutes. We'll Give You The World" and "Traffic And Weather Together." Merlin's Randy Michaels responded by demanding that CBS stop saying "New York's One and Only News More

Copyright © 1989-2012 RADIO ONLINE ® The publisher makes no claims concerning the validity of the information posted on RADIO ONLINE and will not be held liable for its use. No part of this material may be reproduced in any form, incorporated in any information retrieval system or otherwise redistributed without the prior written permission of the publisher.