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Thursday, May 18, 2017

FCC Moves To Eliminate Main Studio Rule

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The Federal Communications Commission has formally released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking , proposing to eliminate the main studio rule...

FCC Votes 2-1 To Advance Repeal of Obama-era Internet Rules

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By David Shepardson (Reuters)  -- The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 on Thursday to advance a Republican plan to reverse th...

R.I.P.: Roger Ailes Is Dead

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Media titan Roger Ailes, who resigned from his positions as chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network amid sexual h...

Nielsen Day3 PPMs: Portland, Vegas, Orlando, 9 Other Markets

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Nielsen on Wedne sday   5/17/17 Released the third batch of April 2017 PPM Data for the following markets:     23  Portland OR     24  Ch...

Back-On? SiriusXM In Discussions To Buy Pandora

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Liberty Media-backed SiriusXM is in active discussions about making a bid for internet radio company Pandora, The NYPost has learned. ...

Report: Lew Dickey Looking To Acquire

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Less than a week after announcing the pricing of a $180 million IPO, Lew Dickey’s newly formed Modern Media Acquisition Corp. formally clo...

Fox News To Build Cutting-Edge Digital Newsroom

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Artist's rendering FOX News Channel has announced its plans to unveil a new cutting-edge newsroom in early 2018. Rupert Murdoch, ...

Study: NFL Coverage Boosts Mobile App Downloads, Usage

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A new Nielsen study , commissioned by Westwood One, demonstrates how radio elevates key brand metrics for a money transfer app. The brand ...

TX Radio: Mike Huckabee Group To Buy Four Tyler Stations

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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is part of a group buying four radio stations in the Tyler, Texas market - the radio group once owned b...

In Times of Emergency, Radio-TV Dominate

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The National Association of Broadcasters revealed new research Wednesday from Morning Consult confirming the critical role that radio and ...

Infowars' Alex Jones Apologizes To Chobani

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Conspiracy theorist and radio show host Alex Jones retracted and apologized for a previous report that accused yogurt maker Chobani of su...

Houston Radio: Baseball A Hit For KBME-AM

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After years of being as much of a blip on the radio dial as they were on the field, the Astros are now a determining factor in the daily c...

San Diego Radio: Nielsen Renews Midwest Radio, TV

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Nielsen announced Wednesday that it has signed a renewal agreement with Midwest Television for KFMB-TV, a CBS-affiliated television statio...

U.K Radio: Spotify Has More Listeners Than BBC Radio1

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BBC Radio 1 has posted its worst quarterly Rajar ratings result in history. According to Music Business Worldwide , the station’s avera...

R.I.P.: Chris Cornell of Soundgarden Commited Suicide

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Chris Cornell UPDATE 5/18/16 4:30 PM: The death of Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell has been ruled a suicide by the Wayne County Medic...

May 18 Radio History

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Meredith Wilson (far left) and band at KPO Studios, San Francisco ➦In 1902 ...Composer/bandleader/radio personality Meredith Wil...