Plus Pages

▼
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

LA Radio: KBIG Getting Comfy In #1 Spot

›
August was the fifth straight month for CCM+E Hot AC KBIG 104.3 MY FM at #1 moving 5.4—5.9. That puts it a full half-share lead over cl...

Chicago Radio: WVAZ Share Sag, But remains #1

›
CCM+E Urban AC WVAZ V103 leads the market, despite posting its lowest number since March moving 7.4—6.7 in the August PPMs 6+. Hubbard’...

Dickey: Dial Global Deal Provides Strategic Opportunities

›
Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey expects to see cost savings from the $260 million deal to acquire Dial Global, as well as the chance to distribute...

Harrisburg Radio: Ken Matthews ‘Thrilled’ Over WHP Gig

›
Ken Matthews Ken Matthews politics means he’ll fit nicely into the WHP 580 AM afternoon line-up, which already broadcasts Glenn Beck an...

Altanta Radio: WQXI Sports Launches ‘The Locker Room’

›
Former Atlanta Falcon Alge Crumpler is joining a sports host from Tampa JP Peterson as the new WQXI 790 AM The Zone morning show dubbed...

Americans Following Syria News

›
President Obama faces an uphill battle in making the case for U.S. military action in Syria . By a 48% to 29% margin, more Americans opp...

Report: NYTimes Deletes Reference To Pro-Israel Group

›
A reference to the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC was mysteriously cut from a New York Times article published online Monday and in prin...

Who Do Members of Congress Follow on Twitter?

›
Twitter has become such an integral medium for political communication that, according to our count, 97 percent of members of Congress ...

Ohio Radio: New FM Promises To Be Local

›
Lake County, Ohio’s first commercial FM radio station, WQGR Cougar 93.7-FM, officially began its programming on August 1 and according to...

CCM+E Launches Collaboration With Shriner’s Hospitals

›
Shriners Hospitals for Children announced Tuesday a multi-faceted collaboration with Clear Channel Media and Entertainment to raise aware...

CBS Marks Golden Anniversary of 30 Minute News Broadcast

›
On Sept. 2, 1963, what had been, since 1948, a 15-minute broadcast, anchored first by Douglas Edwards and then Walter Cronkite, doubled to ...

NOLA Radio: R.I.P. Newsman F. Michael Franklin

›
F. Michael Franklin F. Michael Franklin, an award-winning broadcaster who worked at three radio stations during a 33-year career in New...
Tuesday, September 3, 2013

The Media Audit Report Highlights Top Radio Websites

›
A new study highlighting commercial and non-commercial radio website reach across 80 U.S. cities reveals that Portland , Oregon 's...

D/FW Radio: CCM+E Appoints Deidre Richter Market President

›
Deidre Richter Clear Channel Media and Entertainment-Dallas has named Deidre Richter as Market President, effective immediately.  R...

Radio Show Session Features Pro Athletes Turned Pro Talkers

›
Jim Rome The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) has announced a 2013 Radio Show Super Se...

'American Idol' Names 'Dream Team' Panel

›
Lopez, Connick Grammy Award-winning and platinum-selling recording artist, actress, movie and television producer and entrepreneur Je...

TWC, CBS Settle CableTV Feud

›
A month after it began, CBS Inc. and Time Warner Cable have resolved their bitter retransmission consent dispute. CBS channels, including...

Lew Dickey: Content Is King

›
Lew Dickey Under the deal announced Friday, Cumulus Media will pay $260 million for Dial Global, ($45 million in equity and $215 millio...