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iHeart Marrying Podcasts And Radio
iHeartMedia continues to solidify its place in the podcast space. The company’s latest news is the premiere of Sunday Night Podcasts programming. Sunday Night Podcasts will air the most popular and...
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Wendy Reports Wendy To Lead Houston ABC O&O
When it came time to select a President and GM to succeed the now-retired Henry Florsheim at ABC’s owned-and-operated KTRK-13 in Houston, ABC Owned Television Stations Group President Wendy McMahon...
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TEGNA Closes On Dispatch TV Duo and Radio Combo
On June 11 RBR+TVBR first told readers that TEGNA is adding to its stable of properties by acquiring the NBC affiliate in Indianapolis; the CBS affiliate in Columbus, Ohio; and an AM/FM combo in the...
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What Great Sales Reps Do To Be Great
Stellar sales reps do things that others don’t. Want to learn what they’ve done to reach these achievements, so it can be shared with your radio or TV sales leaders? Read this latest Media Information...
View ArticleCox Media Group Appoints Rob Roberts to Director of Branding and Programming...
Cox Media Group (CMG) San Antonio has named Rob Roberts the director of branding and programming for KONO 101.1 and KSMG (Magic 105.3), effective today. In his new role, Roberts will lead and oversee...
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Cumulus’ Q2 Breakdown: Station Income Dwarfs WWO
Cumulus Media currently operates in two reportable segments: its group of AM and FM radio stations, and its Westwood One national radio arm. Is one unit performing better than the other? Yes. It’s the...
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Ahead Of Fiscal Q4 Report, Meredith Declares Dividend
Within the next few business days, Meredith Corp. is expected to release its fiscal Q4 2019 earnings report. With a date still unknown as of noon Thursday (8/8), Meredith, which owns a group of local...
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Ransdell Promoted To PD, WLXX/NASH FM 92.9
Country radio veteran Deidre Ransdell has been a Lexington, KY, Country radio fixture for 18 years. She joined WLXX in 2001.
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Sinclair Telecable Parts Ways With Wireless Towers
BOCA RATON, FLA. — The owner of radio stations in Norfolk and Austin has agreed to part ways with a quintet of wireless towers located in Virginia. The buyer? An owner of 500 towers backed by Comcast...
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YEA! A Sales EVP Is Upped To President
The EVP/Sales for independently owned radio and podcast company YEA Networks has just been promoted to the newly created role of President. It’s a former Townsquare Media VP. Taking the role is Shawn...
View ArticleiHeartMedia Flips WRAW/Reading to ”Newsradio 1340 WRAW”
iHeartMedia flips Tropical WRAW-AM (Rumba 1340)/Reading, PA, to News/Talk as "Newsradio 1340 WRAW," effective Monday, August 12, at 12pm. The launch marks the return of "The Rush Limbaugh Show" to the...
View ArticleNRG Media, Omaha Mavericks Ink Multi-Year Extension
The University of Nebraska Omaha Mavericks and its athletics multimedia rightsholder, Learfield IMG College, ink an extended relationship with NRG Media. As part of the Omaha Sports Network, NRG Media...
View ArticleSBS Q2 Consolidated Net Revenue Up 6%, Loss Narrows
Spanish Broadcasting System reported second quarter consolidated net revenue grew 6% to $36.9 million from $34.8 million in 2018. Radio segment net revenue increased 5% to $32.9 million from $31.2...
View ArticleAl Payne Exits KMJK-FM (Magic 107.3)/Kansas City as PD
Veteran programmer Al Payne exits KMJK-FM (Magic 107.3)/Kansas City. He joined the Cumulus Media Urban AC from Beasley Broadcasting in April, 2018, WMGC-FM (105.1 The Bounce)/Detroit where he served...
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ESPN & Podcasts — A Perfect Marriage
With the popularity of sports and the dominance of ESPN in covering sports, a betting person would say that podcasts put out by the broadcast giant would be a success. And they'd win that bet. Here are...
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Salem Shares Slip On Q2 Revenue Miss
How did Salem Media Group perform in the second quarter? Zacks Equity Research examined the company’s Q2 results, distributed late Thursday, and has this summation: “This quarterly report represents an...
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UN Omaha Mavericks, NRG Extend Deal
The University of Nebraska Omaha Mavericks and its athletics multimedia rightsholder, Learfield IMG College, have announced an extended relationship with NRG Media.
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Baby News A Big FCC Reveal On Deal-Free Friday
With Congress in recess through Labor Day weekend, many D.C. communications law attorneys were out of the office on Friday. This could be why no new transactions appeared in the FCC’s CDBS on Friday...
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Sirius-ly OK Solicitation: Court Affirms Auto Dealer Data Deal
RBR+TVBR INFOCUS Unsolicited promotional messages and advertisements via text message, e-mail, phone calls and via the U.S. Postal Service are disliked by many. For used car buyer James Andrews, it was...
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Scripps Stock Sails Southward On Q2 Loss, Poor Q3 Visibility
The Q2 horror show, featuring some of the nation’s biggest publicly traded broadcast media companies, continued on Friday morning. The E.W. Scripps Co. reported its operating results for the three...
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