Category Archives: Radio News

In the News…

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Big news day – my time and energy is limited, so here is the placeholder if you have opinions – Buckley Broadcasting (now on the Third Generation ™) has announced it is selling WOR-AM to Clear Channel.  Goodbye Joan Hamburg, … Continue reading →

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Cumulus Revenue down 3%

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Fred Stiening

You see a train wreck about to happen and know you can’t do a thing to stop it. The Cumulus strategy has been to turn their news/talk stations into cookie cutter stations carrying almost nothing but Cumulus Media syndicated shows … Continue reading →

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Inside Music Media

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Fred Stiening

http://www.insidemusicmedia.com/the_coming_advertiser_revolt_against_radio Jerry Del Colliano publishes this newsletter – it used to be free, now it’s $10 a month or $99 a year. I used to read it every day. I’ve never worked in Radio and have no interest in working … Continue reading →

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Cumulus stations live on iHeartRadio

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Apple just pushed an update for iHeartRadio, and at least some Cumulus Stations are now live, at least on the iPhone/Pad I’m listening to WABC on iHeartRadio at the moment. It looks like the former Citadel and ABC stations are … Continue reading →

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America wants more sports!

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Fred Stiening

A huge story broke this afternoon if you like sports on radio (yeah, yeah). First, the current situation in radio sports. Who runs sports talk stations? +—————+————————-+ | station_count | Parent Company          | +—————+————————-+ |           294 | Small Owners            | … Continue reading →

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The Death of Short Wave Radio

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Fred Stiening

“Radio is Dead”   July 1, 2012 –  God http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=14611 The Catholic Church in Rome is shutting down its radio operation to focus its future efforts on the Internet and satellite delivery of the Message.   Notice that the story mentions the … Continue reading →

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Future of Audio hearings Wednesday

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Today could be the day Bain Capital and Thomas F Lee drop their bomb on the NAB. When I was doing my research into “who owns radio?” in 2007, I noticed several people that sit on the Board of Clear … Continue reading →

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All News launches in Hotlanta

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Fred Stiening

“Everybody wants ta get inta the act” – Jimmy Durante All News radio is one of the big remaining “cash cows” in radio (mostly on AM) as music drifts away to Sirius/XM, Pandora and iDevices.   Most are run by CBS … Continue reading →

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Cumulus drops Billy Bush

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Fred Stiening

http://www.billybushshow.com/ Continung on its plan to replace syndicated program from third parties and bringing it “in house” to reduce cost, Cumulus is ending its relationship with Billy Bush, who is syndicated by Westwood One (now part of Dial Global). Billy … Continue reading →

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Bruce Williams is back

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Fred Stiening

http://taeradio.com/the-bruce-williams-show This makes me sad.   I listened to Bruce Williams a lot as a  young man 30 years age when he and Sally Jesse Raphael were pioneers in national talk show syndication on NBC Radio (long before the 1996 … Continue reading →

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