Category Archives: Radio Owners

Michael Baisden Returns to Syndication

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Newspaper coverage in the Atlanta Urinal and Constipation Just in time for the Donald Trump hateathon, Michael Baisden is returning to radio syndication. He used(?) to do a show for TV One, the TV arm of Radio One, the racially … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio One, Trump 2017 | 4 Comments

Jon Grayson is done

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Jon Grayson was originally doing an overnight show on KMOX in Saint Louis – CBS radio spread the show to its own stations, and then went into wider syndication by Westwood One, now owned by Cumulus Media. The main competitors … Continue reading →

Posted in CBS, Cumulus Media, Talk Radio, Westwood One | 3 Comments

Another Progressive Talker throws in the towel

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Fred Stiening

WXXM-FM in Sun Prairie WISCONSIN (Madison) is switching to Classic Hits. http://themic921.iheart.com/ Madison Wisconsin plans to secede from the United States and join Canada according to my Russian puppet masters.

Posted in IHeart Media, Liberal Talk, Radio News, Talk Radio | 2 Comments

More trouble in CMLS land

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Nasdaq has several rules that a stock must follow in order to remain listed. One of the most important is a minimum stock price of $1 per share. The Cumulus stock had been down around $.30 a share since the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cumulus Media | 7 Comments

Want to buy WBT AM/FM and WLNK-FM?

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Beasley Broadcasting bought out CBS Radio in Charlotte about a year ago, and now is acquiring Boston based Greater Media. The FCC just approved the purchase nationally, but since Beasley is already at the cap on stations in Charlotte, they … Continue reading →

Posted in Beasley, Greater Media, Radio News | 4 Comments

John R Gambling says Goodbye

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Most of the last 90 years, New York City radio has had a Gambling helping start their day. John R is generation three of the Gambling radio family. Most of his time was on WOR-AM, although he did move to … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative Talk, Radio Biz, Radio News, Salem Radio, Talk Radio | Leave a comment

A few ratings tidbits

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Fred Stiening

For the most part, I ignore radio ratings from month to month as I don’t trust them and think Arbitron (now Nielsen) bears a significant part of the responsibility of the decline of radio, getting people in radio chasing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Greater Media, Music Radio, Radio Biz, The Music of Radio | 2 Comments

IHeart loses $279 million in second quarter

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Fred Stiening

That’s a rate that would be over a billion a year, enough to pay for a 9 mile Light Rail extension http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/local/articleComments/IHeartMedia-s-second-quarter-loss-widens-to-9121976.php IHeart just filed lawsuits against the lenders who tried to prevent paying off bonds held by one of … Continue reading →

Posted in IHeart Media | 7 Comments

Behold the Talk Radio “Metro” station

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Fred Stiening

http://talk1045.com/ Behold K283CC – started this week in Des Moines, Iowa, operated by Saga Communications, which has been very aggressive in creating “metro” FM translators. Few people listen to the sub channels on digital HD radio (HD2/3/4), but by saying … Continue reading →

Posted in FM Translators, HDRadio™, Low Power FM, Saga Communications | Leave a comment

Alex Jones has arrived

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Fred Stiening

https://youtu.be/aG86XtPkJTY The bigger world is starting to know who Alex Jones is. The Republican nominee knows who he is and doors are opening. On Thursday’s show, he did most of an hour with Milo with a very warm and interesting … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 election, Alex Jones, Donald Trump, IHeart Media, Premiere (IHeart), Rush Limbaugh | 1 Comment