Category Archives: Radio Owners

Competition is good

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Fred Stiening

The CEO of Emmis Radio has been on a campaign for a long time to get cell phone makers to enable their capability to listen to FM radio stations (the Wifi connection is itself just an FM receiver, so this … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Guide, emmis, Mobile Streaming, Radio Biz | 6 Comments

Boston’s WRKO dumps Mark Levin

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Fred Stiening

http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2953723&spid=24698 Not content to push away Republicans by canceling Rush Limbaugh, Entercom has decided it can’t afford Cumulus Radio’s Mark Levin either. It does make some sense – there aren’t many Republicans in Massachusetts. Hold on a second – the … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Entercom, Mark Levin | 4 Comments

Dirk Van gets to sleep in late now

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Fred Stiening

http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n31480 Dirk Van has been the host of First Light for a very long time. First Light and America in the Morning with Jim Bohannon are essentially the same show, but with different hosts and Pedigrees. First Light goes back … Continue reading →

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Cumulus swings the axe at Westwood One

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Fred Stiening

http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/143560/a-significant-number-of-people-laid-off-at-westwoo Cumulus has moved the old Westwood One 24 hour music formats to its own platform it uses to distribute Nash Country. Who needs to waste money on experts that have been doing a specific genre of music for 30 … Continue reading →

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CBS Weather and Traffic on the 17s

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Fred Stiening

I guess it had to happen. With Sumner Redstone no longer in sole command of the Viacom / CBS empire, here come the idiots that destroyed Cumulus and iHeart’s soul. CBS has stood out as the “not stupid” radio operator. … Continue reading →

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People’s Attorney convicted of Mortgage fraud

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Warren Ballentine, former Radio One talk host, has been convicted of mortgage fraud in Federal Court. He will get no jail time. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-radio-host-fraud-sentencing-met-20150707-story.html In a couple sentences, the indictment said he was the attorney on a series of fraudulent mortgages. … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Radio Biz, Radio One | 1 Comment

IHeart radio is so gay!

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Fred Stiening

IHeart launches 24 hr/day Pride station in Minneapolis / Saint Paul You won’t find a call sign in most of the news stories. This is one of those “stations” (W244CS) that is really a low powered FM Translator being fed … Continue reading →

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Savage and Levin have a new boss – from Air America

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Fred Stiening

http://www.insideradio.com/free/hess-takes-cumulus-news-talk-reins/ Bill Hess was Senior VP of programming at Air America. John Dickey considers him to be one of the smartest men in Talk Radio as most of the former ABC radio stations plunge down to 1% shares or below. … Continue reading →

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Open WYD

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartmann have a new boss. inside Radio It’s convoluted and I don’t really follow it. They were originally working for Jones Radio, which was acquired by Dial Global, which merged with Westwood One, which was acquired … Continue reading →

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iHeart (Clear Channel) buys two Disney stations

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Fred Stiening

WIBC is dropping Rush Limbaugh in Indianapolis – one of the station’s iHeart is buying is there.  It’s the only FM station Disney is unloading.  It might be unrelated.  Maybe a Rush should form a radio company and buy up … Continue reading →

Posted in IHeart Media, Radio Biz, Rush Limbaugh | 2 Comments