Category Archives: Radio Owners

Jurisdiction and the Rule of Law

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Imagine that you’re driving down a residential street – and when you stop at a stop sign, a person in a car labeled “official government business” pulls you over. They walk up to your window and I announce – “hello, … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Delight

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Fred Stiening

While people are distracted, Cumulus Media announced the post-holiday replacement for Larry Elder on KABC-AM in Los Angeles from 3-6 PM Pacific Time. Dr Drew Pinsky and a sidekick do a two hour show on Westwood One from 1-3 AM … Continue reading →

Posted in Cumulus Media, Radio Biz, Westwood One | 5 Comments

I <3 Bankruptcy

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Private equity firms typically want to exit their investments within 5 years, usually by taking the company public after they have sold off non-core assets and fired all the employees key to running the company to make the remaining shell … Continue reading →

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CBS/Beasley station swap is a “done deal”

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Tampa, Charlotte (NC) and Philadelphia are the cities affected. CBS gets stations in Philadelphia and Beasley gets these smaller market “Southern” radio stations. wHFS-FM in Florida has already switched from sports talk to “holiday” music in preperation for a new … Continue reading →

Posted in CBS, Station Sales / Transfers | 2 Comments

‘Tis the Season to be fired

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Today’s casualty is KABC’s Larry Elder as Cumulus Media continued firing all the legacy talent from the ABC Radio days. You may remember that Larry was on ABC radio in national syndication, but never really reached critical mass with national … Continue reading →

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Darryl Parks on the death of syndicated talk

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Fred Stiening

http://darrylparks.com/2014/10/27/nyc-talk-radio-ratings-not-good/ To appreciate the significance of this, you need to know who he is. Clear Channel (now iHeart) has one news/talk station that is very different than the rest. While most Clear Channel stations news talk stations are drifting down … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, IHeart Media, Premiere (IHeart), Radio Biz | 5 Comments

What if Premiere Radio shuts down?

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Bob Pittman, who runs Clear Channel, is a lifelong major donor to Democratic candidates. He would like few things more than being the guy who “got” Rush Limbaugh off the air – if he can convince the investment bankers who … Continue reading →

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America loves sports, but…

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Charlotte loves Jesus. The former home of PTL (Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker) and the Billy Graham freeway, and the Bible Broadcasting Network just can’t get enough Jesus. If you scan the map, most major streets have a Biblical connection … Continue reading →

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Meet the company that may soon run radio in your town

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Fred Stiening

George Beasley is quite a businessman in the best sense. http://streamingradioguide.com/blogradio/?page_id=1390 While working as a school system principal in rural North Carolina, he decided to start a radio station. He cut a deal with a local mobile home dealer to … Continue reading →

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Clear Channel pulls the plug on “radio”

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Fred Stiening

This was obvious from the day IHeartRadio was created, if you were paying attention to Clear Channel’s public statements – and especially if you know a lot about Bob Pittman. Clear Channel is dropping “radio” from its iHeartRadio name, now … Continue reading →

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