Creighton Hoops Sticking With The Zone
1620 The ZONE, Omaha, will remain the flagship station for Creighton Men’s Basketball games under a three-year contract extension announced by NRG Media and Creighton University Thursday.
Commission Looks To Help LPFM’s
The comment period is now open for a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which includes technical proposals to improve LPFM reception and increase flexibility in siting while maintaining interference protection and the core LPFM goals of diversity and localism.
Louisiana Legend Retires
Townsquare Media has announced that legendary local Louisiana radio executive Mike Grimsley will retire at the end of the month after serving as Market President and Chief Revenue Officer for Townsquare's radio stations in Lafayette for 25 years.
mediaBrew Closes Seven In Michigan
The company run by Chuck Williams has closed on the purchase of seven stations and translators from Great Lakes Radio in the Marquette, Michigan market. mediaBrew was founded by Williams in 2018. His goal is to own stations in Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois.
Alex Meruelo Buys The NHL’s Coyotes
Does that mean Meruelo Media may be sniffing around for radio stations to purchase in the Phoenix market? It just might.
Early Bird Registration For CRS Opens Today
Registration for the 2020 Country Radio Seminar opens Thursday at 10 a.m. CT. The early bird rate of $549 is only good for one day. The price will increase to $599 on Friday. Registrations will be available for purchase at CountryRadioSeminar.com.
Hammond Hanging It Up After 45 years
Ed Hammond started his radio career in 1974 at Gospel/Christian station WPEO in Peoria. He'll end his career this week at WMBD, also in Peoria, where he's been since 2000, covering local news, doing play-by-play sports, and as the News Director for the past five years.
Sports Listeners Do Not Want To Hear About Politics
At The Crossing Board, Kevin Kinkead wrote about an ESPN poll that asked fans for feedback about politics in sports. Kinkead posted a tweet that included some of the results from the poll including the stat that 74% of fans prefer not to hear about politics on any of its platforms.
SiriusXM Going Slow On Podcasting
CEO James Meyer says there still a few things that need to happen before podcasting reaches a mega audience. During SiriusXM's second quarter earnings call, Meyer referred to podcasting as a flea market.
Another Strong Quarter For SiriusXM
Total Q2 revenue came in at $2 billion with SiriusXM at $1.5 billion and Pandora clocking in at $441 million.
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