Radio News for Thursday November 6th 2008

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Radio News US:

Business & Financial

• Sirius sees subscriber growth slowing. Yet satellite-radio company sticks with revenue forecast – marketwatch
• Citadel Broadcasting Corporation Reports 2008 Third Quarter Operating Results – yahoo
• Cumulus Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results – yahoo
• Radio One, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Results – yahoo
• Regent Communications Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results. Regent’s revenue performance significantly ahead of industry - – yahoo
• SIRIUS XM Releases Projections Thursday November 6, 8:00 am ET Company to Report Third Quarter 2008 Earnings on November 10, 2008 – yahoo
• Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. Reports Results for the Third Quarter 2008 – yahoo
• LBI Media, Inc. Announces Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results – marketwatch
• Entravision Communications Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript – seeking alpha
• Cox Communications plans to cut 460 jobs – ajc.com
• Cox Radio Reports Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results – prwire.com
• Cox Radio 3Q profit slips on declining revenue. Cox Radio 3rd-quarter profit falls on drop in revenue, but results top analysts’ estimates – yahoo
• Media Stocks Soar On Election Day – mediapost.com
• What Will Sirius’ Q3 Look Like? – seeking alpha
• City Looks To Bolster Media Industry. The Bloomberg administration is launching an initiative to boost the media industry. – new york observer
• Radio Advertisers Get Industry Search Engine to Make Radio Advertising More Effective – prweb.com

Programming, Changes & Ratings

• On Radio on Radio: KKOL-AM shifts to business news – seattlepi.com
• Mike Love gone from The Big DM. Love, the host of “Mike Love Radio,” announced he was leaving The Big DM 101.3-FM after eight years, laid off by Inner City Broadcasting, the station’s owner. – thestate.com
• It’s Official: Bonaduce Back In Philly – fmqb
• Audio: Cousin Brucie coming to XM – orbitcast.com
• Citadel Broadcasting, which operates five radio stations in Tucson laid off seven local employees last week – tucson weeky
• Cumulus radio lays off nine Toledo employees – toledo freepress
• Cox Cuts 460 Jobs – mediapost.com
• A search has begun to replace Mike Ginsburg as general manager of the Lotus Broadcasting station group here. That group includes KKBZ (FM 105.1), KMMM (FM 107.1), KOQO (FM 101.9) and KGST (AM 1600.) – fresno bee
• Arbitron Moves PPM Deployment For Nine Markets – billboard
• Mad Ants Announce New Radio Play by Play Commentator – oursportscentral.com

News & PR

• Obama May Fight Media Concentration, Expand Access to Internet – bloomberg
• F-Bombs Land Bay Area Radio Personality in Hot Water. Host thought his mic was off – ncbayarea.com
• “WiFi on Steroids” is on the way – and so is a lot more Radio competition – hear2.com
• WLTW & WCBS are dueling over Christmas music – ny daiy news
• Local Radio Stations Begin Playing Christmas Tunes. It may seem early, but two Boston radio stations are already kicking off the Christmas tunes. – wbztv.com
• At 93, deejay Hal Jackson is still a long-playing hit – ny daily news
• Miller enjoying high life on the radio. Nineteen months ago, “The Dennis Miller Show,” his nationally syndicated, three-hour daily chat fest. – northjersey.com
• Bonaduce divorce final: Monthly payments $16K – bnd.com
• One Scandal Down, Another Begins at BBC – ny times
• Howard Stern Show: “Eric the Midget” makes his first in-studio appearance on Howard TV On Demand – tmrzoo.com
• Chincoteague local Holloway finds radio home – delmarvanow.com
• Today in History: On this day in 1935, inventor Edwin Howard Armstrong presented his study on using frequency modulation — later known as “FM” — for radio broadcasting. – english.rti.org.tw
• Westminster Santa cops host two radio shows – denver.yourhub.com
• Live Radio Show Wants You – From Fear to Financial Freedom – yahoo
• ESPN’s Van Pelt to visit WTMM on Thursday – dailygazette.com
• Hear the latest releases on NOLA Radio – nola.com
• Win a lunch at Buddy’s with WNIC radio personalities – hometownlife.com

OP/ED, Political & Feature

• WTLC’s Amos Brown, callers celebrate Obama’s victory – indystar.com
• Radio host Mark Larsen wears blackface after Obama win – tampabay.com
• Radio host defends wearing blackface, making racial comments – tampabay.com
• Schumer equates conservative talk radio with porn – onenewsnow.com
• Defeating the Fairness Doctrine Now [Peter Kirsanow] – national review
• Obama’s coattails: Election winners include conservative radio talkers – jsonline.com
• Right-wing radio feasts like its ’92 – boston herald
• Barack Obama Gets No Honeymoon From Conservative Talk Radio – the moderate voice
• Talk Radio Sounds Off On Obama’s Win – npr
• Talk radio’s bittersweet election night: power lost, target gained – ny daily news
• Rachel Maddow comes “Out” on top – afterellen.com
• Rush Limbaugh Buys Belinda the Jeweler a Car to Beat Post-Election Blues – cnsnews.com
• PopWatch presents the best election-night sound bites! – popwatch.ew.com
• Conservative host takes ‘no whining’ approach to Obama’ win. Conservative talk radio personality Greg Garrison says he’s ready to tangle with President-elect Barack Obama on the issues of immigration, morality, the military and the economy. – indystar.com
• Rush Limbaugh Set to Go After President Obama Limbaugh’s Mission: Attack Obama Just like He Attacked President Clinton – .associatedcontent.com
• Reisman radio show: Election comment, analysis, at noon – lohud.com
• Campaign’s media stars –and flameouts- buffalonews.com
• Palin Plans to Remain on GOP’s National Stage – washington post
• Airwaves: Hard-hitting Hinder – lcsun-news.com
• Looking back at golden age of radio – .azstarnet.com

FCC & Legal

• Supreme Court Hears Fox, FCC Arguments It’s not clear where justices stand as indecency case begins – adweek
• The FCC Under Obama – radio ink
• FCC Daily Digest – FCC

Public, Educational & Religious

• Tavis Smiley pushing for dividends from Obama’s victory – thestate.com

Streaming & Tech

• 13 Years of News Media Now Available at Your Fingertips – amarok.kde.org
• Roberts Ecologic 1 portable DAB radio – reghardware.co.uk
• Teac’s retro-styled LP-R500 record deck and CD recorder – retrotogo.com
• American Media Services Interactive Launches Beta of TheRadio.com — On-Demand Streaming Music Site – marketwatch.com
• The Wolverine Internet Radio Is Almost Good – pcworld.com

Radio News International:

Britain/Europe

• BBC ‘slow’ to react to calls row. The BBC was “unacceptably slow” to respond to the Russell Brand-Jonathan Ross calls row, broadcasting minister Lord Carter of Barnes has said. – bbc
• ‘Ross and Brand’ to face fiery fate – gazetteseries.co.uk
• The Jonathan Ross-Russell Brand affair stripped bare – times online
• Ross Turns to Farrow. Jonathan Ross has been receiving advice from The Corporation chairman Gary Farrow in the wake of the ‘Sachsgate’ scandal, it has emerged. – prweek.com
• Rolo Tomassi get Radio 1 in a bit of a swirl – drownedinsound.com
• Europe takes aim at BBC licence fee – theregister.co.uk
• Radio station seeks full-time licence. OX4 FM, based at Jubilee Hall in Sorrel Road, operates for one month a year on a Restricted Service Licence (RSL) granted by radio regulator Ofcom. – osfordmail.co.uk
• Closure threat for Talk 107 – business.scotsman.com
• Meridian FM face money crisis this winter – thisissussex.co.uk/
• Station tunes in for relaunch. Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News THE relaunch of Halton’s very own radio station will come as music to the ears of many Runcorn and Widnes residents. – runcornandwidnesweeklynews.co.uk
• College pupils’ spell on air. Five Wymondham College students launched this year’s Exchange Radio 87.7FM, based at Hospital Radio Norwich, on Monday. – dissmercury.co.uk
• RTE airs new radio prices – independent.ie
• Sixteen public radio editors decorated by President – nineoclock.ro

Canada

• Astral Radio Launches ‘Orbyt’ – broadcastermagazine.com
• Vancouver Gets AC/DC Day – chartattack.com
• CHED-630, Edmonton Wins Fourth Gold Ribbon Award – broadcastermagazine.com
• Behind the Mic: Barry Taylor at 102.1 the Edge - blogtogo
• Father/son radio team bike for station fundraiser. CKCU 93.1 FM – standard-freeholder.com

Asia/Africa/Oceana

• Radio pushes buttons. But Raymond Bergin’s dream of having his own show has come true, all thanks to the perseverance of Dandenong-based support carer Terry Morton with the help of community radio station Yarra Valley FM 99.1. – .starnewsgroup.com.au
• Grand prizes for radio personalities, listeners vie for prize – sowetan.co.za
• Minister vows major TV and radio staffing revamp – gulf-daily-news.com
• Radio stations fail over MTV Africa Award – informante.web.na
• Namibia: Chief Can’t Sleep Over Radio Reception – allafrica.com

Trades

Radio & Records

• Arbitron Details PPM Sample Metrics For October. Sample targets exceeded across nine currency markets
• Sirius & XM Set To Combine Channels Next Week
• Danny Bonaduce To Mornings On WYSP
• Cox Q3 Revenue Off
• Entravision Q3 Radio Revenue Off 3%
• Beasley Q3 Revenue Off, Net Income Up
• Industry Veteran Yarbrough Dies
• ‘Slow Jams’ Return To Phoenix
• Borrell: Political Ad Spend Lands Below Expectations
• Arbitron Moves PPM Deployment For Nine Markets
• Strawberry In The Morning On KZON
• Roberts Leaves Universal South
• Stow Resigns At Tyler Media
• Updated: KPWT’s Chi Chi Cut Back

All Access

• Weak Advertising Market Hurts Cumulus
• Another Drop For Radio One In Q3
• Schumer Ripped For Fairness Doctrine Comments
• Two NYC Stations Dueling Over Christmas Music
• AOL A Drag On Time Warner Earnings
• Translator Sales Filed With FCC
• Talker’s Blackface Bit Draws Press Attention
• Tyler Media President/CEO Skip Stow Resigns
• CISL To Flip To Standards
• Austin Toros, ESPN Austin Ink Deal
• Hazen To Call D-League Mad Ants Games
• KRBE’s Jingle Jam 2008 Is On
• KXXM’s Not So Silent Night

Radio Ink

• Entravision Radio Revenues Fall In Q3
• Arbitron Details October PPM Metrics
• Neil: Radio Has What Other Media Wants
• Emmis/NY Issues Creative Challenge
• Cox Radio Profit Dips In Q3
• Beasley Profit Up In Q3
• The FCC Under Obama

FMQB

• Arbitron Adjusts PPM Calendar
• Conservative Judges Back FCC In Indecency Case
• Media Ownership Rules Appeal Returns To Court
• It’s Official: Bonaduce Back In Philly
• Q3 2008 Radio Revenue Roundup: Beasley, Cox and Saga report Q3 fiscal results.
• SVPs named at Westwood One, exits at WBLS
• Broadcasters wary of Obama’s FCC
• Auto sales downturn will affect Satellite Radio
• who will run MySpace Music?
• FCC approves “white space” plan

Inside Radio

• Beasley revives the “One Day Sale.”
• Cox Radio looks to mid-markets.
• Entravision’s the latest to trim payroll.
• “It’s kind of a rollercoaster.”
• **INSIDE STORY** with MIKE KINOSIAN “Satellite Sisters” podcasting experiment in-progress
• FCC, radio, may get a new chief overseer.
• Who breaks “Obama Wins” news? Radio.
• Oklahoma owner wins legislature race.

Radio Business Report

• Arbitron updates litigation status
• Moody’s considering downgrades for two radio companies
• PPM hitting Arbitron’s targets
• Danny Bonaduce returns to Philadelphia
• Cox Radio Q3 profit down 21%
• Arbitron adjusts PPM roll-out

Radio Online

• Arbitron Details Sample Quality Metrics for PPM Markets
• Entravision Q3 Net Revenue Decreases 5%, Loss Narrows
• Bonaduce Returns to Philadelphia Mornings on WYSP
• Cox Radio Q3 Revenues Down 6.2%, Earnings Fall 21.5%
• Tyler Media/OKC President/CEO Skip Stow Resigns
• CBS Radio’s News Stations See Election Day Increases
• Beasley Broadcast Q3 Revs Down 8.2%, Earnings Up 134%
• Inner City’s Urban AC WBLS/New York has announced staff changes to the syndicated Wendy Williams Show
• WNWV-FM (The Wave)/Cleveland will debut the two-hour “Smooth Jazz Top 20 Countdown with Allen Kepler” on November 8.

NTS Aircheck

• Rush: “I Am Ready For Battle!”
• What Advice Do You Have For President Obama?
• Change Is Good For Radio
• Update: Karel Suspended
• KGO’s Luckoff Marks 50 Years In Broadcasting
• CBS Radio Launches DC Talker
• We All Should Be Fair And Balanced!”
• Dude, The Mic Is Always Live!

Urbansite

• Arbitron – Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco
• News – An Obama victory night audio montage from Apollo Productions.

All About Country

• Cox Radio Profit Off In Q3
• Toby’s Movie Gets An Impressive CMT Premiere As New CD Debuts At #1
• Tommy Jenkins Upped To MD/Prod Dir. At KRVL
• Arbitron Details October PPM Targets
• Revenues At Beasley Down 8%
• Ellen DeGeneres Celebrates Taylor Swift’s Fearless Release
• Rascal Flatts Finishes 2008 With A Flourish
• Another Round Of Citadel Budget Cuts
• Skip Stow Resigns As Tyler Media’s CEO
• Dierks’ Feel That Fire Ignites
• Jewel’s January Solo Tour Announced
• For Tim McGraw It Was More Than Just A Pitch
• Stephen Cochran Heads For New York City
• Nikki Knocks ‘Em Out In Nashville
• Denise Roberts Departs Universal South
• Jason Aldean Debuts She’s Country On CMA’s
• COUNTRY Station Owner Wins Seat In Oklahoma House
• Paisley Performs On Letterman Friday Night
• Mark Wills Guests On XM’s Shortcuts This Weekend
• Denis ‘Catfish’ Miller Lands In Elko, NV
• Merle Haggard Recovering From Lung Surgery
• KYGO/Denver Listeners Create Their TV Commercial