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Radio and Records

• Mitchem To Return To D.C.
• SBS Gets Nasdaq Delisting Notice
• Ferrera Named EVP/A&R for Island, Mercury
• Listener loyalty programs benefit from technological revolution
• BMI Posts $901 Million Annual Revenue
• Gamble Upped to CBS/Denver Director of Ops
• Radio Dips 7% for First Half of ‘08

All Access

• Thea Mitchem Named OM At CC/DC-Balt.
• NASDAQ Now Threatens SBS With Delisting
• Moonves Third Highest-Paid CEO, Says AP
• Survey: Advertisers To Slash Ad Budgets
• Stephen Ferrera Named EVP/A&R At Island & Mercury
• Moxley Named VP/Promotion At Show Dog
• Report: Death Row Sale Terminated
• FCC’s Martin Will Appear At NAB Radio Show
• Report: Wal-Mart To Cherry-Pick CD Retail?
• Clear Channel Takes Two Back From Trust
• KBXO Deal Closes
• Dahl Shifts Earlier At Jack FM/Chicago
• WYSP Format Adds Classic Hard Rock
• Toronto’s Mix 99.9 Changing Name To Virgin Radio
• Copper Thieves Knock Another Station Off Air
• Sheila Eldrige Exits Perry Broadcasting Augusta Cluster
• KOMA’s Williams To Retire Friday
• DiMonte Back On Montreal Radio
• James Thomas Joins McVay New Media
• O’Halloran Joins Strauss Radio Strategies
• Rex McNeill Heads Crosstown
• WJBR Names Megan Clendaniel Promotions Coordinator
• The Sound Goes Out On A Dat-e-Base
• Entercom Stream Stations Via FlyTunes
• Syndication One Offers Extended Coverage of the DNC
• Debbie Conner Joins Southern Star
• Jenifer Wilde Gets “Smart”
• KYGO’s Garret Doll Videos Tornado
• DeFede Exits WFTL
• Western Oregon U. Launches Football Network
• WPOZ Keeps Central Florida Aware Of Fay’s Movement
• Sommers To Join KTIS

Friday Morning Quarterback

• Radio One Introduces “Posting” With Accountability One
• Bob & Tom Head To TV Via WGN America
• Independence Day For Ticketmaster
• Woman Can Sue UMG Over Prince Clip On YouTube

Radio Ink

• SBS Gets Nasdaq Warning
• Radio Revenues Fall 6 Percent In July
• Prosecutors Want Ward To Serve Nine Years
• Choose The Best Programmers In Radio
• Struble: Digital Content Will Maximize Radio’s Value

Inside Radio

• Back-to-school season good for radio.
• Advertisers forecast smaller budgets.
• More groups push posting plans.
• RAB posting plan is “more conservative.”
• SBS runs into trouble with Nasdaq.
• Chicago early morning shuffle.
• Copper thieves silence station.
• ASCAP Presents… The Mike Kinosian Interview: Tony Salvadore

Radio Business Report

• Struble delivers sermon on HD
• Non-spot is off, off-air is on, Q2 is down
• Mega TV launches on Ch. 30 in Puerto Rico
• CBS Radio News to join simulcast “Stand Up to Cancer”
• Ingraham to air from DNC, RNC; speaks with McCain
• Laura Ingraham reups with TRN
• Debut pursuing small market/national platform strategy
• FOX News Radio details DNC, RNC convention plans
• New automotive momentum for HD Radio
• Can radio lead in a DTV world?
• Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo Joins SIRIUS XM

Billboard

• Madonna Starts ‘Sticky And Sweet’ Tour In Wales
• AC/DC Gets Back To ‘Black’ On New Album
• Dido Brings It All ‘Home’ On New Album
• Mary J. Blige, Robin Thicke Team For Tour
• Heavy Hitters Grace Negro League Benefit CD
• Bloc Party Says Download ‘Definitely Working’
• Doors Legal Dispute Nearing Resolution

Adweek

• Radio Dips 7% in First Half of ‘08
• SAG, AFTRA Unite for Ad Talks

UrbanSite

• News – Obama Introduces Biden To The Nation
• News – Official: Obama Chooses Biden As VP Pick
• Arbitron – Atlanta, Columbus, Kansas City, Miami, Milwaukee, Tampa
• News – Malikha Moves To Afternoons On WWPR

All About Country

• Artbitron’s Summer Phase I Results Today
• A Hit Is A Hit
• Taylor Swift Stays Grounded Even
• With Fame Sick and Tired of All The Radio and Music BS?
• Score Four For Featured Articles B
• Keith Urban Hits Number One and Gives You The ‘Shirt’ Off His Back
• AllAboutCountry Gets You The Mediabase Top 30 Daily

Radio News Links from Across the Net

• Broadcast Music, Inc.(R) (BMI(R)) Tops $900 Million Mark in Revenues for FY 2008
• Sun Spins Off Sports Radio Into Public Company
• Joe Biden’s pro-RIAA, pro-FBI tech voting record
• Sirius XM Cramer Wars Part II
• Sirius XM Family Plan Subscriptions Are Well Worth Chasing
• TMZ.com makes jump from online to on-air
• FCC’s methods leaves public in the dark
• Dick and Dom in Radio 1 exit
• DJ Dave Pearce to leave Radio 1
• Longtime Boston area radio personality enjoying his retireme
• Ky. radio stations sale brings LP buyers
• Radio celebrity’s off-air affair plays on (Palm Beach)
• Private radio prospering in spite of popular new technologies: StatsCan
• Lid on Pandora? Web radio service may go silent
• Bobby Randall co-hosting area country radio show
• Austin’s oldest community radio station celebrates
• On the radio: Sherman Maxwell was a pioneer sportscaster
• Matt Chernoff joins the Rude Awakening on the Fan
• Would KIRO-AM/710 score points with switch to sports?
• Radio Waves – Ben Fong-Torres
• 94 WYSP flips to classic rock
• 950 ESPN’s Jody Mac to have heart surgery Monday