Radio & Streaming News for Tuesday 07-14-2009

Radio Headlines:

• NYT Sells New York Radio Station, Assets For $45M wsj
• Cumulus Second Quarter Conference Call (8/5/09) yahoo
• Forecaster says worst is over for U.S. advertising crain’s new york
• Velocity Radio Management Partners w/McVay Media radio online
• WKQX-FM hires Tim Virgin, drops Alex Quigley & Kevin Manno chicago tribune
• First day for ‘Drew & Mike’ hits the mark detroit freepress
• CBS sacks WBCN for all-sports Boston station boston herald
• CBS Radio Launching Two All-Sports FM Stations fmqb
• 106.7 The Fan to Launch July 20 washington times
• Radio One Shuffles PD Lineup in Baltimore, DC radio online
• Radio station owner out of jail orlando sentinel
• Fla. AG sues Arbitron over Miami radio ratings miami herald
• Minority broadcasters: We need a bailout, too ny daily news
• Teenage media habits: was the whiz-kid correct? guardian
• Pandora now pushing radio to pay for music, too ars technica
• Congress Investigates Radio Programming on School Buses us news
• Microsoft executive to run FCC. inside radio
• MARTHA LITTLE APPOINTED WBUR NEWS DIRECTOR boston university
• Microsoft to Launch Music Streaming Service mashable
• CBS Looking To Integrate Sports Radio & Web? radio insight
• Moyles hits out at ‘dull’ radio bbc
• Venezuela: Radio To Be Stripped of Broadcast Licenses international press institute

Radio News US:

Business & Financial

• NYT Sells New York Radio Station, Assets For $45M wsj
• WQXR, Classical Radio Station, Is Sold By New York Times Company ny times
• Cumulus Media Inc: Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call (8/5/09) yahoo
• Audiovox Results Indicate Strong Sirius XM Sales seeking alpha
• Sirius XM Explores Used Car Market to Offset New Car Declines seeking alpha
• Velocity Radio Management Partners w/McVay Media radio online
• Forecaster says worst is over for U.S. advertising Research firm Magna says ad revenue on track to decline 14.5% this year; growth not expected to return until 2011. crain’s new york
• Ad outlook: Longer, slower recovery Mid-year Magna forecast sees steeper declines media life
• U.S. Ad Revenue May Drop 14.5% This Year, Magna Says bloomberg
• Forecaster says worst is over for US advertising google/ap
• Geico Tops Week’s Radio Advertisers radio ink
• Innovative Sales & Marketing Sessions at the NAB Radio Show Presented by RAB Radio Experts Offer New Approaches in a Competitive Ad Market rab
• Big Media Seek 21st Century Biz Models Discussions around issue of free versus paid content adweek
• Sluggish deal market remains. inside radio
• Clear Channel Sells WKBO-AM/Harrisburg for $385K radio online
• Local radio station WKLU-FM sold for $6.3M indianapolis business journal
• Foundation Media Group Acquires Sun Radio Network and Moves to New State of the Art Facility yahoo
• Sinclair says it might consider bankruptcy TV station owner says it might not be able to pay debts in 18 months baltimore sun
• New Vision Files For Chapter 11 Broadcaster ‘unable to manage high-debt service costs’ broadcasting and cable
• Young Broadcasting Calls Off Auction Cancellation may reflect weak interest in stations broadcasting and cable
• Michael Jackson album sales highlight physical, digital merits la times

Programming, Changes & Ratings

• First day for ‘Drew & Mike’ hits the mark detroit freepress
• Drew and Mike reunite on morning airwaves detroit news
• Drew and Mike in the morning: Just like old times on WRIF detroit news
• WKQX-FM hires Tim Virgin, drops Alex Quigley and Kevin Manno chicago tribune
• Radio One Shuffles PD Lineup in Baltimore, DC radio online
• Bring in Damon Bruce, KNBR; KRON; Obama in Fox booth for All-Stars sf gate
• CBS sacks WBCN for all-sports Boston station boston herald
• Final chord for the Rock of Boston boston.com
• Big Boston Radio Swap: WBCN Out, FM Sports In wbz
• Adios, WBCN. CBS, ‘BCN’s owner, is moving Mix 98.5 to 104.1, WBCN’s frequency, and starting a new, all-sports station–apparently to be dubbed the Sports Hub, and to carry the call letters WBZ-FM–at Mix’s spot on the dial. boston phoenix
• WBCN/WBMX Boston To Flip in August radio insight
• WBCN 104.1 FM to give way to Mix 98.5 newspost online
• GOODBYE WBCN – The Rock of Boston is GONE! tmrzoo
• CBS Radio Launching Two All-Sports FM Stations fmqb
• CBS to launch Boston and Washington sports FMs. inside radio
• B’s to air on 98.5 The Sports Hub boston.com
• Checking Back on Amazing Radio radio 2020
• Inside May’s PPM Numbers – Rock. inside radio
• 106.7 The Fan to Launch July 20. It’s been one of the worst-kept secrets, but it’s now official that 106.7 FM will switch to an all-sports format on Monday, July 20. washington times
• ARBITRENDS Trend Report CHARLESTON, SC Metro urban insite

News & PR

• Radio station owner out of jail after arrest for sex with teen boy in Volusia County orlando sentinel
• WELE owner “‘can’t tell”’ story about teen. Radio station owner F. Douglas Wilhite returned to the air today after he was arrested Friday by Volusia County Sheriff’s investigators orlando sentinel
• WINS anchor Brad Sherman kept ‘cool’ over 39-year career at station ny daily news
• Vernon Baker dead at 87. Veteran broadcaster Vernon Baker, who built large chains of both commercial and Religious non-commercial radio stations, has died at age 87. radio business report
• Radio veteran Jerry Hennen dead radio business report
• Wife of former WTKS/Orlando Middayer Changes Tune radio online
• Shannon Burke’s wife wants marraiage to work! best talk radio news
• House arrest for Howie Carr! boston herald
• Radio mainstay Wendy Williams tackles the small screen ny daily news
• WGN ‘Dives’ Into Priceline Sponsorship (Lee Abrams) media daily news
• Michael Jackson predictions air on talk radio days before TMZ, GMA, CNN reports examiner.com
• Premiere Radio Networks Offered Paul Harvey 100% of Revenue to Make Jump from ABC la radio
• Resident: Radio tower issues in Floyd are lessening wktv utica
• KPFZ hosts singer songwriter festival July 19 lake county news

OP/ED, Political & Feature

• 15-Year-old Media ‘Analyst’ Causes Sensation media post
• 15-year-old’s report sheds light onto teen’s media habits sf gate
• Teenage media habits: was the whiz-kid correct? guardian
• How Teens Use Media net news ledger
• Radio’s Lost Generation inside music media
• Radio on-line: Held up without a gun gorman media
• Oh Ye Consumer of Little Faith truth justice…
• Lovers of Tech, Activate! Form of…Geeks! truth justice…
• The Worst Is Over But Not Until 2011… mel phillips
• A trawl around the web on July 13th james cridland
• The Black Swan jacobs media
• HOW DO THEY Measure Radio Ratings? It’s called PPM urban radio nation
• What Else Does Radio’s Audience Do? audio graphics
• If the Worst Is Over, When Does It Get Better? broadcasting and cable
• Understanding how gays use media They’re bigger users, especially of the internet media life
• HD Radio To Go, Or Just Going, Going, Gone? washington post
• The worst caller ever in talk radio history returns weei
• Pence, Walden confront House Committee today about threats to talk radio, free speech examiner.com
• Call to Action: Help Stop Unfair ‘Fairness Doctrine’ citizen link
• Conservative media distort Ginsburg interview to claim she “thought Roe v. Wade was a way to weed out undesirables” media matters
• Delaware Pols Take Turn As Talk Radio Hosts nts online

FCC & Legal

• Fla. AG sues Arbitron over Miami radio ratings miami herald
• The next bailout… minority broadcasters? Inner City Broadcasting and others ask Geither for help ny daily news
• Minority broadcasters to Treasury Secretary Geithner: We need a bailout, too ny daily news
• Radio One Gets Heat For No-Show At Panel mi2n
• Minority Broadcasters Lobby Govt. For A Bailout urban radio nation
• Minority Broadcasters Seek Government Assistance mediaweek
• Minority Broadcasters Urge Federal Bailout media daily news
• Minority Broadcasters In Danger Of Extinction, Ask Geithner For Help urban radio nation
• NABOB wants review of radio lenders. inside radio
• Pandora now pushing radio to pay for music, too ars technica
• Pandora Wants Radio Stations To Pay For Music, Too slashdot
• Pandora CEO: Radio Should Be Paying Equal Royalties app scout
• Congress Investigates Radio Programming on School Buses us news
• AFM’s Lee offers to talk to Conyers about PRA radio business report
• AP Settles Intellectual Property Lawsuit Against AHN Media editor and publisher
• Regulator sniffs around Live Nation, Ticketmaster merger register
• FCC Taps Harvard’s Berkman Center to Review Broadband Deployment Data broadcasting and cable
• FCC backpedals on WAMO sale. inside radio
• Genachowski Picks Managing Director, General Counsel radio ink
• Microsoft executive to run FCC. inside radio
• Genachowski Names VanRoekel, Schlick to Sr. Staff radio online
• FCC Proposal to Promote Rural Radio Service and Simplify Allotment/Assignment Process: Comments Due July 13, Replies Due Aug. 11 linex legal
• FCC Daily Digest FCC

Public, Educational & Religious

• Is someone monkeying with KUNC’s new Denver signal? denver westword
• MARTHA LITTLE APPOINTED WBUR NEWS DIRECTOR boston university
• Blow Out helps bankroll Beale Street Caravan’s on-air costs commercial appeal
• Area radio stations hopes to create community connections fort smith city wire
• Local Christian radio station to return by summer’s end, new owner says peterborough examiner

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Streaming & Tech

• Pandora raises new funds for Net radio business cnet
• Internet radio star Pandora gets new funding deal yahoo
• Pandora raises $35 million more in VC funding rain
• Microsoft launching streaming music service, Bing Music? seattle times
• Microsoft to Launch Music Streaming Service mashable
• CBS Looking To Integrate Sports Radio & Web? radio insight
• Streaming Kills Piracy a vc
• Tammy Bruce Tops TalkStreamLive Rankings nts online
• Report: UK file sharing drops, even among teens ars technica
• NPR Has Great Hopes for Asymmetrical Sideband Transmission radio world
• Local radio station utilizes renewable energy ktva anchorage
• $50 Portable HD Radio Comes to Best Buy’s Insignia Line salon
• Cumulus Cincinnati reinvents by rebuilding and reusing radio magazine
• News Corp. to Turn MySpace Into Entertainment Portal media bistro
• Paid Content and Blog Sponsorships Generate Highest E-Profits Banner ads and online directories are the least profitable, per FOLIO: survey. folio
• TuneWiki for iPhone streams lyrics in real time cnet
• Vtech IS9181 Wi-Fi Internet Radio Review gadgateer
• Magno Cube Wooden Radio geeky gadgets
• Digital Radio Tuner for DAB and FM Signals Integrates Fast RSSI Function wireless design and development
• Rhino Launches New Digital Sales Format billboard
• QuickPlay Media raises $12 million Mobile media service provider looking to expand its already-wide horizons vator news
• France takes third swing at ‘three-strikes’ law register
• New Zealand Govt Revives Anti-Piracy Law billboard

Radio News International:

Britain/Europe

• Moyles hits out at ‘dull’ radio. Chris. DJ Chris Moyles has accused the BBC of making dull programmes because it does not want to upset listeners. bbc
• Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles accuses ‘frightened’ BBC of trying to silence him mail online
• Chris Moyles interview: radio’s best kept secret? telegraph
• BBC radio DJ Chris Moyles hits out at corporation red tape telegraph
• BBC freezes executive bonuses 9news
• BBC Worldwide profits down 12.8% but revenue tops £1bn media week uk
• ‘Swine flu’ strikes at Heart FM get reading
• Sonifex Aids Welsh Community Radio radio world
• Leftovers recipe challenge (Wish FM) leigh journal
• Ofcom awards more radio grants radio today
• Thieves caused Heart to stop radio today
• Kershaw sent home from Coventry radio today
• Moyles Rails Against Rules radio today
• Experts: Media potential of radio underestimated kyiv post
• Voice of Russia launches long-term project, devoted to 40th anniversary arrival of H.Aliyev to Azerbaijani leadership abc.az

Asia/Africa/Oceania/Americas

• Volunteers band together to launch new radio station inverrel times
• No govt policy to disallow air time on private TV, radio: Jatua times of india
• Top radio station attracts mainstream advertisers indian newslink
• Himesh now in radio! india glitz
• Radio Pakistan’s Dalit propaganda exposed new kerala
• No policy disallowing religious organisations air time on TV, FM radio : Jatua indian television
• FM radio service providers register more than 100 % quarterly growth in revenues telcom tiger
• Govt waives FM, TV license renewal fee kantipur
• French radio programs gain popularity individual.com
• Saakashvili’s Longtime Ally Becomes Head of Imedi TV, Radio civil.ge
• Venezuelan Government Increases Pressure on Private Media 200 Privately-owned Radio Stations To Be Stripped of Broadcast Licenses international press institute
• Govn’t to control 58.57% of radio-electric spectrum The Venezuelan Broadcasting Chamber estimates that if the threat comes true, more than 5,000 Venezuelan families will lose their means of support el universal
• Journalists, media outlets come under pressure after criticising public officials ifex