Posts tagged with 'radio'

Times-Shamrock Communications has sold off its radio assets in Reno, NV. As earlier reported by Inside Radio, the company sold KRZQ (104.1) to Big Horn Media, who recently flipped the station to “Easy 104.1” with the new calls of KUEZ. Now, Lazer Broadcasting picks up the remaining stations from the Scranton, PA-based company. Lazer is..
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The fact that Bobby Bones is a bona fide country radio success story whose numbers keep growing is known enough. But his firm belief that he could switch formats in 2010 and translate from pop station in Austin to Nashville star remains a fascinating radio anomaly. “How cocky am I to think that?” he asks..
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Emmis Communications has locked in president/COO Pat Walsh with a contract extension that will keep him with the radio group through July 2019. Walsh came to the company in 2006 as CFO and added the COO title in December 2008. He handed off his CFO title in 2015 during a restructuring that elevated him to..
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Entercom is taking a bigger leap into the fast-growing world of podcasting. The broadcaster has purchased a 45% stake in DGital Media and formed a strategic partnership with the on-demand audio entertainment provider. As part of a multi-year services agreement, DGital Media will create original on-demand audio content that leverages Entercom’s local talent and relationships..
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Multistate Deal – Jon Kelly files a $31,969,066 deal to take a controlling stake in SummitMedia, which owns 23 stations in Birmingham, AL; Greenville, SC; Honolulu; Louisville; Richmond, VA; and Tuscaloosa, AL. Kelly will take a 65% stake in the company that had been majority controlled by the private equity firm HighPoint Holdings since SummitMedia..
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A request by Global Music Rights asking a federal court to reject an attempt by the Radio Music Licensing Committee to force the performance rights organization to offer interim licenses after a looming Sept. 30 sunset date has survived its first hurdle. U.S. District Court Judge Darnell Jones has referred the motion to U.S. Magistrate..
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