The Media Drop

In Friday’s Rocky Mountain News, Dusty Saunders writes about an amusing situation about to take place in the city of Denver next week. As it turns out, FOX News talk show host Bill O’Reilly’s television show will be up against his radio show - “The Radio Factor” - which Clear Channel-owned KHOW is going to […]

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There’s been a whole lot of folks showing up here in the last day or two looking for Sid Rosenberg, presumably because he was on Stern on Monday morning. Well, if you are trying to figure out where Mr. Rosenberg is hiding these days, you can find him here at 790 The Ticket down in […]

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This Tuesday’s Robert Feder column in the Chicago Sun Times ran with comments by Cara Carriveau, a radio personality on WLUP (The Loop), a station in that market. Carriveau was heavily critical of the lack of major personalities on the air in that particular city, although not naming any particular stations or specific incidents.
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Yesterday, I was tipped off to the story about how Bill Nguyen of LaLa had apparently come in to save what is now WOXY.com. In case you’re not familiar, that is what was left of the WOXY that previously broadcast on 97.7FM out of Cincinnati, Ohio.
That does appear to be the case, according to […]

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News.com’s Media blog has an item by Harry Fuller on Monday referencing stats that AdAge had pulled together regarding Howard Stern’s current ad value on SIRIUS as opposed to when he was on terrestrial radio. While Fuller is spot on to say that the ads are obviously costing less for the advertiser, the audience is […]

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Yesterday, I had caught more wind of this story about how Howard Stern was “thinking” about moving back to terrestrial radio from satellite. Of course, this should be completely dismissed unless all satellites happen to be hit with a giant meteor and knocked out or orbit, leaving us all incommunicado. It wouldn’t at all surprise […]

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On Tuesday, CBS Radio stated that it might sell some of its radio station assets, including four in Cincinnati, two in San Antonio, including one of its “JACK” format stations, and a number of properties in Buffalo, among other cities. The company’s official announcement can be found here.

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Is there anyone else out there who is actually surprised by the “news” that Howard Stern would be staying put on satellite radio and not moving back to terrestrial? I mean, I *could* see something similar to the Opie & Anthony situation going down, where an OTA station picked up chunks of Stern’s show that […]

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A few days ago, I started hearing that 660AM WFAN out of New York City would be streaming live over the Internet soon, and as it turns out, it’s true. On Friday, I received an email from the station’s marketing deparment stating that the streaming would go live at 3pm on Tuesday, April 11, where […]

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Looks like Oprah is, yet again, extending her reach. This time, she’s made a deal with XM Satellite Radio to start a new radio channel later this year, according to the Associated Press.

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