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About a week ago John Dickey of Cumulus said the government should continue to loosen up ownership limits, that companies should be able to own more stations than they're currently allowed to operate. For 25 years Bob Neil has been part of the broadcasting industry, most recently as Executive Vice President for Cox, until announcing his retirement this week. During that time he witnessed regulation and deregulation. Now, with one foot out the door, and a chance to reflect on arguably the one piece of legislation that transformed the industry, we asked Neil if deregulation was a good thing or a bad thing. |
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After a flurry of nasty letters sent to shareholders over the past several months, Wednesday's shareholder meeting was a lot more professional. The letters being sent by the Fisher board of Directors and shareholder FrontFour were aimed at convincing shareholders to vote for their candidates at Wednesday's annual meeting. FrontFour accuses the Fisher board, and more specifically, CEO Colleen Brown of being incompetent and basically running the company into the ground. The Fisher board responds by saying FrontFour is simply a hedge fund looking to make a quick buck on the company and will say anything to get votes. |
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Out of Government and into the private sector for FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker. She joins mega-cable company Comcast as Senior VP of Government Affairs for NBCUniversal. Baker's term at the Commission expires at the end of June. Her new job with Comcast will keep her in Washington, DC. |
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After weeks of searching and dozens of resumes, Clear Channel Nashville Operations Manager Rich Davis says Jon Anthony will be taking the helm of WSIX starting Monday. Jon is the Managing Partner/Program Director of Kenny Chesney's No Shoes Radio and prior to that served as the Vice President of Country Programming for Sirius/XM, overseeing all seven of its country channels. |
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Playing out the string until Cumulus takes over, Citadel reported woeful earnings to Wall Street this morning, down in every category. Consolidated net revenue was $160.0 million, a $5.0 million, or 3.0%, decrease, net revenue for radio stations was down $1.8 million, or 1.3%, to $136.4 million and net revenue for the Radio Network was down $3.2 million, or 11.4%, to $24.9 million. |
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Emmis has been granted an 8-year extension of its license to operate its radio station in Slovakia by the Slovakian licensing body, the Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission. "We are very gratified by the decision", Jeff Smulyan, President & CEO of Emmis Communications said. "We are proud of our team at Rádio Expres. They have set the very highest standards in Slovakian broadcasting, and today's decision recognizes their accomplishments." |
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The proof is in the ratings. Find out why the new "Cool AC" format inspires huge listener loyalty with the money demo! Read more. |
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Radio Ink's Convergence 2011 begins in one week and rather than us telling you over and over again why you should attend, we figured we'd ask someone who's attended the show in the past and will be joining us again this year. Bryce Wilson is the webmaster and director of digital operations for Curtis Media in Raleigh. Wilson says he attends Convergence to "stay on top of the ever-changing world of digital media and traditional media, and their merging into one new technology. The digital world is moving so fast...faster than tranditional radio people are used to dealing with." |
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Perhaps the example of what took place in Tyler Texas last night is a great example of why radio stations across America should get behind the push to have FM chips installed in cell phones. Public safety is one of the reasons the NAB is making a push to install the chips. Yesterday, Radio Ink publisher Eric Rhoads wrote an editorial about the chips and debuted a new commercial we are hoping radio stations can use to help educate the public. |
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PastBlast, the new iPad app from Radio Ink is available now in the Apple App Store. Historical audio, photos, and more from every era of radio's history, with navigation through a beautiful, fully equipped retro radio studio. Click the headline to see it, or get it here. |
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Radio Ink debuts the Mighty Red II, bringing back the little HD radio with mighty HD sound. New features on the Mighty Red II include Artist Experience -- cover art, artist info, and more -- onscreen ads that can be synced with audio, Live Pause, and song and ad Bookmarking. It's a great gift for clients to show them what's really possible with HD Radio. Click the headline to order now. |
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May 16: The Spring Talk Radio issue, featuring a provocative interview with Westwood One's Dennis Miller 
