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September 23, 2009
NAB Conference Looks At Radio's Recovery
The NAB RADIO SHOW in PHILADELPHIA opened WEDNESDAY with the annual DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO conference on broadcast financing, this year subtitled "Surviving the Meltdown." Marcus: Industry Rallying SUGARLOAF ROCK CAPITAL Managing Partner and former … more »
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June 15, 2009
Report: Chicago Sports Webio Parent Probed By FBI
The FBI is now involved in the investigation of the companies behind SPECTRUM ENTERTAINMENT, the parent of CHICAGO SPORTS WEBIO, the online sports talk station launched last year by former CBS RADIO Sports WSCR-A (670 THE SCORE)/CHICAGO host MIKE NORTH, … more »
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May 11, 2009
Self-Defense Claimed In Weber Murder
The defense attorney for JOHN KATEHIS, the teenager accused of the murder of veteran radio newsman GEORGE WEBER, said FRIDAY that his client was acting in self defense when he murdered WEBER, an anchor for ABC NEWS RADIO and former CITADEL Talk … more »
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April 15, 2009
Foneshow Offers Rotowire 'Fantasy Focus' Highlights
Fantasy sports site ROTOWIRE.COM inks a deal to distribute a three-to-four-minute highlights show to cell phones through FONESHOW. The "ROTOWIRE FANTASY FOCUS FONESHOW" will be available to subscribers immediately after the "ROTOWIRE … more »
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December 8, 2008
Peter J. Kern Dies
Peter J. Kern, former GM of WBLM/PORTLAND, ME (in the late '70s) and more recently owner of KERN MEDIA, INC., a media buying service, passed away unexpectedly on DECEMBER 4th at his home. He was 62. He is survived by his wife of 24 years, PAMELA SPRIGGS … more »
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May 5, 2008
MMG To Represent 'Healthy Talk Live' Host
Syndicated "HEALTHY TALK RADIO" host DR. JULIAN WHITAKER signs up with MEDIA MANAGEMENT GROUP as the personal management and marketing firm's latest client. MMG will work with WHITAKER and his team to help grow the show, its website, and … more »
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December 31, 2007
Is Copying Purchased Music Legal?
Despite more than 20,000 lawsuits filed against music fans in the years since they started finding free tunes online rather than buying CDs from record companies, the recording industry has utterly failed to halt the decline of the record album or the … more »
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September 26, 2007
Group Heads Accentuate The Positive At NAB
A panel of group heads at the NAB RADIO SHOW in CHARLOTTE TODAY features CUMULUS' LEW DICKEY, EMMIS' JEFF SMULYAN, SAGA's ED CHRISTIAN, GREATER MEDIA's PETER SMYTH, and CHERRY CREEK's JOE SCHWARTZ talking about the industry's outlook. SMYTH called his … more »
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July 17, 2007
Syd Schwartz Named SVP/Digital Strategy At Capitol
SYD SCHWARTZ has been appointed SVP/Digital Strategy for CAPITOL MUSIC GROUP. He will report to COO JEFF KEMPLER and Pres. LEE TRINK. He will also work closely with parent company EMI MUSIC’s SVP/Digital, LAUREN BERKOWITZ, and serve as a liaison … more »
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June 22, 2007
Free FM/San Diego Flips To 'Sophie 103.7'
CBS Talk KSCF (103.7 FREE FM)/SAN DIEGO dropped the Oldies "K-SURF 103.7" smokescreen stunt it started airing at 3p PT and flipped to a female-oriented AAA-Hot AC hybrid as "SOPHIE 103.7" at 5p ET. The new format launched … more »