16 November 2006 Clear Channel Communications has been sold to private equity in one of the biggest media deals in history. Thomas H.
15 November 2006 Clear Channel Communications, part owner of the ARN network in Australia, is still reviewing two bids for the company from American private equity firms including...
9 November 2006 Google will launch an Audio Ads service linking with Clear Channel Radio stations in the USA. The paid-search ads on radio will provide "contextual...
2 November 2006 US broadcaster CBS, who recently lost its highest profile star Howard Stern, has sold 29 radio stations for about US$ 570 million in a restructuring...
1 November 2006 The new audio compression standard expected to be mandated for Australia's commercial launch of digital radio has been given the green light by WorldDAB at...
25 October 2006 In the continuing war between satellite and terrestrial radio in America, NAB President David Rehr has sent two letters to the regualtor regarding XM and...
25 October 2006 UK radio and tv stations will be able to brand their whole channel with advertising after a decision by the regulator, OfCom to allow this...
25 October 2006 Clear Channel has moved from considering a possible buyout of public shareholders, to potentially putting the whole company on the market. The company has...
18 October 2006 GCAP Media has sold Century FM radio for £60 million to the Guardian Media Group. It says the two Century stations have net assets...
11 October 2006 BBC London’s Jono and Jo brekkie show has won the award for best BBC brekkie show in the Gillard Awards for National and...
20 September 2006 Howard Stern may return to traditional radio, despite assurances he would never go back to the medium that made him famous and incredibly rich. The...
20 September 2006 The South African Broadcasting Corporation's comercial radio division has made a series of new strategic appointments. Group Executive for Public Commercial Broadcasting Services...
20 September 2006 Adlabs’ radio station, BIG 92.7 FM, is due for a national launch across India after the investment of Rs 4 billion. This...
6 September 2006 BBC London’s Jono and Jo brekkie show has just been nominated for best brekkie show on the BBC in the Gillard Awards for...
6 September 2006 FCC Commissioners Jonathan Adelstein and Robert McDowell will be featured speakers at this year's FCC Breakfast at The NAB Radio Show later this month. The...
6 September 2006 New Zealand’s Eastern Bay Of Plenty’s local community radio station and 2006 Provincial Radio Station of the Year, One Double X, is now streaming live...
31 August 2006 UPDATE: The abducted radio producer (see below) has been released by his kidnappers after 24 hours. A missing ethnic Tamil radio producer is likely...
30 August 2006 India continues its fast-paced progress towards the creation of a commercial FM radio industry. Last week in Bangalore the Radio City group promoted the industry’s...
24 August 2006 According to a Bridge Ratings U.S. consumer study, the number of songs stored on MP3 players varies by amount of weekly radio listening.
21 August 2006 Country music fans in Los Angeles are in mourning. KZLA-FM, the city's last remaining country music station, after 25 years suddenly switched to a pop...
20 August 2006 A new SBR Creative Media study of AAA listeners in the U.S. reports satellite listenership has grown 166 percent over the last two years, but...
20 August 2006 UK Virgin radio owner SMG has disclosed that it has been approached with a merger proposal by Ulster Television. SMG says that the proposal...
17 August 2006 Sammy Leung Chi-kin and KittyYuen Siu-yee are back on air at Commercial Radio Hong Kong after a two-month suspension for their online poll inviting audiences...
15 August 2006 Manchester's new radio station aimed at the local gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender community is now on air. Broadcasting on a restricted services licence...
13 August 2006 The UK media and telecoms industry is alive and well, the UK’s communications regulator Ofcom says in its annual Communications Market Report 2006. Notes...
13 August 2006 A study released by the Future of Music Coalition has found that most major U.S. cities have experienced both layoffs and lower wage growth within...
8 August 2006 The online RBR (Radio Business Report) first reported in May that an advertising industry taskforce was working on a pilot program to test online buying...
6 August 2006 Sky News Radio has signed a three-year deal with UBC Media to distribute its output to UK radio stations. UBC is now the largest independent...
3 August 2006 In the UK's latest Rajar ratings, Capital 95.8 FM's share of the London airwaves, in terms of audience reach, slumped a further 0.5 share points...
2 August 2006 As the military action against Hezbola in Lebanon continues, one of the casualties has been an Arabic Catholic radio station called Radio MNS. The...