Clear Channel Announces New Programming Plans

By Mike Boyle
Updated 2 Hour(s) 31 Minute(s) ago

Clear Channel Radio (CCR) Wednesday (April 15) announced a couple of new programming plans for its stations.

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More On CC's 'Localism' Initiative

By Katy Bachman, Mediaweek
Updated 7 Hour(s) 43 Minute(s) ago

As the Federal Communications Commission mulls new "localism" initiatives for broadcasters, Clear Channel Radio (CCR) has made a preemptive move by announcing an expanded local community affairs policy for its stations.

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Study: PPM Listening Levels Strong Throughout Day

By Mike Boyle
Updated 4 Hour(s) 50 Minute(s) ago

Research Director, Inc. has completed a study using Arbitron's PPM data from the 10 major markets in which PPM is currency.

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Class Action Suit Filed Against Cox Privatization

By Jeffrey Yorke
Updated 4 Hour(s) 39 Minute(s) ago

A Cox Radio shareholder has filed a class action suit to block Cox Enterprises' attempt to take the broadcasting operation private at $3.80 a share.

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Study: Online Radio Audience Grows To 42 Million Weekly

Online listening reaches 17% of population

By Paul Heine
Updated 0 Hour(s) 32 Minute(s) ago

There is good news in the radio industry: online radio is gaining in popularity. The number of Americans that tune-in weekly to online radio grew to 42 million, up from 33 million in 2008. Stuck in the 11 to 13% range for the past three years, weekly online listening now reaches 17% of the population, according to Arbitron and Edison Research, which released their 17th annual Infinite Dial study Thursday (April 16).

The number of monthly online listeners is 69 million or 27% of the population. And nearly half of the population, or 49%, an astounding 125 million, have ever listened to online radio.

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Offspring In Big D

The Offspring's Dexter Holland (L) and Noodles (R) recently paid a visit to Clear Channel alternative KDGE (the Edge)/Dallas to do an acoustic performance. Pictured (C) with the guys is CC/Dallas OM Vince Richards.

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