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After five years on the radio, Dial Global's Dennis Miller re-ups for more
Miller tells Radio-Info.com "It's a great gig, and I'm happy to have it." He's surprised that it’s been five years since he was first signed to Westwood One (now part of Dial Global). The show clears on more than 300 stations.
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Revenues at the former Clear Channel Radio grew 2% for Q4
Most of that growth was due to the addition of the Metro Networks traffic division from Westwood One and "revenue growth in digital radio service." Without the Metro revenue stream, the Clear Channel stations would have been down about 3%. As with all broadcasters, political revenue was down, compared to the fourth quarter of the election year of 2…
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Over 660 radio affiliates for Dial Global's coverage of Sunday's Super Bowl XLVI
The gameday broadcast that features Kevin Harlan and Boomer Esiason will be supported and produced by quite a large cast, EVP Roby Wiener tells Radio-Info.com. The Dial Global production will also be available inside the stadium ("if you want to get up and buy some nachos", Roby says), as well as on Sirius XM and NFL.com.
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"Bill O'Reilly's Talking Points" syndication moves to Norm Pattiz' "Courtside"
Westwood One founder Norm Pattiz worked with the Fox News Channel host on on the "Radio Town Hall" election special last November 7, and now they will be working together on O'Reilly's daily "Talking Points." That is the short-form product that Bill continued to voice for Westwood One, after he signed off his daily long-form radio show early 2009. … Read More
Bob Moore new president of Norm Pattiz' "Courtside Entertainment Group"
The "Courtside" name of this company whose interests include the syndicated "Loveline" derives from Pattiz' fondness for the L.A. Lakers and his usual seat.
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Compass Media Marketing rep announces its first executive hires
CEO Peter Kosann calls these three hires “a tremendous first step for our sales organization.” Paul Gregrey, with whom Kosann worked when Peter was CEO of Westwood One, is the new President of Sales & Marketing of Compass Media Marketing. Paul was President of Sales at Westwood, and he previously did sales management for AMFM Radio Networks (predec… Read More
Here’s what Dial Global’s three co-CEOs will be making
From today's TRI Newsletter: Spencer Brown, David Landau and Ken Williams pulled off the Westwood One merger earlier this year and now they're getting their new employment agreements. They start off with four-year terms, renewable in two-year stretches. Read More
"Loveline" adds a third regular host: British personality Simone Bienne
The licensed sex and relationship therapist already appears with Loveline host Dr. Drew Pinsky on his daily syndicated TV show named "Life Changers." Now Loveline radio syndicator Dial Global says she is becoming a regular cast member of its late-night talkshow. Read More
Clear Channel plans expansion of iHeartRadio, based on domain names
Among the names recently registered by Clear Channel: iHeartWeather.com and iHeartTraffic.com. TheDomains.com picks up on the action, and notes that in February, Clear Channel also added iHeart.com - although so far, it has not reserved iHeartSports.com.
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Rod Sherwood & Steve Chessare both leave Westwood One-Dial Global
With the merger between Westwood and Dial Global completed, the former Westwood One CEO and former SVP of Network Sales are both leaving. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Rod Sherwood is out, but not empty-handed.
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Clear Channel layoffs squeeze Metro/Total Traffic Network together
The Metro Networks traffic operation that Clear Channel bought from Westwood One in late April is being melded with CC's own Total Traffic Network. - At the Rutherford, NJ office that serves the New York City area, Mike Weinstein, Brian Duhaime and longtime research director Cathy Hogan are out. Read More
Dial Global looks at its combined workforce of about 600, lays off about 33
Last Friday, Dial Global merged with Westwood One, and Radio-Info.com hears there were perhaps 33 layoffs today, mostly concentrated in the New York, Dallas and Los Angeles offices. The cuts were made from both sides of the new family, from Westwood and the original Dial Global.
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Dial Global consummates its merger with Westwood One, to trade as "DIAL"
Oaktree Capital-backed Dial Global says the combined company will provide "more than 200 radio programs and services to over 7,000 stations." Its attributes include "leadership positions in play-by-play sports (NFL, NCAA and MRN: Motor Racing Network, among others), news (Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, CNBC and The Weather Channel in additi…
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Radio stocks follow along with Wall Street's massive selloff
On a day when stocks sold off worldwide and the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged over 500 points at one point and eventually closed down 390 points, radio stocks felt the pressure. However, one radio stock was actually one of of the biggest overall Dow gainers of the day.
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"DIAL" will be the stock symbol for the merged Westwood plus Dial Global
From today's TRI Newsletter: The companies expect their deal to close in the fourth quarter, and yesterday’s SEC filing sheds light on some interesting corners of the pact announced on July 30. This is Oaktree Capital-backed Dial Global merging with and recapitalizing Westwood One, the Network half of Westwood.
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NCAA football booth teams announced by Westwood One
Westwood offers a total of 26 regular-season games beginning this Friday evening with TCU at Baylor. The syndicator's two booth-announcing teams are John Tautges, partnered with former UCLA head coach Terry Donahue, and newcomer Brian Davis teamed with recently-named College Football Hall of Fame member Eddie George. Read More
Sue Falco Joins USRN For Affiliate Relations
United Stations Radio Networks has hired radio syndication veteran Sue Falco as director of affiliate relations, effective immediately. Falco will be based at USRN’s New York headquarters, and will focus on some of the network’s newer priorities, including "The Tony & Kris Morning Show" in the country format, as well as "The Lex & Terry Show" and "…
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Westwood reports Q2 revenues up about 2%, Dennis Miller affils past 300
Revenue from the Westwood-distributed news product was up, says Westwood. CEO Rod Sherwood also credits new product launches such as "Rocsi on the Radio", plus more distribution for the Rick Dees lineup, and the Dennis Miller show.
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There's "Buzz" about Don Geronimo syndicating
The talk began with Sacramento's KHTK-AM (1140) morning host Don Geronimo mentioning on his show that soon he will be heard outside the confines of California's capital city. Those rumors were ramped up on Geronimo's Twitter page, where he posted going into the weekend that "Monday on the show: Syndication to Reno (KBZZ) ..." Reno's talk KBZZ-AM (1…
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Michael Schreck is Westwood One's new VP/Sports Sales
Michael Schreck has worked his way up the ladder at Westwood One, joining the company in 2006 from the New York Mets as an Account Executive. He soon after became National Sports Manager, and after leaving Westwood for a short time, returned as Director of Sports Sales in 2010.
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