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Note: Our hosting service, which was recently taken over, is now migrating e-mails so our mail system is out of action due to some unexpected complications. We will post an update note when restored.
2009-07-05: Look at licence and regulatory news of the past week.
2009-07-04: FMs in smaller Indian towns being asked to pay around three times their revenues in music royalties according to private FM industry.
2009-07-03: Melbourne sports station loses major customer, possibly because it took adverts from a rival company.
2009-07-03: Iowa Public Radio cuts nine posts in re-organization.
2009-07-03: Sydney Beatz Radio still blacklisted by some security organizations although it says it has now removed from its site malware that purported to offer link to Michael Jackson video but that went to password-stealing site.
2009-07-02: Arbitron responds to Federal Communications Commission Notice of Inquiry into Portable People Ratings by saying the agency has no authority to regulate ratings and in any case the PPM does not disadvantage minority stations because of system faults.
2009-07-02: Cumulus Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Martin R. Gausvik resigns "to pursue other opportunities."
2009-07-01: Sirius XM extends CEO Mel Karmazin's contract to end of 2012 giving him pay rise from USD 1.25 million to USD 1.5 million a year plus an option on 120 million shares at 43 cents.
2009-07-01: UK Radio Festival hears criticism of media regulator as being out of touch and discusses digital radio switchover and prison radio amongst other topics.
2009-07-01: US Federal Communications Commission proposes fines totalling USD 24,000 for breach of Equality of Employment Opportunity rules.
2009-07-01: UK media regulator in June Radio Broadcast Update says that two stations found to be operating out of format are now back in compliance, notes addition to two national digital stations and handing back of one local analogue licences as well as other licensing actions.
2009-07-01: Cumulus renegotiates its lending arrangements for third time in agreement running to end of March 2011.
2009-06-30: RNW note: We regret our weekly look at print comment on radio was so delayed we now plan to combine it with the first report in July but we have filed BBC listening suggestions.
2009-06-30: US Federal Communications Commission gives go-ahead for AM stations to use FM translators as fill-ins subject to not extending coverage area and other conditions.
2009-06-30: Arbitron reacts to request from the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to pass on its information about the impact of Arbitron's Portable People Meter ratings system by saying it welcomes any opportunity to discuss the system.
2009-06-30: CBS Radio takes five national Murrow Awards including Overall Excellence Award for third year running whilst WTOP dominates large market awards.
2009-06-30: Mexican radio group Grupo Radio Centro says its 2008 broadcast revenues last year were up 12.3% on 2007.
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2009-06-29: New US Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski wastes no time naming his staff after being sworn in.
2009-06-29: The Local Radio Company, now controlled by UKRD and run by UKRD's senior management, announces sale of two English South Coast stations and is to close a third station at the end of the month.
2009-06-29: Broadcasting Commission of Ireland advertises three community radio licences.
2009-06-29: Clear Channel lenders reported to be potentially prepared to get their own back after being forced by lawsuit to go through with financing its takeover by pushing company into bankruptcy.
2009-06-28: Look at licence and regulatory news of the past week.
2009-06-27: Most of leaders retain their ranking in latest Australian radio ratings with main changes in Sydney and Melbourne.
2009-06-26: Federal Communications Commission in final approach to full strength after Senate approves nomination of Julius Genachowski as FCC chairman and re-nomination of Commissioner Robert McDowell whilst White House has sent to Senate names of Meredith Attwell Baker and Mignon L. Clyburn as new commissioners.
2009-06-25: Republican Commissioner Robert M. McDowell welcomes the White House announcement that President Obama is to nominate Meredith Attwell Baker as a Republican Commissioner on Federal Communications Commission.
2009-06-25: Clear Channel Radio names current Sirius XM Senior Vice President of Music Programming Jon Zellner as its Senior Vice President of Programming/ Jeffrey Zients leaves Sirius-XM Board.
2009-06-25: Norsan Multimedia to flip its its La Tremenda AM in Charlotte, North Carolina, to a the syndicated Spanish language news talk "Radio Formula" format..
2009-06-24: Our weekly look at print comment on radio plus listening suggestions.
RNW note: We regret late posting of this report and still hope to update with non-BBC listening suggestions.
2009-06-24: BBC Director General Mark Thompson attacks idea of using part of BBC licence fee to support public broadcasting on commercial channels and suggests impetus for the move may come from a small group of ideologues.
2009-06-24: Univision in filing predicts second quarter revenues down on a year ago but operating income to be flat or rise.
2009-06-23: CBS looking to continue radio stations sales, trim costs and eschew acquisitions but worst of job cuts are over according to executives.
2009-06-23: Dublin music station Q102 re-awarded licence for another ten years.
2009-06-22: Triton Media's Dial Global retains its dominance in latest RADAR US network radio ratings, taking five of the top five ranks.
2009-06-22: UK media regulator upholds one radio complaint in latest bulletin.
2009-06-21: Look at licence and regulatory news of the past week.
2009-06-20: Indian government reported to be considering delaying third phase of private FM licence auctions.
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