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RNW Note:We regret that other pressures meant we were delayed in updating: We are now trying to catch up with the backlog but still have to post Monday reports.
2012-02-21: Clear Channel 2011 revenues up 5% on 2010 but final quarter revenues were up only 1%.
2012-02-19: Look at licence and regulatory news of the past week.
2012-02-18: Legal spat between Birmingham, Alabama, host Paul Finebaum and Citadel (now owned by Cumulus) continues with Citadel counter-suing the host and jurisdiction moved again.
2012-02-17: Comedian and entertainer Nick Cannon drops his WXRK-FM (92.3 NOW) morning show on doctors' orders and says overwork is likely to be linked to his recent health problems.
2012-02-17: US radio revenues grew for the second consecutive year in 2011 according to figures from the US Radio Advertising Bureau.
2012-02-16: Clear Channel suspends KFI-AM, Los Angeles, afternoon hosts John and Ken (John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou) after exchange in which the late Whitney Houston was called a "crack ho."
2012-02-15: CBS revenues up 1% year-on-year in 2011 but down 3.1% in the final quarter but adjusted net earnings are up 71% and 20% respectively.
2012-02-14: Arbitron 2011 revenues up 6.8% on 2010 and net income is up 19.8%
2012-02-14: Federal Communications Commission says that complaints to it in final quarter of 2011 up by less than 1% compared to third quarter and by nearly 40% on a year earlier.
2012-02-14: First World Radio Day on Monday gets fairly low-key reception.
2012-02-13: 2% increase to USD 446.78 million proposed for 2013 Fiscal Year Federal Communications Commission budget.
2012-02-13: Florida loses classic rock station as Beasley Broadcast flips WRXK-FM 96Krock to a talk format as "talk that rocks" with associated changes at Fort Myers sister station WJBX-FM (99X).
2012-02-12: Look at licence and regulatory news of the past week.
This report has been updated.
2012-02-11: Saturday changes announced for BBC Radios 2 and 6 Music from later this month.
2012-02-10: US Federal Communications Commission posts details of 145 short-form applications received for its Auction 93 of 119 FM Construction Permits.
2012-02-10: Veteran Boston radio host Dave Maynard dies aged 82 in Florida.
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2012-02-10: Nassau Broadcasting Partners, which owes around USD 285 million, asks bankruptcy court to be allowed to auction off its stations.
2012-02-09: Lifetime Achievement Awards go to singer-songwriter Don McLean and Irish folk legends The Dubliners at 13th BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
2012-02-09: Sirius XM Radio has reported 2011 revenues up 7% on a year earlier at USD 3.01 billion and adjusted EBITDA up 17% at USD 731 million; re-iterates 2012 guidance of USD 3.3 billion revenues but increases EBITDA guidance from USD 860 to USD 875 million.
2012-02-09: Cumulus signs former Arkansas Governer Mike Huckabee for three-hour afternoon show that will compete in same time slot as Rush Limbaugh.
2012-02-08: Radio One Inc. in preliminary figures says consolidated revenues were up because of TV One but radio was down around 9.4% in final quarter of last year although it is currently pacing up around 6%.
2012-02-07: US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposes USD 10,000 penalties each on Iowa and Texas station operators for various rule breaches.
2012-02-07: BBC Radio Scotland decision to drop Saturday morning Janice Forsyth Show after 18 years arouses wide opposition.
2012-02-07: Australian metropolitan radio revenues in January up 1.38% on a year earlier.
2012-02-06: Federal Communications Commission fines Cumulus USD 44,000 for failing to identify programming as paid for.
2012-02-06: UK media regulator again upholds no complaints against radio in latest bulletin.
2012-02-05: Look at licence and regulatory news of the past week.
2012-02-04: Lexus to become first luxury brand to make DAB+ standard in Australian model.
2012-02-04: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly accuses Entercom hosts John Dennis and Gerry Callahan of not caring about what is true.
2012-02-03: Beasley Broadcast final quarter 2011 revenues down 6.8% but net income up 12/6% largely due to reduced interest payments push.
2012-02-03: Latest Irish ratings show unchanged 85% of adult population listening to radio daily.
2012-02-02: Astral Media reports strong first fiscal quarter with revenues up 2% driven by Out-of-Home and TV - radio was down 4%.
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