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Click on link to go to 2011-05-01: Look at licence and regulatory news of the past week. 2011-05-02: Seattle classical station KING-FM makes its move to "listener-supported" format. 2011-05-02: Bids in US Federal Communications Commission Auction 91 of FM Construction Permits now total nearly USD 8.4 million. 2011-05-03: Beasley Broadcast first quarter revenues up 5.5%/ Radio One Inc. updates results -loss higher than anticipated. 2011-05-03: Bids in US Federal Communications Commission Auction 91 of FM Construction Permits now total nearly USD 10 million with top bid more than USD 2 million. 2011-05-03: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission backs up Canadian Broadcast Standards Council in rejecting complaint that broadcast on Saskatchewan station breached industry codes on sexual explicitness and coarse language. 2011-05-03: Sirius XM first quarter revenues up 9% on a year ago and net incomen early doubles. 2011-05-03: US Federal Communications Commission proposes fines totalling USD 18,000 on to Illionois broadcasters. 2011-05-04: Battle of words and proxies continues between Fisher Communications and dissident FrontFour Capital minority sharegolder. 2011-05-04: CBS Corporation revenues fall slightly in first quarter but radio is up 4%. 2011-05-04: Bids in US Federal Communications Commission Auction 91 of FM Construction Permits now top USD 10 million. 2011-05-04: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland posts details of its Right of Reply Scheme and Guide to its complaints process, both of which came into effect today. 2011-05-05: Judge approves sale of Atlantic Broadcasting's five New Jersey stations for USD 4.2 million at auction to Longport Media, owned by local businessman George Miller. 2011-05-05: Bids in US Federal Communications Commission Auction 91 of FM Construction Permits creep towards USD 10.5 million but bidding slows down. 2011-05-05: US Federal Communications Commission Auction hands out whole run of proposed USD 10,000 penalties on unlicensed operators and USD 25,000 one for repeat offender who threatened agents. 2011-05-05: Entravision first quarter revenues up 2% driven by TV as radio falls marginally. 2011-05-06: Latest Irish ratings show listening unchanged nationally with RTÉ Radio 1 taking 19 of top 20 shows. 2011-05-06: Clear Channel first quarter revenues up 5% with radio up 3%. 2011-05-06: Bidding slows down in US Federal Communications Commission Auction 91 of FM Construction Permits - only 11 new bids today that increased total bid by just above USD 13,000 to just under USD 10.5 million. 2011-05-06: Univision first quarter revenues up 6.2% driven by TV - radio was down 2.3%.- 2011-05-07: BBC Radio 5 Live brings back Men's Hour from tomorrow. 2011-05-08: Look at licence and regulatory news of the past week. 2011-05-09: Oaktree Capital agrees takeover of Millennium Radio New Jersey's 11 stations. 2011-05-09: UK media regulator Ofcom upholds no radio complaints in latest bulletin - considers swearing on air by (Sir) Elton John resolved through action taken by the BBC at the time of the broadcast. 2011-05-09: Entercom revenues up 2% on a year ago in first quarter but expenses rise faster and net income is down to a quarter of the previous year's figure. 2011-05-09: Bidding in FCC Auction 91 of FM Construction permits creeps above USD 10.5 million with only new bids at lower end as at end of last week. 2011-05-09: US radio revenues up 3% in first quarter, the fifth consecutive quarter of increases, according to US Radio Advertising Bureau. 2011-05-09: UTV's talkSPORTt takes Sony Station of the Year Gold Award and its rival and last year's winner of the award gets six other Golds. 2011-05-10: Salem revenues up 7.2% in first quarter led by Internet: Radio lags. 2011-05-10: Bidding remains flow in FCC Auction 91 2011-05-10: Cox announces that Robert Neil is to retire. 2011-05-10: Clear Channel radio dumps three senior staff in reorganization. 2011-05-10: Leaders retain their crowns in latest Australian radio ratings - in Sydney Ray Hadley overtakes Alan Jones for second consecutive ratings. 2011-05-10: Emmis, which in 2009, lost its Hungarian radio licence, gets 8-year extension for its station in neighbouring Slovakia. 2011-05-11: DMG Radio Australia hires Helen Davies from Austereo to replace Sam Thompson who has resigned as GM of its Nova and Classic Rock stations in Melbourne although she is to remain with the company. 2011-05-11: US Federal Communications Commission auction 91 of 144 FM permits ends having attracted just above USD 10.5 million in gross provisional winning bids. 2011-05-11: Fisher Communicatons AGM votes on new board but results not expected for some days. 2011-05-11: Citadel reports first quarter revenues - down 3% - but notes that they are not directly comparable with year-ago figures of predecessor company before it came out of bankruptcy. 2011-05-12: Latest UK radio ratings show record listening and reach for the medium. 2011-05-12: Radio One Inc. reports that radio revenues fell in first quarter although overall revenues were up. 2011-05-13: Cumulus completes USD 610 million offering of senior notes. 2011-05-13: Houston public radio to switch to an all-news and an all-classical station on Monday. 2011-05-13: Federal Communications Commission proposes USD 25,000 on Puerto Rico AM and USD 20,000 penalty on Bronx pirate station operator. 2011-05-14: RadioCity, which already claims 1.4 millions listeneners to its Internet music service, and Indian Internet services group Sify announce tie-up. 2011-05-15: Look at licence and regulatory news of the past week. 2011-05-16: After slow March Australia metropolitan radio revenues reboud in April/ Melbourne agency wins 2011 Gold Siren radio advertising award. 2011-05-16: Number of licensed US broadcast stations at end of March up 13 on end of 2010 bur there were four fewer commercial AMs. 2011-05-16: LBI Media first quarter revenues up 8% on year ago driven by TV - radio was down 5% 2011-05-16: Cumulus reports first quarter revenues up 2.7% on a year earlier with expenses down and moves from a net loss to net income. 2011-05-17: US Federal Communications Commission proposes USD 58,000 in penalties and refuses to reduce another penalty of USD 4,000. 2011-05-17: Spanish Broadcasting System and Westwood One revenues fall in first quarter. 2011-05-17: UTV revenues in first four months up 3% led by 8% TV increase with GB Radio up 4% but Irish Radio down 5%. 2011-05-17: Preliminary results from Fisher Communications board election indicate failure by dissidents to take control of company and sell it off. 2011-05-18: US Federal Communications Commission issues or proposes a further USD 67,500 for various radio rule breaches. 2011-05-18: Oaktree Capital Management, which controls Townsquare Media, reported to be planning Initial Public Offering. 2011-05-18: Fairfax Media puts its radio stations up for sale with Macquarie Radio Network tipped as most likely winner. 2011-05-19: US Federal Communications Commission proposes USD 49,000 penalty on owner of four AMs for various radio rule breaches and of USD 8,000 to a California. FM for public file breaches. 2011-05-19: Melbourne 3AW host Derryn Hinch in court tomorrow but any jail sentence passed likely to be postponed to allow him to seek a liver transplant. 2011-05-19: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland upholds three complaints against radio. 2011-05-20: Fisher Communications names four directors - two from company slate and two put forward by dissident shareholder - elected to its board. 2011-05-20: Westwood One launches Reporters' Notebook feature to replace Katie Couric's Notebook after Couric's last Evening News Show aired Thursday. 2011-05-20: Melbourne magistrate adjourns until June 3 decision on case against Melbourne 2AW host Derryn Hinchfor breaching Suppression Orders by naming two paedophiles. 2011-05-21: US Federal Communications Commission proposes USD 10,000 penalty on Miami man for operating unlicensed transmitter. 2011-05-22: Look at licence and regulatory news of the past week. 2011-05-23: UK media regulator Ofcom upholds complaints against government advert run by seven Northern Ireland stations and Somerset community FM in its latest bulletin. 2011-05-24: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland makes radio projects awards totalling almost Euros 800,000. 2011-05-24: Radio Mirchi operator ENIL revenues for year almost double and profits, boosted by a one-off sale, nearly triple.. 2011-05-24: Federal Communications Commission announces more public file enforcement actions. 2011-05-24: Clear Channel and Journal Broadcast Group facing legal action in Florida over competition prize that was not paid after sponsor went bust. 2011-05-25: Digital Radio Mondiale DRM+ test transmissions under way in India after successful trial in Scotland. 2011-05-25: Radio One Inc. in SEC filing lists executive pay for past three years -most goes to founder Catherine L. Hughes and her son and company CEO Alfred Liggins III. 2011-05-25: Celador's The Breeze easy listening bid is awarded Bath FM licences, taking over from current holder/ITIS retains national data service licence. 2011-05-26: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) posts details of a revised approach it is to take to deal with non-compliance by radio stations. 2011-05-26: US National Association of Broadcasters appoints Kevin Gage as its first Chief Technology Officer/ also announces that Steve Newberry will receive The Radio Award at this year's Radio Show. 2011-05-26: Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode tomorrow start celebrations of ten years of film reviews with special edition of their BBC Radio 5 Live show. 2011-05-27: Global Radio's Head of News and LBC Programme Director Jonathan Richards leaves the company. 2011-05-27: Journal Broadcast Group's vice president of radio programming Tom Land dies aged 51 from cancer. 2011-05-28: Digital Radio Mondiale says DRM+ test in New Delhi shows signal coverage as good as analogue FM signal some five times as strong. 2011-05-29: Look at licence and regulatory news of the past week. 2011-05-30: Chairman of Australian broadcast regulator says current regulation is based on analogue era not digital world of today. 2011-05-30: BBC Radio 4 to air eight hour dramatisation of Vasily Grossman's "Life And Fate'. 2011-05-31: Cox Media Group names company veteran Bill Hoffman as executive vice president to take over from Bob Neil who retires today. 2011-05-31: Australian regulator reported to be investigating coverage of climate warning on Sydney 2GB. 2011-05-31: US Federal Communications Commission issues USD 20,000 penalty to Florida woman for continued operation of unlicensed FM. 2011-05-31: Computer fault causes BBC Radio 4 to lose the pips that precede most news bulletins for three hours. 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on link to go to 2011-06-01: UK media regulator Ofcom brings into effect new procedures for handling complaints against and imposing sanctions on broadcasters. 2011-06-01: North Dakota WDAY-AM, Fargo, taken off air by storm damage to transmission towers. 2011-06-01: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland launches its Community Broadcasting Support Scheme 2011. 2011-06-02: Former Clear Channel host Eric Deters, fired by WLW-AM, Cincinnati followed Facebook posting says he very confident he'll get another radio job. 2011-06-02: CBS Corporation President and CEO Leslie Moonves indicates that company has pulled back from further radio station sales/praises radio performance under Dan Mason. 2011-06-03: Entravision filing details new two-year employment deals with co-founders Chairman and CEO Walter F. Ulloa and President and COO Philip C. Wilkinson. 2011-06-04: Martz Communications to return WAMO calls and full time urban station to Pittsburgh on Monday. 2011-06-04: Bass guitariist Glenn Hughes to launch show on Planet Rock tomorrow. 2011-06-05: Look at licence and regulatory news of the past week. 2011-06-06: Global Radio reported to have pulled out of bidding for Absolute Radio - the former Virgin Radio - leaving UTV and Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group in contention. 2011-06-06: UK media regulator upholds no complaints against radio in latest bulletin. 2011-06-06: US Federal Communications Commission announces consent decree including USD 20,000 payment with Clear Channel over recording of phone calls for broadcast without gaining prior permission. 2011-06-06: New Jersey agrees deal to sell its radio stations and put state TV under WNET for five years. 2011-06-07: Celador to re-launch its Solent regional station The Coast as a JACK FM outlet following approval of format change. 2011-06-07: UK radio ratings company RAJAR dips into digital age with introduction of online diaries. 2011-06-08: Australian industry body Commercial Radio Australia pronounces it pleased with automakers response after workshops on digital radio. 2011-06-08: US Federal Communications Commission confirms penalties totalling USD 23,500 on US radio stations. 2011-06-08: Clear Channel starts simulcast of five stations on XM service - replacing its previous service on XM. 2011-06-08: Former BBC 6 Music DJ George Lamb gets weekend show on UTV's talkSPORT. 2011-06-09: Australian metropolitan commercial radio revenues in May up 4.12% on a year earlier. 2011-06-09: UK media regulator appoints two new directors including Patricia Hodgson who will leave BBC Board and become Ofcom deputy chairman.. 2011-06-09: Former Clear Channel Cincinnati WLW-AM host Eric Deters, fired for comments made in blog, is hired by Conservative Real Talk 1160 AM. 2011-06-08: Former BBC 6 Music DJ George Lamb gets weekend show on UTV's talkSPORT. 2011-06-09: Australian metropolitan commercial radio revenues in May up 4.12% on a year earlier. 2011-06-09: UK media regulator appoints two new directors including Patricia Hodgson who will leave BBC Board and become Ofcom deputy chairman.. 2011-06-09: Former Clear Channel Cincinnati WLW-AM host Eric Deters, fired for comments made in blog, is hired by Conservative Real Talk 1160 AM. 2011-06-10: Canadian private radio revenues up for 2010 up 3.2% on 2009. 2011-06-10: UBC Media to take over production of BBC Sound of the Sixties after 27-years in-house. 2011-06-11: Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former MI5 Director General to give this year's BBC Reith lectures on topic of "Securing Freedom." 2011-06-11: North Dakota WDAY-AM, Fargo, taken off air when storms damaged its three towers, now back at almost full strength but broadcasting from only one tower. The others have to be rebuilt. 2011-06-12: Look at licence and regulatory news of the past week. 2011-06-13: BBC Trust chairman in his first newspaper interview says he wants to protect World Service but hints that he would not oppose axing a digital TV channel and reducing bidding for sports rights. 2011-06-13: Folded Wing wins Indie of the Year Award and Somethin' Else takes four Golds in UK Radio Production Awards. 2011-06-14: Greater Media officially names Doug Sheehan as afternoon drive host on WTTK-FM to replace Jay Severin whom it fired in April. 2011-06-14: US Federal Communications Commission fines Florida man USD 20,000 for operating unlicensed FM. 2011-06-14: Report on BBC Radios 1 and 2 and sister digital musical stations 1Xtra and 6 Music suggests savings could be made by putting them under combined management structure. 2011-06-15: Latest Arbitron RADAR network ratings report shows medium adding nearly two million listeners a week since a year ago. 2011-06-15: Report in Politico details deals with prominent US talk hosts by three Conservative American groups. 2011-06-15: US Federal Communications Commission halves to USD 3,000 penalty for not re-registering towers on acquisition. 2011-06-15: Saga Communications announces completion of USD 120 million credit agreement. 2011-06-16: Rush Limbaugh launches his own brand of tea drinks. 2011-06-16: BBC, Committee to Protect Journalists, and British and US governments all express concern about detention and alleged maltreatment of BBC World Service reporter in Tajikistan. 2011-06-17: CBS Radio takes Edward R. Murrow Excellence Award for fifth year running - along with four other awards - in 2011 awards. 2011-06-17: Former talkSPORT host Jon Gaunt loses appeal that regulator's ruling against him over "Nazi" comments in interview breached his human rights to free speech. 2011-06-17: Mexico gives formal approval for use of iBiquity's HD system nationwide. 2011-06-18: US Federal Communications Commission levies more radio station penalties. 2011-06-18: Canadian regulator starts public consultation on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's value. 2011-06-19: Look at licence and regulatory news of the past week. 2011-06-20: UK media regulator Ofcom finds two community radio stations in breach of licence conditions in latest bulletin. 2011-06-20: Triton Media's Dial Global continue dominance of top ranks in latest US network radio ratings. 2011-06-20: BBC issues further call for release of World Service reporter detainedin Tajikistan. 2011-06-21: Cumulus reported to be proposing to pay 3.75-4 points above London interbank offering rate to finance its USD 2.04 billion takeover of Citadel. 2011-06-21: Emmis to sell three stations - two in Chicago and one in New York - to new group in which it will retain interest but that will be controlled by Chicago private equity firm that is headed by Randy Michaels. 2011-06-22: Final decision is postponed but Melbourne 3AW host Derryn Hinch says he expects home detention rather than jail for breaching orders prohibiting naming of sex offenders. 2011-06-22: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland awards funding of USD 900,000 for Irish language broadcasting projects. 2011-06-22: Report says that 7% of US GDP "originates" with local broadcasters. 2011-06-22: BBC welcomes additonal funding for World Service. 2011-06-22: Latest Australian radio ratings show leaders holding onto top ranks but generally losing share. 2011-06-23: BIA/Kelsey predicts major growth in mobile online advertising - to far outpace that for radio. 2011-06-23: Federal Communications Commission confirms penalties on two US radio stations. 2011-06-24: BBC 6 Music to stream Glastonbury Festival broadcasts in its HD Sound (circa 320 kbps). 2011-06-24: Millennium Radio drops Jersey Guys from New Jersey 105 and is to bring back Deminski and Doyle in afternoons. 2011-06-25: South African agency wins this year's Cannes Radio Lions Grand Prix award with South Africa and Germany each taking four Gold Awards. 2011-06-26: Look at licence and regulatory news of the past week. 2011-06-27: Details announced of staff changes to take place when Essential Public Media takes control of Duquesne University's WDUQ-FM at the start of next month. 2011-06-27: Appointments of Walter Sabo and Greg Janoff by Merlin Media fuels speculation it will switch some or all of the three stations it is taking control of from Emmis to news or talk formats. 2011-06-27: Arbitron releases cumulative figures for its latest network ratings survey showing rise in audience of 1.9 million a week compared to figures a year earlier. 2011-06-28: US Supreme Court decides to consider whether current Federal Communications Commission broadcast indecency regime is unconstitutional. 2011-06-28: Federal Communications Commission scrutinizes agreement under which University of California's former free form KUSF-FM is being operated as a classical station. 2011-06-28: BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) announce the 10 winners of inaugural New Generation Thinkers Scheme. 2011-06-29: Study conducted for the UK Radio Advertising Bureau says listening to radio "boosts consumer happiness and enhances receptiveness to brand advertising." 2011-06-29: US Federal Communications Commission issues penalties totalling just under USD 20,000 to three radio stations for late filing of renewal application and unauthorized operation. 2011-06-29: Deadline reports that clash between host Howard Stern and Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin that has led to USD 75 million lawsuit is getting personal. 2011-06-29: Univision promots EVP and COO to post of CEO, to succeed Joe Uva. 2011-06-30: Emmis cancels WRXP Coldplay concert, fuelling speculation of format flip. 2011-06-30: US Federal Communications Commission proposes penalties totalling USD 25,000 on Texas AM for main studio and public file breaches. 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