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AOL Radio App Now Delivers Radio Streams in CD-quality

Posted on December 18, 2009 by saint
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Today, AOL announced that the AOL Radio App on www.aolradio.com, now has the ability to deliver radio streams in CD-quality and has also surpassed 6 million downloads from the App Store. The AOL Radio App offers free access to more than 400 online radio stations including 250+ AOL s...

US House Passes Bill to Expand Community Radio Across the Country

Posted on December 18, 2009 by saint
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to open the airwaves to hundreds of new Low Power FM radio stations across America. The Local Community Radio Act (HR 1147), introduced by Reps. Mike Doyle (D-Penn.) and Lee Terry (R-Neb.) and supported by more than 80 co-sponsors in the House, now awaits a vote by the ful...

Clear Channel lenders balk

Posted on December 18, 2009 by saint
Clear Channel's effort to lighten its debt load hit a snag yesterday when a group of bondholders claimed a plan to raise $750 million in debt without their permission effectively put the company in default.Not long after Clear Channel last week announced its plan to raise the debt, a group of senior lenders sent the radio and bill...

Internet Radio Listening Trends Up In UK

Posted on December 14, 2009 by James
One third of the UK population has ever listened to Internet radio, according to a new study just released by RAJAR, the official body in charge of measuring radio audiences in the UK. That translates to 17.4 million people 15+ who have listened, and it’s a number that grew by half a million in six months. 57% of those listeners are men, ...

Clear Channel to get cash infusion

Posted on December 13, 2009 by James
The cash will come from Clear Channel Outdoor, which will test the waters of the debt market and offer $750 million in notes. All but $20 million will go to parent Clear Channel Communications. That’s about a third of the $2.5 billion the outdoor division owes to its parent company. The balance is due by next August. If the f...

Third of population listen online

Posted on December 13, 2009 by James
The fifth survey of the internet radio audience conducted by RAJAR has revealed that one third of the UK’s adult population has listened to radio online.The survey, based on almost a thousand respondents, reveals that 17.4 million people claim to listen online, that’s up from 16.9 million in May this year.The Listen Again ...

New website for BBC Radio 1

Posted on December 03, 2009 by James
BBC Radio 1 has launched new website graphics this week following a year of planning by independent company Studio Output.The new site was built by Collective and includes new logos and images for each programme and its presenter or presenters.Studio Output told us: "The work started with the design of new logos for every ...

Last.fm Gains A Million New Listeners In A Week On Xbox

Posted on December 03, 2009 by James
Last week Microsoft began offering updates to the popular Xbox Live gaming system that included, among other things, Last.fm connectivity. That integration has gained CBS owned Last.fm one million new subscribers in one week. It’s the biggest gain in listeners yet for the social music service. The new listeners have already...

Panasonic claims "no plans to discontinue Technics"

Posted on December 02, 2009 by James
On 27 November, Pocket-lint took a look at the rumours that were swirling around claiming that Panasonic was going to discontinue the Technics SL-1200 and SL-1210 turntables, which are the industry standard for vinyl DJing. Well, as promised, Panasonic has come back to us with a statement, which claims that the brand will l...

Pure shifts 3 million DAB units

Posted on December 02, 2009 by James
Hot on the heels from the DRDB's announcement earlier today that the digital radio platform has seen 10 million sales, it's been revealed that 3 million of them belong to Imagination Technologies' Pure. Pure has officially announced it has reached the 3 million unit milestone in its sales of digital radios worldwide. It to...