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Presidential award for Tiya Dely Malacanang is preparing the conferment of Presidential Medal of Merit to the late veteran broadcaster Fidela "Tiya Dely" Magpayo for her achievements in the radio broadcast industry. National Commission on Culture and Arts (NCCA) executive director Cecile Guidote Alvarez yesterday...

Saga Communications, Inc. Announces Transfer of Listing to NYSE Alternext US.
GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Saga Communications, Inc. ("Saga" or "the Company") announced today that its Class A Common Stock has qualified to be listed on the NYSE Alternext US LLC (the "NYSE Alternext US"), and that its Class A Common Stock will begin trading on...

Regent Reports Third Quarter 2006 Results.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Regent Communications, Inc. announced today financial results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2006. For the third quarter of 2006, net broadcast revenues increased 0.3% to $21.2 million. For the same period, station operating expenses increased 6.5% to $14.1...

89.7[.sup.2] HD radio[R]: the future is now.
GIG BROWN CAN SEE THE FUTURE of radio, and that future begins with an "H." As in high definition radio. As the second audio channel program manager and interim program director at WUSF Public Broadcasting, Brown is passionate about this revolutionary broadcast technology, which represents the radio industry's biggest...

Saga Communications, Inc. Announces Board Approval for Reverse Stock Split.
GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of the Company has authorized a reverse stock split of its Class A and Class B Common Stock, at a ratio to be determined by our Board of Directors of not more than one-for-four, for the purpose...

Suspect in Torralba slay try positive of gunpowder burns.
Byline: MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR. CEBU CTY Police investigators believed they have a strong case against a suspect they arrested in connection with the slay attempt on radio commentator Choy Torralba. This developed after a paraffin test conducted on the suspect showed he was positive...

A history and analysis of the Federal Communications Commission's response to radio broadcast hoaxes.
I. INTRODUCTION: LAWS OF MISREPRESENTATION AND THE UNIQUE STATUS OF RADIO In explaining the limits of protection under the First Amendment, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once wrote: "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a...

The value of the tax certificate.
I. INTRODUCTION In 1995, Congress repealed section 1071 of the Internal Revenue Code, which allowed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) to issue a certificate to sellers of communications-related property to defer the gain realized upon a sale if that sale comported with a particular public...

Unmasking hidden commercials in broadcasting: origins of the sponsorship identification regulations, 1927-1963.
I. INTRODUCTION 330 II. THE UNCERTAIN PLACE OF SPONSOR IDENTIFICATION IN EARLY RADIO REGULATION 333 A. The Statutory Origins of the Sponsorship Identification Requirement 334 B. The Requirement's Initial Irrelevance for Regulators 336 III. SPONSORSHIP IDENTIFICATION AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMS, 1943-58 338 A. Sponsorship Disclosure in Disputes Between Labor...

Matt Mills is New Vice President/General Manager of Greater Boston Radio Group.
BOSTON, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Peter Smyth, President and Chief Operating Officer of Greater Media, Incorporated, announced today the selection of Matt Mills as Vice President/General Manager for the Greater Boston Radio Group. Effective immediately, Mills will be responsible for managing the Boston group of Greater Media's,...