When the radio station at 101.9FM in New York went from rock/alternative to sports talk last fall, it was yet another blow to the New York rock radio market. Like the demise of KROCK before it, the ...

FM, according to former WNEW-FM deejay/program director Richard Neer, was a golden age, "before the days of trashy, hedonistic dumbspeak and disposable three-minute ditties." Neer's book is for all ...

“Why did you become a disc jockey?” It is a question most jocks have been asked. For many in the past, the answer was, “Because I get to play the songs I like on the air.” Of course, these days, ...

The Orioles have partnered with Hearst’s 98 Rock FM and WBAL NewsRadio AM/FM as the team’s new flagship radio stations, the club announced Wednesday morning. The six-year agreement will feature ...

Classic rock radio recently turned thirty years of age -- Billboard spoke to the format's creator, and key representatives in the radio business, to assess where it sits in 2015. By Marc Hogan On ...

Longtime disc jockey Jim Ladd, a central figure in the emergence of FM rock radio in Los Angeles, died Saturday after a heart attack. He was 75. Ladd’s death was announced Monday by Meg Griffin, an on ...

Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning — great with coffee! If Billboard or Cashbox evaluated the station, it would be placed under the “progressive ...

"It started with the crystal age. It moved to the golden age. And now, welcome to the solid platinum age," states the tagline in the trailer for the movie FM, which was released on May 3, 1978. Before ...

At ALT 92.3 FM, where they don’t say “rock,” it’s a mix of millennial oldies and newer, pop-leaning and electronic folk from bands like Bastille and Smith & Thell. By Joe Coscarelli It was still light ...

Believe it or not, people still listen to the radio these days, and not just during those fleeting moments before switching over to Pandora or Spotify. Despite the popularity of the many alternatives ...