Emmis received a letter from the stock exchange in December notifying the company that its stock had closed below its minimum $1-per-share requirement for 30 straight business days.
Nasdaq rules give Emmis 180 days, or until June 6, to get back in compliance.
In the wake of two key departures in January, advertisers and radio stations nationwide are keeping a close watch on the ratings of “The Bob & Tom Show,”.
“Kristi Lee Uninterrupted” will debut Tuesday as the now-solo host tries to get back into broadcasting and leverage her popularity. Her first guests will include former on-air foil Bob Kevoian.
The Rev. Michael K. Jones from Progressive Baptist Church will take over the show long hosted by the late Amos Brown, starting Monday.
Chuck Williams, the man affectionately known as the “blue-eyed soul brother,” has been replaced as the leader of Radio One Indianapolis by a familiar face to this market.
Rick Green helped push format changes at several local stations. Leaving for a promotion, he says he expects the “Bob & Tom Show” to remain strong despite the loss of two on-air stars.
Indianapolis-based media company Emmis Communications Corp. has settled a breach-of-contract lawsuit it filed in February against popular Los Angeles radio personality Kurt Alexander, better known as “Big Boy.”
Former WTLC-FM personality Kelly Vaughn argued that while she was fired for participating in a TV show that the station saw as a conflict of interest, male employee Amos Brown was not.
Kristi Lee, 55, news director on “The Bob & Tom Show,” said she has “decided to pursue new opportunities.” Her last day on the popular radio program was Dec. 17.
Low ratings for WUBG-FM 98.3 could change with a planned onslaught of billboard and TV promotion. And its value to its owner is being part of a larger local and national advertising strategy.
Boom 102.9 FM likely will have a different vibe from the throwback station launched by Cumulus Media last December that briefly skyrocketed to the top of ratings.
In just one year, WZPL-FM 99.5 has raced from ninth to first in the Indianapolis radio market among listeners age 6 and older—the broadest demographic category measured.
Bob Kevoian, part of the enormously popular "The Bob & Tom Show" on WFBQ-FM 94.7 since 1983, announced his retirement Thursday night.
Despite playing to an aging demographic on a classic rock station, “The Bob & Tom Show” continues to be one of the top-rated morning radio programs in the Indianapolis market 32 years after its debut.
Emmis Chairman Jeff Smulyan and his followers have further to travel to reach their goal of turning smartphones into the new-age transistor radio for the masses.
The crusade in the radio industry led by Indy-based Emmis Communications Corp. to give smartphones the ability to work like FM radios has hit a major milestone with a deal through wireless carrier AT&T.
iHeartMedia is getting into the country game in Indianapolis after agreeing earlier this year to buy WDRZ-FM 98.3, the market's Radio Disney station. The Walt Disney Co. is abandoning the format.
Emmis Communications Corp. saw profit rise almost 60 percent in its latest fiscal quarter despite falling revenue from its radio stations, the Indianapolis-based media company announced Thursday morning.
The Rush Limbaugh Show—set to be dropped by WIBC-FM 93.1 next month—will continue to be heard on Indianapolis radio airwaves without interruption after being picked up by iHeartMedia Inc.
National broadcaster iHeartMedia Inc. plans to saddle up for a shootout with local cowboy crooners WFMS-FM 95.5 and WLHK-FM “Hank” 97.1. It’s buying the local Radio Disney station at 98.3 FM.
