Author: Eric O'Brien

October 27, 2016 Off

Happenings

By Eric O'Brien

First of all, I would like to thank those of you who responded to my last “musings” article where I…

October 27, 2016 Off

Ratings

By Eric O'Brien

A day late, but better late than never. The October ratings came out and with very little surprise, I must…

October 6, 2016 Off

WPKV officially to EMF

By Eric O'Brien

Tom Taylor reported today that WPKV (98.3) will officially go to Educational Media Foundation seven years after the LMA began…

October 6, 2016 Off

Telling on myself

By Eric O'Brien

If you’re anywhere in the vicinity of Murrysville, you may or may not know that there has been an 88.1…

October 3, 2016 Off

Sam Nicotero

By Eric O'Brien

We are hearing that Sam Nicotero has died. Sam spent 40 years in the radio business – among them doing mornings…

September 29, 2016 Off

The Trib and Ratings

By Eric O'Brien

News about the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review should come as little surprise to most people who have been following the rest of that…

September 19, 2016 Off

Sheridan locks out AURN

By Eric O'Brien

The Pittsburgh Courier reported last week that Sheridan Broadcasting, the former owner of WAMO-AM/FM (860 Millvale/106.7 Beaver Falls) and WPGR…

September 19, 2016 Off

Translator mania

By Eric O'Brien

With the recent window opening for FM translators to be moved up to 250 miles away from their original location,…

September 13, 2016 Off

President of PAB to retire

By Eric O'Brien

Richard Wyckoff, president of the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, has announced his retirement effective January 6, 2017. “For 45 years…