Broadcast Radio
WASHINGTON - A long-running dispute between radio broadcasters and the recording industry over music royalties has taken an unexpected turn with a proposed settlement that threatens to drag the mobile phone industry into the ring.
Clear Channel Communications Inc., the home of conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, said it's interested in signing Howard Stern when the shock jock's contract with Sirius satellite radio expires.
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan cable television providers stopped transmitting a channel critical of President Hugo Chavez on Sunday, after the government cited noncompliance with new regulations requiring the socialist leader's speeches be televised on cable.
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan cable television providers have dropped a TV channel critical of President Hugo Chavez from their programming after a government official said the network violated broadcast laws.
CARACAS, Venezuela - Cable TV providers that don't drop channels violating Venezuela's broadcast laws, such as those not airing President Hugo Chavez's speeches, could face sanctions, a government official warned Saturday.
