Emmis Q2 Radio Revenues Up 3.5% "An eventful quarter," at the multimedia company with its net radio revenues up 3.5% in its second fiscal quarter. Smulyan said that radio continued to "outperform."
Renda-Arbitron Court Fight Continues Renda Broadcasting wants a U.S. District Court Judge in Florida to dismiss Arbitron's complaint against the broadcaster. Arbitron wants the case to proceed.
Internet-Connected Devices Mushrooming (Multichannel News) Connect 2 Media & Entertainment features a mix of tech content, conversation and curation. Here: The number of Internet-connected devices is expanding at a rapid rate. By 2017 it might outnumber the world's population. It will also eventually outstrip the number of addresses available.
Around the Industry
Is Terrestrial Radio Dead to Undergraduates? (Radio Survivor) Jennifer Waits asks the question in the wake of the realization that Knox College in Illinois seems fine with handing over its 1 kW radio broadcast station to a public radio group in return for a beefed up Internet feed and an HD subchannel.
Ham Radio Testing to Continue During Shutdown (Daily Banner) Despite the federal government shutdown and a hold on issuing new licenses, the Cleveland (Tenn.) Amateur Radio Club will continue with its amateur radio license testing sessions in the months of October and November.
California Historical Radio Society (YouTube) The radio broadcast history group has started its own YouTube page. Already it has placed a number of interviews on the page along with a few other goodies. Check it out.
Time-Lapse Video From Mauna Kea (CNET) Super-cool footage of Mauna Kea's herd of telescopes doing their nightly business — shooting lasers into the air and tracking the night sky.