Media

As a prelude to its coverage of the inaugural World Baseball Classic and the 2006 Major League Baseball regular season, ESPN.com and ESPNdeportes.com will present “The Rise of the Latinos,” a four-part, multimedia-laden series chronicling the history of Latinos in Major League Baseball. The series will be featured in special sections on both sites, Tuesday, Feb. 28 – Fri., March 3.

The Katz Media Group has recently concluded the Fall 2005 National Format Averages and Share Trends report.

The latest Katz Media Group Radio National format Averages report for all Fall 2005 markets shows continued gains for Classic Hits and Spanish-language stations, as well as significant shifts in Urban, Rhythmic and Rock-based formats.

Here’s a handy resource for your radio coverage: an updated, electronic version of the Arbitron radio metro map.

The star-power was turned all the way up at this year’s edition of “Premio Lo Nuestro a La Música Latina” as America’s most popular and most-watched Latin music awards show delivered its biggest night ever of the industry’s biggest name artists, both contemporary and traditional.

Arbitron Inc. announced that Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. has entered into a multi-year, multi-market agreement for Portable People Meter (PPM SM) audience measurement services when deployed in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Miami.

On Wednesday, March 1, 2006, amid controversy and awe, and defying the persistent skepticism of some industry observers, as well as the fears of Wall Street analysts, Spanish Broadcasting System, (SBS), will make it’s first quantum leap from radio to television.

Arbitron announced findings of a new research study into the listening habits of people whose use cell phones exclusively and do not have a conventional landline telephone in their households.