Media

A wide-ranging look at the way American women and men use the internet shows that men continue to pursue many internet activities more intensively than women, and that men are still first out of the blocks in trying the latest technologies.

Ten years ago relatively few Americans had an e-mail address. Today very few do not.

In its “Sixth Annual Consumer Email Study,” DoubleClick posits that not only have consumers become increasingly reliant on e-mail, they have become more sophisticated in its use and more comfortable with marketers leveraging data to communicate with them.

Clear Channel Radio launches La Romantica 104.9 (KCNL-FM) Spanish Contemporary format serving Hispanic Adults 25-54 in the San Francisco/San Jose market. Clear Channel Radio Northern California Regional Vice President Kim Bryant announced the launch effective January 1, 2006.

Univision Communications Inc. and Entravision Communications Corporation announced that on January 1, 2006, they completed the previously announced acquisition by Univision of radio stations KBRG(FM) and KLOK(AM) serving the San Francisco/San Jose, California market from Entravision for $90 million.

Building on its effort to serve the Hispanic sports fan, ESPN Deportes Radio will offer exclusive national broadcast of the 2006 edition of InterLiga, the qualifying tournament that will determine two automatic berths for Mexican clubs to the Copa Libertadores.

According to Inside radio, Spanish Broadcasting System was fined $20,000 for an EEO violation In Los Angeles. It’s a not-so-gentle reminder from the FCC about #1, recruiting for every full-time vacancy (and not just using the Internet). And #2, doing the self-assessment process – which would’ve caught the problem at KDAY/KDAI, KXOL and KLAX earlier. The Commission does renew the licenses of all four FMs.