Talk:Cumulus Media Networks

ABC Radio AU/US
Can i suggest that this page is moved to ABC Radio (United States) and this become a disambig. This is what was done with ABC Kids. The bellman 13:36, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I suggest that we not. After all, ABC Radio shows in Australia are often labeled 'Radio National.' Besides which, it may be a moot point after the upcoming merger. &mdash;Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 14:28, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

I do suggest that we do split this into a disambiguation page. ABC (Australia) Radio is named as the collection of radio stations owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, which are: (Radio National, ABC NewsRadio, ABC Classical FM, ABC Local Radio and JJJ ("triple J"). Matt5091 (talk) 04:56, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

The "controversy" at the end of this article reads more like a personal grudge from a primary source, and an advertisement for a blog. It begins with the weasel phrase "reportedly", but then cites no sources for the stated "facts". I'm going to remove this section and would welcome a neutral POV recitation of the facts from reputable 3rd party sources if the notability of these events can be demonstrated.StreamingRadioGuide 01:37, 15 June 2007 (UTC)


 * This article is currently named Citadel Media. The title ABC Radio redirects here, with a hatnote pointing to Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ABC Radio and Regional Content - it might be appropriate to make ABC Radio a disamb page.  SilkTork  *YES! 09:55, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Discussion of edits by Simon Bar Sinister
I have removed the statement "ABC Radio is a radio broadcasting unit branded by the American Broadcasting Company" and replaced it with "'ABC Radio is a broadcasting unit of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation". The American Broadcasting Company has absolutely nothing to do with ABC Radio anymore, Though The Walt Disney Company is a minority owner (Less then 5%) in Citadel Broadcasting all operations and programming are done by Citadel. As far as the ABC Radio trademark is concerned I believe that in the agreement between Disney and Citadel, Citadel has the perpetual right to use the ABC circle logo without further compensation. Simon Bar Sinister 19:35, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

ABC Radio Networks
This article should be renamed as above because that is the proper name of the subject of the article. Unless someone provides a strong and cogent reason not to so I will do the move shortly. Albatross2147 (talk) 03:25, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

I wholeheartedly agree, but every time I have tried to move the article, it would not let me. I hope you have more success. Leroyinc (talk) 00:47, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

I also think this would be a proper renaming of the article. Hopefully someone can make this change happen.--DavidD4scnrt (talk) 07:44, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

People know it as ABC. Only the satellite formats wouldn't be thought of as ABC formats. Doug Limerick doesn't say "Citadel Media" when he comes on at the top of the hour. Vchimpanzee ·  talk  ·  contributions  · 18:07, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

The former "ABC Radio Network," which ceased to exist upon Citadel's purchase, ought to be a separate page under the "defunct" label, as it covers an era between 1945 to 2007. Look no further than the NBC Blue Network/The Blue Network page, which was ABC's immediate predecessor. Therefore, "Citadel Media" ought to apply for the history of said network post-Citadel purchase. Or, if you want to get technical, from 1945 until 2009, when the network was formally renamed "Citadel Media."

As for the news gathering operation, per the Doug Limerick example shown above, "ABC News Radio" is still operated by ABC/Disney, and all ABC News Radio employees are ABC/Disney employees - not Citadel employees. Citadel provides distribution a la "CBS Radio News" is technically distributed by the now semi-independent Westwood One. As the CBS Radio Network page sums up nicely:

The CBS Radio Network is one of the programming services distributed by Westwood One (formerly managed by CBS), which produces and distributes national news, sports, talk, music and special event programs, in addition to local news, sports, weather, video news and other information to radio and television stations as well as traffic reporting services. - Nathan Obral (talk) 03:22, 30 August 2010 (UTC)


 * The company described by this article is named Citadel Media, so that is the most appropriate title. Renaming a company does not warrant a split, as it is the same company under a different name. However, consideration should be given to making ABC Radio and ABC Radio Networks disamb pages rather than have them point here.  SilkTork  *YES! 09:58, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

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Split proposed
The list of ABC-owned stations really should be split into a separate List of radio stations owned by ABC. Given that it is solely a list of stations that have been owned or managed by ABC in some form, including the post-2007 holdings comprising just ESPN Radio and Radio Disney stations (since this article is about what eventually became Citadel Media and then Cumulus Media Networks, the stations that stayed with Disney/ABC after the sale of the non-Radio Disney/ESPN stations and networks to Citadel aren't exactly on-topic here), and its significant size, such a split seems overdue. (There's a few other updates that happen to be needed too, but that's another matter.) -- WC  Quidditch  ☎   ✎  06:50, 9 June 2019 (UTC)