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NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Football League (NFL) and Dial Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: DIAL) today announced a new multi-year agreement for Dial Global to continue as the exclusive network radio partner of the NFL. Dial Global has been an NFL network radio partner for more than four decades and the exclusive network radio partner since 1987. Dial Global Sports' coverage of the NFL airs on more than 500 stations around the country, bringing extraordinary content...

NEW YORK, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dial Global (NASDAQ: DIAL) and the NBC Sports Group today announced the hiring of Jack Silver as Program Director, NBC Sports Radio Network. Silver comes to the NBC Sports Radio Network after a successful career programming major market radio stations, with an emphasis on talent development, audience growth, and digital and web extensions. He has successfully consulted a number of sports radio hosts, anchors and personality driven shows....

NEW YORK, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dial Global (NASDAQ: DIAL) announced today that it has hired Jean Clifton as Dial Global's new Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President effective June 25, 2012. Ms. Clifton is a founder of Platinum Strategic Partners, LLC, an advisory services and investment company which handles matters such as finance, M&A, operations, strategic planning, sales, marketing, process re-engineering and executive recruitment....

NEW YORK, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dial Global (NASDAQ: DIAL), announced today that 20.6 million people tuned in to hear the radio broadcast of The NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four. The games took place on Saturday, March 31 and Monday, April 2, 2012 in New Orleans and aired on 512 radio stations nationally. Dial Global commissioned the study from Edison Research, designed to accurately measure the number of people that tuned in to hear the radio broadcast of one of America's...

NEW YORK, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dial Global (NASDAQ: DIAL), the leader in play-by-play radio sports, is pleased to announce expanded distribution of select sports content to Slacker Radio. Starting with 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship play-by-play sports broadcasts, Dial Global will have a presence on the Slacker radio mobile platform. In addition to all 67 games of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, Dial Global also broadcasts a complete...

NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NBC News and Dial Global (NASDAQ: DIAL), America's national radio news leader, announced today a partnership to present a new, 24-hour, radio news network--NBC News Radio. The network will be distributed to radio stations nationwide by Dial Global and will give those stations access to the global resources of NBC News including: live simulcasts of breaking news from NBC and MSNBC, and reports from top NBC News correspondents including NBC News...

NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dial Global (NASDAQ: DIAL) announced today that 23.1 million people tuned in to hear the radio broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, February 5, 2012 featuring the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. Dial Global commissioned the study from Edison Research, designed to accurately measure the number of people that tuned in to hear Super Bowl XLVI broadcasts and make this information available within two days of the event's...

NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dial Global (Nasdaq: DIAL), a diverse radio programming and advertising sales company, continues its coverage of the NFL Playoffs, including nationwide broadcasts of the AFC and NFC Championship Games and Super Bowl XLVI. Fans will be able to hear NFL coverage across Dial Global's exclusive national platform. The following is the full broadcast schedule of games and announcers for the AFC and NFC Championship games and feature programming:...

NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Football fans will be introduced to a new name across the sports broadcasting landscape this weekend as the NFL playoffs begin. Dial Global (NASDAQ: DIAL), a diverse radio programming and advertising sales company, will be the home of NFL Football as a result of its recent merger with Westwood One. Westwood One's 25th consecutive season producing the NFL playoffs and Super Bowl will be heard exclusively on the Dial Global Radio Network. "We...

NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dial Global (NASDAQ: DIAL) announced today that sportscaster Jim Gray will interview President Barack Obama during halftime of Westwood One Sports' broadcast of the Veteran's Day showdown between the North Carolina Tar Heels and Michigan State Spartans on Friday, November 11th. The Quicken Loans Carrier Classic will be played on the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier, stationed in San Diego, California and tips off Westwood One Sports' regular...