All Entries in February, 2008
Half of US consumers would give up convenience packaging
Research from The Nielsen Company shows that more than half of U.S. consumers would give up all forms of packaging provided for convenience purposes...
Format flips in DC—we don’t need two Smooth Jazz HD2’s
Clear Channel’s WASH-FM DC launched a 24 hour Smooth Jazz stream on its HD-2 Channel Friday (it was Love Songs). Meanwhile, Heritage Smooth Jazz...
MindShare taps American Family Insurance
MindShare NA has been awarded planning and buying for American Family Insurance, the nation’s third-largest mutual property and casualty insurer with over 15 billion...
Agencies respond to MRC PPM news
We asked some agency folks about the news (see Radio News) that The MRC has denied PPM accreditation for Philly and New York. What...
WBLI-FM host suspended for community-bashing
NY Newsday/AP reports a morning drive personality on WBLI-FM Long Island has been suspended for making a disparaging remark about the community of Mastic....
Time to get angry
“I am mad. I am mad at being abused and everybody with a light attitude looking at us and saying are you going to...
Declines posted by Entravision
Even the Hispanic media sector has not been spared from the soft ad market. Entravision reported that Q4 revenues were down 2% to 62.5...
Univision begins divestitures in Albuquerque
On the same day it announced the sale of its music division, Univision began selling off some non-core radio assets. Allen Shaw’s Centennial Broadcasting...
CBS in for the fight
CBS announced a multi-year deal with ProElite Inc. to bring mixed martial arts events to a major broadcast network for the first time. CBS...
Billy Ray Cyrus to host “Nashville Star”
NBC played this announcement for all it was worth. While appearing Wednesday on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Country singer and "Hannah Montana"...
New Belo announces first dividend
Belo Corporation announced its first dividend payment since the company was split in two earlier this month, with a new newspaper company split off...
Mixed January tallies
Whether January was an up month of not depended to a great extent on whether your television stations were in early primary states. Thus,...
Mondale’s cancer returns
WCCO-AM Minneapolis host Eleanor Mondale told her audience yesterday that doctors have found a new brain tumor, two and a half years after she...
Entravision selling billboards
Entravision Communications says it has a deal to sell its Outdoor division to Lamar Advertising Company for 100 million in cash. Entravision’s outdoor advertising...
RBR/TVBR analysis: Seems simple enough to us
Sirius Satellite Radio says it is fully funded to continue operating as a standalone company. XM Satellite Radio says it is fully funded to...
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