Friday, May 8, 2026

KRLA-AM, KTIE-AM re-brand in California

Beginning Monday, 4/23, there will be a new morning show, new attitude, and new brand for Salem Communications' News Talk radio stations in Los...
Gannett

TV and digital again strong units for Gannett

Q1 saw publishing revenues decline again for the world’s largest newspaper company. But Gannett

Small deals in South Carolina, Texas

$1K WKER-FM McCormick SC from Mediatrix SC Inc. (F. Gary Towery) to Saint Paul Radio Inc. (John Prohaska et al). Cash. $100 FM CP...
Emmis Communications

Emmis moves closer to cashing out LA LMA

Three years ago Emmis Communications inked a put and call agreement with Grupo Radio
TVB / Television Bureau of Advertising

Mobile500 Alliance demos mobile DTV product (audio)

This week at the NAB Show, the Mobile500 Alliance--the broadcast consortium comprised of 50 member companies with the goal of creating a new growth...
Tim Westergren

Pandora local sales highlighted in New York Times

“A dollar spent on Pandora is better than a dollar spent on terrestrial radio” is the key quote from Pandora Media founder and Chief...
Closed Caption

FCC puts closed captioning cases up for comment

Small producers of video programming used to be able to receive exemptions from closed captioning requirements by making a showing that such provision would...
NBC

NBC: “Grimm” wins at 9:00 in 18-49

Friday Primetime Results: * At 8 p.m. ET, "Who Do You Think You Are?" (0.9/3 in 18-49, 4.7 million viewers overall) grew week to week...
ABC

ABC finishes #1 on Friday in Adults 18-49

ABC finished #1 on Friday night in Adults 18-49, tying CBS with its 2-hour Lionel Richie music special, while defeating NBC by 25% and...
FCC

FCC awards media study contract

The University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communications has earned the right task of preparing a review of literature concerning the information needs...
Gavel

Watchdog urges noncoms to reject negative political ads

Free Press has seen the Ninth Circuit ruling on political advertising on noncommercial stations and it is not happy. It is asking noncoms to...
NPR / National Public Radio

In-state public radio coming to Delaware

Delaware has access to noncommercial public radio, but it tends to flow in from out-of-state, and therefore lacks programming of specific interest to residents...

Stocks fell Friday on China news

A lower-than-expected report on economic growth in China depressed stock prices on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 137 points, or 1.1%, to...
NFL / National Football League

NFL to allow casino ads over next two seasons

The National Football League will allow teams to accept advertising from casinos during the next two years. A memo sent to all 32 teams...
BRS Media, Inc.

BRS Media submits its .RADIO app

Looks like an across the pond battle for the .RADIO domain: BRS already markets the .AM and .FM domains. Now they're after .RADIO as...