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 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 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...
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...
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 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 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...
Dog gets a TV show and a blog
Talking dogs have been a mainstay of TV and movie family entertainment. The latest twist adds an Internet element as well. Disney Channel has...
SiriusXM launches “The Dating Playbook”
The Dating Playbook is hosted by Susan Rose and Jennifer Heller—professional matchmakers and co-founders of matchmaking business Rose & Heller and dating site www.susanandjen.com. ...
DirecTV calls some public debt
If you own some 7-5/8% DirecTV Holdings LLC senior notes due 2016 you won’t be owning them through 2016. The company has called them...
Gonzalez strikes again in southern Texas
$600K KDRX-FM Laughlin AFB TX from J.B. Salazar to MBM Radio Del Rio LLC, a subsidiary of MB Revolution LLC (Roberto Gonzalez). Deposited in...
Station staff buys WPB noncom TV
$1,909,102 WXEL-TV West Palm Beach FL from Barry Telecommunications Inc. (Linda Bevilacqua), a subsidiary of Barry University, to WXEL Public Broadcasting Corporation (Bernard E....
Terre Haute twosome headed to Midwest
Duke Wright’s Midwest Communications Inc. aleady has an AM and three FMs in the Terre Haute IN market. It has now filed an application...
FTC probing alcohol advertising
To complete a new study of alcohol advertising, the Federal Trade Commission is requesting detailed information from 14 big advertisers. The thrust of the...