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 moves closer to cashing out LA LMA
Three years ago Emmis Communications inked a put and call agreement with Grupo Radio
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...
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...
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: “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. ...