9th Circuit ruling OKs political ads for noncoms
If a 2-1 ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals holds, noncommercial radio and television broadcasters will be allowed to sell political advertising....
SBE releases new engineering certification
The Society of Broadcast Engineers now offers a new engineering level Certified Broadcast Networking Engineer (CBNE) networking certification. Eligible engineers may now apply to...
CBS goes to the dogs
Get a bowl of popcorn and a bowl of dog treats ready. The whole family, including those members with four paws, will want to...
Marketron adds TV mobile marketing, advertising offering
Marketron, provider of business software solutions and services for the media industry, has introduced its mobile marketing and advertising technology to the television industry....
Alabama AM buy comes with translator
$180K WCRL-AM Oneonta AL from Blount County Broadcasting Service Inc. (Luther D. Bentley III) to Our Town Radio Inc. (Mark S. Sims, Robbie McAlpine)....
Take this noncom TV – please
$1 WTVI-TV Charlotte NC from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Broadcasting Authority (Liz Downing) to Central Piedmont Community College (Ralph Pitts, P. Anthony Zeiss et al). Seller...
Gas prices undercutting recovery
One of the long-awaited events on the road to economic recovery is the return of robust consumer spending. Post-crash consumer habits have veered toward...
MVPD hit by FCC for EEO failures
A Rhode Island MVPD made three hires dating back to October of 2010, and did not follow acceptable EEO procedures for any of them....
FCC releases LPFM availability finder
All you do is go to the appropriate location in the FCC database, plug in longitude and latitude and voila!
WSBT-AM adds FM simulcast
Schurz Communications’ WSBT-AM South Bend, IN has migrated its News format onto FM, in addition to 960 AM. Schurz recently took over the 96.1...
TuneIn signs T-Mobile
TuneIn, a global streaming destination which also offers free and paid app downloads, announced that the TuneIn application will be featured in T-Mobile's Music...
VSS a bit more bullish on communications spending
The final tally for 2011 came in a little bit better than Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) had projected in its September “Communications
Nexstar calling some of its public debt
Nexstar Broadcasting Group is calling some of its public notes. The move won’t do much to change its total debt, but it will replace...
Ouch! Oaktree Capital IPO busted at the opening bell
The IPO of Oaktree Capital Group LLC priced at the low end of its projected range – and the news just got worse from...
More color on Goodman’s WPB buy
We know that Dean Goodman’s Palm Beach Broadcasting is getting five FM stations in West Palm Beach from CBS Radio to add to the...