Two stations nailed for file violations
KBMQ-FM Monroe LA and WWNQ-FM Forest Acres SC (in the Columbia SC Arbitron market) both admitted to having deficiencies in their public files. And...
Rick Santorum ceases presidential campaign
It has been increasingly obvious to most observers that Mitt Romney has amassed a big enough lead in the Republican primary that catching him...
Leno tops Letterman, both trail Nightline
In Late-Night Metered Markets Monday night:
* In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.8/7; CBS's "Late Show...
Monday was a downer for Fox
FOX aired originals of BONES and HOUSE from 8-10pm last night:
* BONES: 2.1/6, down -16% from last week's Monday time period premiere
* HOUSE: 2.0/5,...
ABC captures the most Monday-night eyeballs
With Dancing and a repeat of the Scandal pilot up against all-original programming on the other nets, ABC qualified as the most-watched net on...
NBC gives Voice to its Monday night happiness
* From 8-10 p.m. ET, "The Voice" (3.9 rating, 11 share in adults 18-49, 10.4 million viewers overall) is the #1 telecast of the...
Dean Goodman enables CBS to exit West Palm Beach
It was only a little more than a year ago when Dean Goodman’s Palm Beach Broadcasting entered the
Report: Huckabee opens show with staged call
Mike Huckabee took his first phone call of his new talk radio call-in show 4/9, but The American Spectator
Broadcast veteran buys Colorado AM CP
$10K KDCO-AM CP Johnstown CO from JNE Investments Inc. (Jeffrey N. Eustis) to Advanced Modulation Broadcasting LLC (Victor A. Michael Jr.). Entire amount placed...
Why commercial broadcasters may want to support non-profits
For quite some time, some politicians in Washington DC have wanted to zero-out public broadcasting from the federal budget. CPB, PBS and NPR are...
Consumers believe now is the time for home purchase
Sentiment among American consumers is that both home prices and rental fees are about to go up. At the same time, according to a...
The PSA we would run at retrans time
We read reader comments attached to RBR-TVBR stories during the recent Tribune/DirecTV dispute, and it’s clear that broadcasters need to do a better job...
Gray takes the low power road in Parkersburg-Marietta
There are no two ways about it -- the Parkersburg WV DMA is small – so small that Gray Television is the only broadcast...
WXYZ reups with Detroit Lions
E.W. Scripps’ ABC affiliate WXYZ-TV and the Lions announced a new four year partnership that will bring Lions football to fans in Detroit and...
Daytona Beach FM gets duopoly partner to be
Flagler County Broadcasting LLC owns and operates WBHQ-FM Beverly Beach FL, which serves the Daytona Beach Arbitron market, coming in from the north. And...