Fox renews three series
FOX has ordered a second season of freshman breakout hit New Girl, a third installment of the irreverent family comedy Raising Hope and a...
More than meets the eye to Benton Harbor FM buy
You may want to fasten your seatbelts for this one. On the surface, WHFB-FM in Benton Harbor MI is being sold for a relatively...
Grassley not budging on FCC nominees
It was thought that access provided to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to FCC documents regarding the
Online TV public files, channel sharing on next FCC agenda
The FCC will have two agenda items aimed squarely at television broadcasters when it holds its
LPFM proceeding proceeds further
The Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding promotion of new LPFM stations and FM translators has been published in the Federal Register, and...
Addicted to love? TV One has the cure
Love can be a beautiful thing. But for some people, being in love means being in a destructive relationship. That sort of nightmare relationship...
Media General sees double-digit TV gain in Q1
In updated guidance to Wall Street, Media General is projecting a strong Q1 for TV in terms of revenues. Not so for its newspapers,...
KFI debuts diversity programming moves
Under fire for the recent comments on the “John & Ken” show, Clear Channel Los Angeles has made the first moves to diversify its...
Maine legislature restores public broadcasting funding
Efforts by Republican Governor Paul LePage to zero-out funding for the Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) ran into bi-partisan
Revenues up for third year for Broadcast International
Video management software company Broadcast International reported that revenues were up in Q4 and for full year 2011. Gross profits were up double-digits for...
What price will Newport Television bring?
The TV station transaction marketplace has finally shown some signs of life, with the sales of the
Mike Wallace dead at 93
Veteran CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace died Saturday night (4/7) at age 93. Wallace had been a part of “60 Minutes” from its debut...
Supremes vault health care to the top of the news heap
For months now, the dominant news narratives have been the 2012 presidential elections, courtesy of the Republican primaries, and the economy. But Supreme Court...
Watchdog notes contributions to FCC reform sponsors
MapLight, an unaffiliated nonprofit organization that tries to connect the dots between money and politics studied the relationship between sponsors of HR 3309, the...
Senators question online political ad posting
A posse of conservative Republican senators has fired off a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski