RBR-TVBR readers split on anti-Limbaugh ads
37% of RBR-TVBR poll respondents believe radio stations should avoid running ads critical of Rush Limbaugh. And when you add them together, 35% believe...
Trustee named for Emmis 2012 Retention Plan Trust
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Emmis Communications didn’t have to look far to find the trustee for its 2012 Retention Plan Trust, which just received 400,000 preferred shares...
Another downer for stock traders
A poorly received bond auction by Spain's government added to pessimism on Wall Street from the previous day's indication by the US Fed that...
Alliance wants Allotment Optimization Model released
The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance is calling for the immediate release of the FCC’s AOM (Allotment Optimization Model) that FCC Chair Genachowski said would...
20.6 million radio listeners heard NCAA Men’s Final Four
Dial Global announced that 20.6 million people tuned in to hear the radio broadcast of The NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four. The games took...
Further farewells for MAP
Two organizations have come forth to say their good-byes to media legal advocacy Media Access Project. The National Hispanic Media Coalition worked with MAP...
Cord-cutting impact still small
An estimated 2.65 million Americans eliminated their MVPD service (cable/satellite) from 2008 through 2011, says a new report from The Convergence Consulting Group Ltd....
CBS Radio signs with TuneIn
Well, we can pretty much be sure now that CBS Radio won’t be on the iHeartRadio bandwagon: Global streaming destination TuneIn (which also offers...
Paley named CBA Chair
The California Broadcasters Association has elected John Paley as Chairman of the CBA Board of Directors. Paley joined Lotus Communication’s KWKW in 1971 and...
Religious groups file to buy FM CPs in Virginia, Texas
$16.5K FM CP Shenandoah VA from Familia Dei (William I. Sabates) to Holy Family Communications (Lawrence Kapp et al). Cash. CP is for Class...
MBM Radio continues its South Texas growth campaign
Roberto Gonzalez and his MBM Radio have been snapping up stations in the Rio Grande area of Texas around Laredo and Del Rio, and...
Coalition renews appeal for FCC action on diversity
Diversity and Competition Supporters is a group of interested parties seeking to increase the levels of minority and female
More Class A televisions caught in FCC’s net
A Class A television station in Georgia is being hit with a hefty FCC fine for public file deficiencies
Best quarter ever for Discovery en Español
For years Discovery en Español has been second only to Univision’s Galavision among cable/satellite channels targeting US Hispanics. That hasn’t changed, even as numerous...
Digital radio catching on Down Under
Commercial Radio Australia, the association for radio broadcasters in the Southern Hemisphere nation, says that 800K digital radios are in the hands of Australian...