SiriusXM sues SoundExchange over performance royalties
Seeking to reduce the overhead cost of paying performance royalties, SiriusXM has been trying to
Chevrolet consolidates with new global agency
Chevrolet’s two largest advertising agencies will form a new JV to strengthen the brand globally and bring 280 jobs to the venture’s new HQ...
Stocks drop with consumer confidence
A drop in the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index was not welcome news on Wall Street - and reason to put the brakes on...
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country adds second translator
American University’s WAMU’s Bluegrass Country (88.5 HD-2) is now on air at 93.5 FM in Frederick and Hagerstown, MD. This adds to the 105.5...
Dial Global strikes creative deal with Yamanair
TM Creative, a division of Dial Global, is joining forces with Yamanair Creative Worldwide’s Cash by Creative to provide unique creative content to stations....
Michelle Obama booked for Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards
US First Lady Michelle Obama will make her first-ever appearance at Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards to present Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Taylor Swift with this...
CBS and ACM set live wedding for awards show
Think the TV networks have run out of new twists for broadcasts of awards shows? Nope. The 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards...
ABC Sports & Entertainment Regional Sales to rep WFN
WFN: World Fishing Network has tapped ABC Regional Sports and Entertainment Sales (ABC RSES) as its exclusive ad sales representative. The agreement, covering a...
Big demo differences in week’s viewing
The list of the top TV programs in the Household ratings from Nielsen looks very different from the 18-49 list this week. “Dancing with...
Latino watchdog faults FCC on hiring
One of the long-standing goals of the FCC is to increase ethnic and gender diversity among the licensees it regulates, but National Hispanic Media...
Noncom FMs sold in Arkansas, Illinois
$67.5K KBPU-FM DeQueen AR from Edgewater Broadcasting Inc. (Clark Parrish) to Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Ann Kemp et al). Cash....
OTA snaps up Manhattan Class A
$6.6M WEBR-CD New York NY (Manhattan NY) from K License Inc. (Young Dae Kwon) to OTA Broadcasting (LGA) LLC, a subsidiary of OTA Broadcasting...
Toledo TV transfer gets FCC nod
The sale of WUPW-TV to American Spirit Media, filed during January of 2011, has finally been approved by the FCC. The buyer, who is...
Citizens find improved Congress, score still pathetic
The number of US citizens who have a positive opinion of the 112th Congress actually improved by 2% from February to March. Incredibly, that...
Mississippi AM station remains on the deleted list
A timely license renewal request by WHNY(AM) McComb MS was held up by the FCC Enforcement Bureau due to concerns about operational violations, and...