BET News sets Monday special on Florida killing
With a growing public spotlight on the case of a black teen who was shot to death by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford,...
Missouri noncom FM headed to new owner
$133K WITG-FM Sarcoxie MO from Calvary Chapel of Joplin (Jeffery A. Kingery) to Lake Area Educational Broadcasting Foundation (James J. McDermott et al). $8K...
McCulloch Triumphs with Portland ME TV buy
75K WPME-DT Portland-Auburn ME (Lewiston ME) from MPS Media of Portland License LLC (Eugene J. Brown) to Triumph Broadcasting LLC (Robert J. McCulloch, Jesse...
Advisory panel advocates FCC backing for CPB
The FCC Consumer Advisory Committee has looked at public broadcasting and found it good. And it likes the fact that the Corporation for Public...
Streamed video is an expensive bandwidth hog
One of the wonders of the new millennium for those of us who grew up with electronic devices attached by a cord to a...
Jacksonville AM gets an FM sister
Seven Bridges Radio acquired WIOJ-AM Jacksonville Beach FL pursuant to terms memorialized in a 12/4/06 contract with seller McEntee Broadcasting of Florida. The station,...
“Dump Starbucks” campaign launched over gay marriage
The National Organization for Marriage, which is lobbying against gay marriage is asking coffee drinkers all over the world to boycott Starbucks because of...
Analyst upbeat on Belo prospects
Wells Fargo Securities analyst Marci Ryvicker has been digging into Belo Corporation, meeting for two days
Emmis prepares for shareholder meeting times two
We now know how Emmis will come up with the two-thirds vote needed to change the terms of
Twentieth Century Fox sued over “Glee” trademark infringement
News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox Film division has been sued by a British company claiming its ‘Glee’ television series may be confused with U.K....
Tom Leykis returns, online
Former LA radio shock jock Tom Leykis returns Monday, 4/2 at 3PM PT –this time uncut and uncensored -- with a daily show for...
Media Matters releases anti-rush ads (audio)
Media Matters released two of the radio ads it plans to use against Rush – and they’ll be airing locally against stations that play...
Cumulus contract with Arbitron runs through mid 2016
Arbitron is very secretive about its contracts with radio companies and has language in those contracts
ARNN letting new short form news run contract-free
America’s Radio News’ just-launched Short-Form (America’s Radio News sister network), delivering of top and bottom of the hour news 24/7, is being offered up...
Worries outweighed hope on Thursday
An encouraging drop in new applications for jobless benefits was more than counterbalanced by concerns about the economies of Europe and China. The Dow...