Lew Dickey got his payday for a big 2011
The past calendar year saw big changes at Cumulus Media, as the company ballooned in size from the acquisition of both Citadel and
Broadcasters outperformed a mixed market
Fed chief Ben Bernanke worried about Europe in testimony on Capitol Hill and the National Association of Realtors reported that February sales of existing...
Class action law firm targets Pandora Media
You knew this was coming. A law firm specializing in securities law class action lawsuits is trolling for clients who bought shares in last...
FCC targets MSS spectrum for mobile broadband
The television band is a prominent target for spectrum repurposing to meet the demand for mobile broadband, and now it has company on the...
FCC kicks off task force on incentive auctions
The conventional wisdom is that the authority granted to the FCC to conduct incentive auctions of spectrum in the television space, itself the result...
Australia tightens rules against radio pay-for-say
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, two of Australia’s leading radio “presenters” were able to bank considerable amounts of cash for promoting various good...
North Carolina, Time Warner Cable partner on tourism
In an effort to attract visitors, the North Carolina Division of Tourism has formed a partnership with Time Warner Cable Media to air long-form...
SiriusXM in used car subscription deal with Toyota
With more and more satellite radio receiver-equipped vehicles passing out of the hands of their original owners, SiriusXM has made used cars a new...
Arbitron releases RADAR 112 cume estimates
As is the case with each RADAR AQH release, Arbitron has subsequently released cume audience estimates for the 46 RADAR-rated networks. This time around,...
Journal and Renda transact Tulsa station sale
$11.8M KBEZ-FM & KHTT-FM Tulsa OK (Tulsa, Muskogee) from Renda Broadcasting Corporation of Nevada (Anthony Renda, Catherine Renda) to Journal Broadcast Corporation (Steven J....
Virginia noncom group building from the ground up
It is very possible to buy your way to group ownership status, but that is not the way Holy Family Communications is going about...
Gordon Smith reups with NAB
The National Association of Broadcasters has inked a contract extension with President/CEO Gordon Smith that will keep him at the helm of the organization...
Two more Class A TVs on the downgrade bubble
The license protections afforded Class A television stations over other low power facilities comes with the requirement that the station be on the air...
Which candidate sites get the most visitors?
With the 2012 political season in full swing, Americans are flocking to the Internet for news surrounding the presidential candidates. So which
Entravision syndicating “El Vacilon del Mandril” via LER
Entravision has secured the rights to syndicate the popular Spanish-language morning show “El Vacilón del Mandril.” It currently airs on Entravision’s La Tricolor-formatted Regional...