Saturday, May 9, 2026

WFNI 1070 The Fan

Even if the tragedy is minor, local radio is there

The most important source of information when disaster strikes is local broadcast – in particular
FCC

FCC says it’s following the rules in Grassley dispute

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has been holding up final Senate consideration of two nominees for FCC commissioner
NAB / National Association of Broadcasters

NAB says FCC lacks mandate to impose online political file

Lately there has been a hue and cry to have broadcasters make information about political

Salem ended 2011 with up quarter

Salem Communications outperformed the radio business in Q4, with radio revenues up 2.8%. Internet revenues shot up 37.1%, so total revenue was

Salem Communications joins dividend payers

Salem Communications Corporation has paid out special dividends a couple of time in the past to its
Valle Jose

Jose Valle on why Univision Radio is outperforming (audio)

Jose Valle explains what's behind Univison Radio's success.
Huggies Dad Test

Huggies gets major backlash from “The Dad Test”

Pennsylvania dad Chris Routly has launched an online petition asking Huggies to yank the ads.
CBS

Stars announced for ACM Awards show

Entertainer of the Year nominee Jason Aldean, Album of the Year nominee Luke Bryan, four-time Entertainer of the Year
Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable launches Enhanced iTV

With Enhanced iTV, they now have the added ability to deliver a targeted message based upon the time of day.

FM sale by the sea, FM gift near Big Muddy

$350K WAMS-FM Salisbury-Ocean City MD (Snow Hill MD) from Bayshore Media LLC (John P. Gillen) to Bayshore Media LLC (Vincent Klepac, Lorrie Klepac). $200K...
Journal Communications

Price revealed for Journal Tulsa purchase

Journal Broadcast is buying two FM stations from Renda Broadcasting en route to forming a one-AM four-FM cluster in Oklahoma’s #2 market. And now...
AFTRA / American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

AFTRA opposes relaxing ownership rules

Not only is 70K member American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, AFL-CIO opposed to any
DirecTV

Pandora and DirecTV do a deal

Direct TVSatellite TV giant DirecTV is going to make Pandora Media’s personalized streaming audio channels available to its subscribers
Political Advertising

Romney spent heavily for Super Tuesday delegates

The four candidates for the Republican presidential nomination had eleven states to compete in during the
Google

Google request approved for video services in Kansas City

The requests to state regulators indicate Google is mulling a potential Google TV offering.