FCC

Auction 98 Tops $4 Million

The FCC’s auction of 100+ construction permits for FM stations is done
Tom Wheeler

NAB Blasts Dropping Broadcast Content Exclusivity Rules

NAB doesn’t think too much of a proposal circulating among FCC commissioners

Stocks Were a Bit Mixed Today

US Stocks were up and down today after the last few days concentrating on China. Radio and Television both fell again, with Radio falling...

WGN America Conversion Helps Tribune

Diving deeper into the Tribune second-quarter financials, we learn

Tribune Operating Revenue Grew in Q2

Tribune Media Company reported results for the second quarter
Next Radio

PC Touts NextRadio FM App

PC Magazine thinks the NextRadio FM app is pretty fab

From One Millennial to Others

Every radio executive wants their station to appeal to millennials
NBC

NBCUniversal Ups Digital Platform Ownership

NBCUniversal is expanding its equity in digital publishing platforms
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Cable, DBS Declines Explored

More insight’s from SNL Kagan’s multichannel subscription review show cable’s basic-subscriber losses in the second quarter at 350,000. That’s their lowest since 2008, when the...
Deal

WBOC to Buy WOLC-FM

On Maryland’s eastern shore, Salisbury’s Channel 16/WBOC(TV) is getting back into radio

PPM, Voltair Get Special Show Treatment

The interest and drama that enfolded the Portable People Meter presentations at the spring NAB Show are
For Sale

Four Pa. FMs Shoot Over A Million

Here’s a proposed big-ticket deal for four FMs in Pennsylvania
NAB / National Association of Broadcasters

Keep Confidential Info. That Way

The NAB, Digital Content Next and the Motion Picture Association of America are concerned
FCC

Wheeler Says ‘Almost’ on AM

Is the FCC closer to acting on proposals to re-vitalize AM radio?
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Exposure, Execution Set Revenues A Part

Bigger is not always better, as far as radio revenues are concerned