FCC Blackout

Congressional panel to address blackouts

The Senate Judiciary Committee has rescheduled a hearing that will look into sports blackouts.
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Idaho noncom moves for nominal price

No, we do not believe that the Village People had anything whatsoever to do with this deal.
Radio

Radio News: Sun, AudioMonky, ATN, iHeart

Items in today’s cache of news: Sun Broadcast Group makes a hire...

General market up, broadcast results mixed

Television stocks did very well Tuesday as a rule, following the market upward.  On the other hand, stocks on the RBR Radio Index included only...
US Congress

Retailer seek tax parity with etailers

Local merchants and their advocates want the US House or Representatives to pass the Marketplace Fairness Act.
Rentrak

Done deal in the ratings/research arena

Rentrak has completed its acquisition of television research firm Kantar Media.
iHeart Radio

Poll reveals consumer holiday preferences

A number of potentially useful facts are revealed in a poll conducted by iHeartRadio
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Noncoms deal in rural Georgia

A FM located far from both the reserved band an rated territory is going from one noncom to another.

Radio News: Envision, Bott, Cox, Liberal

In today’s collection of radio notes...
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“The hills are alive…

…with the sound of closings”

Broadcasters follow the market downward

There were all kinds of explanations for stocks going down – sluggishness in China, sluggishness during the Black Friday weekend and the rebound in...
FCC

LPTV proceeding extended officially

The LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition reported last week that the FCC had agreed...
Computer

Who is that shopping online in the office?

According to a CareerBuilder survey, online shopping from work is down from last year...
COX Communications

A billion going from Cox to Cox

Cox Communications Inc., is issuing unsecured notes to pay off debt, and also to issue a massive dividend to Cox Enterprises Inc.
LPTV

Colorado LPTV sold

This one was in the mark-down bin.