Thursday, May 14, 2026

Rick Buckley

Deal in the SLO lane keeps family legacy alive

Although it’s not obvious, a San Luis Obispo deal will keep the family in the business
RAB / Radio Advertising Bureau

RAB reboots popular sales tools

It’s called the Instant Background Reports Library

NBC wins Tuesday while upstart CW takes 3rd

The Voice did the trick for NBC Tuesday night, and NCIS episodes fueled CBS’s 2nd-place finish. Perhaps the big story was CW flashing into...

NAB’s Mago will go into retirement

It was perhaps fitting that we have so often seen Jane Mago’s name at the bottom of so many NAB FCC filings
Sold

Done deal in Indiana

The Original Company is now the proud owner of a Boonville IN radio station

Darden is object lesson in corporate governance

Forget about the board, and think instead about the plank

Broadcast stocks come up for air

According to the scribes who try to explain market behavior every day, Wall Street rallied then tumbled. But from the broadcast perspective, it looks...
FTC / Federal Trade Commission

Associations cannot restrict member competition

Advertising was implicated in an FTC final order addressing just what associations can and cannot do with their members
Barack Obama

Watchdog: President, Chairman at odds on neutrality

Obama is not sure Wheeler is headed in the right direction

Tribune buys $400M of itself

Tribune Media President/CEO thinks his company’s stock is grotesquely undervalued
Towers

Radio group used auction process to grow

DMC Broadcasting will be adding to its collection of radio stations the old-fashioned way. It’s building them from scratch.
Rentrak

Rentrak inks Fox Network Group

Rentrak is keeping its name in the news via client signings and acquisitions of late

False alarm on Radio Disney NY sale

According to the broker handling the sale of the Radio Disney group, there is no deal as yet.

NBC wins Monday again

In a repeat of last week, NBC’s The Voice easily overcame the early lead CBS had in the Nielsen ratings battle courtesy of a...
Deal

Forever grows in Altoona with its own properties

Two subsidiaries of the long-standing radio group frequently known to use the Forever brand are coming together