Thursday, May 14, 2026

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iHeartMedia partners with Omnicom

The companies will present a united front and multiple opportunities for clients to get their message out.
Sold

Buyer emerges for a second Tupelo station

A deal has been struck, this time for WTVA’s former LMA partner WLOV-TV.

Monday pattern continues with NBC win

Here’s the way it’s been going down: CBS gets top show honors thanks to Big Bang, but NBC rides the much longer Voice to...

Stocks down with Wall Street on autopilot

On a generally quiet news day, MarketWatch suggested that much of the trading was computer generated, and if it indicated anything, it was that...
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FCC lengthens the window for Comcast-TWC comments

The opportunity to weigh in on the impending merger of Time Warner Cable into Comcast has been extended
Thumbs Down

Consumers Union opposes Comcast-TWC merger

CU says the merged entity will have too much control over residential broadband and the over programming available on MVPDs generally.
Media General

Shareholders approve Media General/LIN merger

The wedding of the Media General and LIN Media television groups is one step closer to completion
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Gilroy radio operator going from renter to owner

Tron Dinh Do’s Intelli LLC has been operating KAZA-AM Gilroy CA in an LMA
Next Radio HTC One

NextRadio looking forward to Dash Conference

FM on Cell proponent NextRadio plans to be a big part of it.

NBC rides football to another Sunday win

As per usual, a prime time NFL game was just what the doctor ordered for NBC, which posted a rating/share combo that was exactly...
Sold

Family Stations spins out of Bismarck

The non-profit is selling a North Dakota FM to another religious noncom.
Michael Savage

Savage soars on digital

The online performance of radio talker Michael Savage was not only the best by far amongst his competition, it also set a new record.

A Grinch-eye view of 2014 holidays

CFI Group says consumers intend to pull back their holiday spending a bit this year
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AM is a victim of its own contributions to science

Bill Schweber wonders if we should be mourning the slow demise of AM radio
Broadcast Tower

FCC explains “willful” in stormy fencing case

Steckline did not “willfully” knock down the fence around its station’s tower, a storm did