Thursday, May 14, 2026

Stocks rise on good news squared

An excellent employment report and a strong dollar spurred a rally on Wall Street. Television companies were happy to partake, while radio stocks edged...

FCC examining expanded MVPD definition

And it wants your opinion.
NFL / National Football League

Watchdog latches on to NFL to protest alcohol ads

Alcohol Justice wants the NFL to end its relationship with sponsors like Anheuser-Busch InBev.
Rentrak

Zenith Media signs with Rentrak

Audience measuring service Rentrak has added its first agency to its client list
Cumulus

RIP Kevin Metheny

KGO/KSFO Operations Manager Kevin Metheny passed away suddenly Friday 10/3/14
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St. Augustine Air gets WYRE’d

There’s new ownership at a Jacksonville FL area FM station
People

Employment prospects picking up

According to CareerBuilder, job increases have been steady but incremental. Now it says that’s about to change – and the change will be good,...
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Oklahoma radio trio sold

The FCC would consider just-sold KLBC-FM, KSEO-AM and KBBC-FM to be in unrated territory

Broadcast stocks on the down side of flat

According to reports, the stock market had a plunge and a surge on the way to an essentially flat day, and broadcasters as a...
U.S. Congress

Reps seek GAO impact study on LPTV

Two key legislators want more information
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NRG spins out of NW Iowa

Seven NRG Media stations are on their way to a new owner
Netflix

Netflix is serious about production biz

Adam Sandler may well be on the exact opposite end of the spectrum from the likes or Robert De Niro
NPR / National Public Radio

NPR picks up cash for international news

National Public Radio operates 17 foreign news bureaus

More Nielsen Audio results for September

Here are results of the ratings wars in Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston and more

CBS wins two out of three Wednesday hours

And that was enough to take the Nielsen honors for the night by a narrow margin over ABC, which at least could brag about...