Broadcast News

On 4/8 Comcast and Time Warner Cable filed the proposed $45.2 billion deal for Time Warner Cable. David Cohen, Comcast EVP, also wrote in a 4/8 SEC filing that the deal presented to the FCC lays out in considerable detail how Comcast and TWC are better together for millions of customers and businesses, “describing the exciting enhanced services and other concrete consumer benefits that will be available because of the transaction. Importantly, we show that these significant benefits are achieved without diminishing competition in video, broadband, phone, programming, advertising, and other markets.”

WestwoodOne has extended its agreement as the official network radio partner of the Masters, which includes the 2014 Masters Tournament

DIRECTV’s arbitration clause does not bar DIRECTV customers from suing the company for illegal early termination fees, the Second District Court of Appeals

Ten radio stations received 2014 Crystal awards from the National Association of Broadcasters in Las Vegas. The NAB's Crystal Radio Awards recognize

CBS Radio’s Hot AC/Y98 (KYKY-FM) St. Louis announced Brion O’Brion will take over the night air-talent position, effective 4/9. The Brion O’Brion show will be heard weeknights from 7p-Midnight, and will feature a great variety of music, along with Brion’s unique perspective on entertainment, current events and local happenings.

Black Card Radio’s Charlie Tuna continues to grow with additions and changes in several markets. Charlie recently joined Classic Hits WNDR "The Dinosaur" Weekdays 7p-midnight, with his 70s Weekend Show airing Sunday nights in Syracuse.

The Comcast AdDelivery service and Adstream, a global provider of digital ad distribution solutions, are offering up a global ad delivery platform targeting the needs of global brands. A simplified platform will provide advertisers a fast method for managing and distributing video assets over the industry's most expansive international ad delivery network. This combination of reach and capability supports the global marketer with visibility, control, reporting and management of advertising asset distribution.

NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke told the media at a lunch at 30 Rock that NBC is poised to finish the

Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman told attendees at The Festival of Media in Rome that marketers need to revise their media mix and give more consideration to radio, which he said is a medium largely overlooked despite its “incredible return…Radio has done a terrible job of marketing itself and performs a unique function, especially as consumers continue to move on to mobile devices.”

The Marketron CEO, fresh from signing new deals with Jelli, Imagine Communications, Efficio

FCC Media Bureau Chief Bill Lake told attendees at NAB’s annual Garvey Schubert Barer breakfast

FCC commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Ajit Pai were present at the Fox affiliates board meeting at NAB 4/7, headed by Chairman Jeff Rosser, who’s also a group VP at Raycom. Given the recent FCC vote pulling JSAs and collective retransmission bargaining, the group asked