“The Jock” picks up Royals broadcasts
Birach Broadcasting’s Sports Talk KXLQ-AM The Jock in Des Moines announced it will carry Kansas City Royals baseball games this season. Radio host Marty Tirrell made the announcement. The station, based in Indianola, IA, carried the Yankees last season.
WideOrbit showing off WO Program v27Q1 at NAB
WideOrbit, provider of advertising management software for media companies, will preview WO Program v27Q1, the latest release of its
Motion Path, Bigstudios join forces
Award-winning design agencies Motion Path and Bigstudios announced a partnership to provide comprehensive, state-of-the-art graphics for major broadcast productions
Bruce Beckner on Cable One-Viacom impasse
On its website, Cable One says it was forced to remove 15 Viacom-owned channels 3/31 after the two companies could not reach a new programming agreement. The MSO, which has 730,000 subscribers in 19 states, says Viacom is asking for a rate increase of more than 100% over the previous fee. Viacom denies that, saying it's only asking for what other TV providers have paid. The impasse continues. RBR-TVBR asked Bruce Beckner, Owner at Garvey Schubert Barer for his thoughts:
CBS Local Digital Media: Continuing the evolution
Four years ago, we launched our new digital media business, rethinking the way CBS’s radio and television stations operate online and in the mobile space. Since then, we have evolved into the largest digital business in local broadcast media. There are few companies that have the radio, television, digital, out-of-home, and events platforms we do, and as a result we’re able to better leverage our local market properties with national scale.
George Kilpatrick leaves WSYR-AM after 20 years
Progressive talker George Kilpatrick's 20-year run on CCME’s News-Talk WSYR-AM Syracuse has come to an end. He didn’t comment on why his 7-9 AM Sunday show is ending, but said he looks forward to expanding to sister station in the market
Avis Budget Group beefs up SiriusXM offering
Avis Budget Group announced that the satcaster is now available as a premium add-on across a majority of its Avis and Budget car rental fleets. More than 60% of its rentals now have factory-installed satellite radio receivers. The in-dash access to SiriusXM replaces the portable plug and play satellite radio previously offered to Avis and Budget renters.
HD multicast audience up 300%
iBiquity Digital announced over 4.7 million people listened to an HD2, HD3 or HD4 channel in an average week, according to the latest Fall 2013 Nielsen Audio Nationwide audience estimates. This represents a 293% increase in AQH audience from the Fall 2011 survey. Also, during that same period, cume grew over 256%. iBiquity also notes
Curtis Media closes on Wilmington, NC translator
Eastern Airwaves, LLC, an affiliate of Curtis Media, has closed on the purchase the CP of translator W235CG (94.9) Ogden (Wilmington), NC from Starboard Media Foundation, Inc., a Wisconsin non-profit. The purchase price is
‘American Idol’, ‘Survivor’, down; ‘Revolution’ up
CBS was number one Wednesday in Adults 18-49 and with total viewers. Survivor notched a season low 2.2 down 4 percent from last week's...
Marketron, Jelli to integrate RadioSpot, Mediascape
Marketron, provider of business software solutions for the media industry, and Jelli, the first
Bounce TV to launch two within “Katz Broadcasting”
Two new demo-specific broadcast networks will launch from African-American-targeted Bounce TV
Emmis fiscal radio Q4 up 11%
Emmis' radio net revenues for fiscal Q4 ending 2/28 were up 11%, from $29.1 million to $32.4 million. Excluding WEPN-FM NYC, which
Wheeler: Retransmission practices were “perverting” congressional intent
FCC Chair Tom Wheeler called the FCC’s recent decision to prohibit
Univision Radio cuts have arrived
We told you first on 3/22: “Univision Radio is set for a wave of internal consolidation which may include