Nexstar to launch local news in Marquette, MI
Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced that WJMN-TV, the CBS affiliate serving Marquette and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (DMA 180), will launch
NY Post praises Cumulus’ Kim Bryant
Cumulus’ Kim Bryant just wrapped up her first year running the company’s New York stations, delivering some strong results, noted a recent NY Post story. Why? Last year,
“Savage Losing Hannity’s audience”
In the wake of recent PPM numbers in the top five markets showing Michael Savage is besting
Catholic Radio Network buys KPHN-AM
Catholic Radio Network has bought KPHN-AM 1190 Kansas City from Radio Disney Group, LLC for $700,000. Bill Schutz of Schutz & Company
represented the seller;...
March Madness shows off mobile listening
As reported Monday in eMarketer, mobile apps improve the March Madness experience; users are keeping up with the NCAA Tournament by turning to their second screen. According to a study conducted by Harris Interactive for SOASTA, 41% of respondents plan to check for March Madness updates on their app more than once a day. During the first four days of WestwoodOne's exclusive audio coverage of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, mobile listening was up, with more than one million fans tuned to WestwoodOne's broadcast via digital streaming and partnerships.
Shots fired at KTRK-TV studios
Disney’s KTRK-TV (ABC) Houston says a person opened fire outside the Channel 13 studios 3/27 in the morning, and was quickly taken
NYC radio revenues up 2.3% in February
New York Market Radio advertising revenues for the two months of 2014 increased 3.26% over the
Add four more to LRFA sponsor list
A bipartisan group of four members of the House of Representatives have signed on as co-sponsors of a resolution that opposes "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act is now currently co-sponsored by a coalition of 206 Members of the House and 14 Senators.
‘American Idol’, ‘Suburgatory’ hit lows; ‘Arrow’ rises
FOX was number one Wednesday in Adults 18-49 and with total viewers. American Idol hit a Wednesday series low with a 2.1, down a...
Pacifica Radio executive director stages sit-in
Summer Reese, the fired executive director of Pacifica Radio, says she’s still not leaving the left-leaning
Comcast-TWC spinoff scenarios
With the companies’ proposed $45 billion mega-merger under scrutiny, Comcast has pledged to sell 3 million cable subscribers to keep
Analyst: 21st Century Fox, Discovery stocks to pop
The market seriously under-appreciates Discovery Communications and 21st Century
Cleveland sports talker pleads no contest to reduced charge
Good Karma Broadcasting’s WKNR-AM ESPN Radio host Tony Rizzo, accused of domestic violence
US ad spend up 0.9% in 2013; radio, TV take a hit
Total ad spend increased 0.9% in 2013 and finished the year at $140.2 billion, according to Kantar Media
Stocks extend losses; Nasdaq erases gains
Stocks finished lower Wednesday after mid-afternoon selling intensified when President Barack Obama, in a speech in Brussels, called for further economic sanctions against Russia...