Savage dominates in January
WestwoodOne has put together a chart showing ratings highlights for "The Savage Nation" in top markets during the show's first month in its new timeslot. He’s beating Hannity in five major markets, 25-54:
Wheeler makes his move; NAB, others respond
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal will ask the commissioners to vote 3/31 on a proposal that
ACA praises Wheeler plan to stop retrans “collusion”
The American Cable Association commended FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler for circulating his order that takes a stand against collusive retransmission consent negotiations by separately owned TV stations and “calls upon the full Commission to adopt the proposals so that MVPDs, including independent cable operators, are spared from this practice in upcoming negotiations.”
‘Modern Family’, ‘Criminal Minds’ up; ‘CSI’ down
FOX was number one Wednesday in adults 18-49 and with total viewers. On CBS, Criminal Minds garnered a 2.6 up 18% from last week's...
Comcast completes FreeWheel buy
Comcast has finished deal to buy FreeWheel, the Web video ad-serving company. Comcast will end up paying $360 million for the seven-year-old startup. If you throw in employee retention bonuses and other comp, the number could hit $375 million, noted Recode.net.
KKLF-AM sale closes
Gerald Benavides has closed on the purchase of Comedy KKLF-AM 1700 Richardson, TX in the Dallas/Fort Worth market. The Seller is
Comcast begins airing medical marijuana ads (video)
Comcast has begun airing a commercial for MarijuanaDoctors.com that
Salem research details Christian listening
Salem Communications has released research data it commissioned in the largest research project ever done on the habits and patterns of Christian Teaching and Talk listeners across the country. Nielsen conducted the study of 350 Salem Teach and Talk listeners across both PPM and diary markets with Edison Research. Salem's study talked to the listeners of Christian formatted talk stations owned by Salem and other companies, to determine who they are, why they listen, and how they listen:
DirecTV now in talks with Disney, too
DirecTV is in talks with Disney/ABC to license the rights to offer Disney's broadcast and cable channels as
Dow industrials fall; S&P 500 nearly flat
The stock market finished a choppy trading day on Wednesday generally lower with blue-chips falling the most, as investors reacted mildly to mostly disappointing...
The Infinite Dial 2014: What’s encouraging
Edison Research and Triton Digital presented findings from their 22nd Infinite Dial 2014 study
Commissioner Pai praises JSA in Mississippi meeting
Shortly after NABOB Executive Director Jim Winston proposed a potential policy shift in an ex parte filing with the FCC that might help the state of African American commercial television station ownership via JSAs and JSAs, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai met with WLOO-TV (My TV network) in Jackson, MS. He sang the praises of how a JSA with American Spirit Media’s WDBD-TV (Fox) has worked well for the station. Said Pai:
LIN tower buy closes
Kalil & Co. announced the closing on the sale of towers in Savannah, Georgia, from Savannah Towers, LLC to LIN Media. Savannah Towers has no other broadcast interests. The Buyer, LIN Media has two TV stations in the market:
Rosenthal adds Katz Television Group role
Katz Media Group (KMG), a major rep company for radio and television in the US, announced that
Nielsen releases Q4 Cross-Platform Report
According to Nielsen’s latest cross-platform report, Americans consumed nearly 60 hours of content each week across platforms including