Chipotle debuts original series
Chipotle Mexican Grill has debuted its original comedy series, “Farmed and Dangerous” on Hulu and Hulu Plus.
Cumulus has even bigger plans for NASH
Cumulus is expected to put into play this week a plan to take its NashFM country brand and promote it
Mickey D’s goes to the head of the class
In last week’s Media Monitors TV SPOT TEN, McDonald’s moved from #2 to #1 airing 20,086 spots last week on Broadcast TV. Toyota increased from #5 to #2 with 18,989 commercials, while Progressive regressed from #1 to #3 running 17,822 spots. Chevrolet soared from #28 to #4 with 15,950 ads and Nissan leapt from #19 to #5 with 15,413 spots.
KARR-AM Seattle to go dark
Family Stations’ Christian Family Radio KARR-AM 1460 Kirkland-Seattle, WA will go dark in the at the end of the month because it lost the lease on its tower site and has been unable to come up with a Plan B.
Time Warner Cable shareholder sues
A shareholder has sued to block Comcast’s proposed $45.2 billion takeover, saying the merger of
Scripps Networks scores healthy Q4
Revenues for the quarter increased 8.2% to $654 million from Q4 2012 on strong ad revenue of
K-98.3 morning drivers create international outrage
Connoisseur Media’s AC WKJY-FM (K-98.3) Hempstead, NY (Long Island) have a bit of a problem
Report: Comcast-TWC merger could kill ATVA
Fierce Cable says that Comcast's deal to acquire Time Warner Cable will likely result in the demise of the American Television Alliance, the coalition of pay TV distributors that TWC formed in 2010 to lobby for reform of retransmission-consent rules.
Roof collapse at WGAL-TV studios
A portion of the roof collapsed at Hearst Television’s WGAL's (NBC) Lancaster, PA studio 2/14
WGN getting FM 87.7 in Chicago
Tribune’s WGN-AM has reached an agreement to run 87.7 FM through an LMA and will launch
Stocks end week with best gains this year
Stocks ended the week with the best gains this year, sending the Nasdaq to the highest level since July 2000. Investors shrugged off a...
Cox Radio Buys Tampa translators
Cox Radio has agreed to purchase the CPs for translators W246CY (97.1) Bradenton, FL and W273CP (102.5) New Port Richey, FL from Circuitwerkes, Inc. The purchase price is...
93.7 The Beat names PD, lineup
CCME’s KQBT-FM 93.7 The Beat, Houston's REAL Hip Hop and R&B, announced Mara Melendez has been named the station’s first PD. She most recently programmed 103.5 The Beat (WMIB-FM) in Miami after being part of the team that launched Power 105.1 WWPR-FM NYC.
Charter + Cox Communications next?
After the just-announced deal between Comcast and Time Warner Cable, speculation is rising that
JVC Media debuts WOW FM in Gainesville
JVC Media has flipped Country WYGC-FM 104.9 in Ocala-Gainesville, FL to Classic Hits "104.9 WOW FM." WYGC was simulcasting sister station, Country WTRS-FM. This, after JVC Media/JVC Broadcasting expanded from its Long Island NY radio base by purchasing Asterisk Communications' Gainesville/Ocala, FL cluster last May.