Comcast getting Time Warner Cable for $158.82/share
Comcast announced it has agreed to buy Time Warner Cable for $45.2 billion in stock, or
Stocks break 4-day winning streak
Stocks ended Wednesday generally lower as investors paused after the largest four-consecutive session rally in more than a year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
Armada sale to Radio Plus Bay Cities sale closes
Kalil & Co. announced the closing on the sale of radio stations WLST(FM), WMAM(AM), Marinette
Jillian Barberie joins KABC
Cumulus’ TalkRadio 790 KABC welcomes Jillian Barberie to join John Phillips for the new “Mid-Day LA with Jillian Barberie & John Phillips” as part of the station’s recently launched live and local in SoCal lineup. “Mid-Day LA with Jillian Barberie & John Phillips” will air weekdays from noon to 3 p.m. beginning 2/17.
2014 Ward L. Quall award winners named
The Broadcasters Foundation of America announced the recipients of the 2014 Ward L. Quaal Leadership Awards, to be presented at the Foundation’s
Channel sharing: A new opportunity for broadcasters
Tom Wheeler, FCC Chairman, penned a blog with the title above regarding enthusiasm for
ASCAP 2013 revenues up 13%
Revenues remained strong at $944.4 million, led by a $13.2 million increase in domestic receipts boosting ASCAP's financial growth
Eight in ten Millennials listen to Internet radio
So says Larry Rosin, of Edison Research: Last fall, Edison Research debuted “The New Mainstream”
OSU buys translator for Ponca City
Stillwater, OK-based Oklahoma State University, licensee of KOSU-FM, has agreed to purchase the CP for translator Station K235CG (94.9 mHz) Ponca City, OK from E-String Wireless, Ltd. The purchase price is
Sounders FC partner with ESPN Deportes Seattle
ESPN Deportes Seattle Radio Group, with stations in Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia, will broadcast live play-by-play coverage of all Seattle Sounders FC Major League Soccer matches during the 2014 regular season and playoff games, including a 30-minute pregame show and 30-minute post-game analysis in Spanish. The stations include:
‘Dads’, ‘New Girl’ hit new lows
It’s an Olympics thing: NBC was the number one network in adults 18-49 and with total viewers. Night six of coverage of the Winter...
WBKP-TV, WBUP-TV dinged for children’s programming reports
Lake Superior Broadcasting Corp.’s WBKP (The CW) and WBUP (ABC) have been issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture based on a failure to file timely Children's Television Programming Reports for the two stations in the Calumet/Ishpeming/Marquette, Michigan market.
Democratic leaders want to ban e-cig ads
On 2/12, Rep. Henry Waxman, Sen. Tom Harkin, and Rep. Peter Welch sent a letter to California AG Kamala Harris, Iowa AG Tom Miller and Vermont AG William Sorrell urging them to classify electronic cigarettes as cigarettes under the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) to prevent e-cigarette companies from targeting youth and getting them addicted to their products.
RAB details sessions at 2014 NAB Show
The Radio Advertising Bureau will present five revenue and growth oriented sales and marketing sessions at this year’s NAB Show to be held in Las Vegas April 5-10, 2014. The sessions, led by the RAB Professional Development team, feature an array of radio sales, marketing and creative executives who will share their expertise on increasing radio revenue in today’s vast media landscape.
CBS Radio aux tower gets reviewed
The proposed auxiliary AM tower would be built next to the existing AM tower near the Moorestown-Cinnaminson, NJ border: The 425-ft. tower for 50-kW WPHT-AM—located in an open field—was built roughly 60 years ago (before most of the surrounding homes) and a number of Cinnaminson residents say it’s been a source of disturbances ever since. Now they’re concerned a proposed second tower will create even more problems.