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Flagler County Broadcasting’s Variety Hots WBHQ-FM Palm Coast/Daytona Beach (“Beach 927”) has a new co-host in former heavy metal band member

Via Goodby, Silverstein and Partners, Princess Cruises is launching a $20 million ad campaign--the company's most extensive ever--and marks

Townsquare Media Group and Just Jared Inc. have entered into an exclusive partnership. Just Jared (JustJared.com), will partner with

As the dust tries to settle on the recent US Court of Appeals ruling in favor of defeating the FCC’s net neutrality rules, Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theatres, Magnolia Pictures, chairman of AXS TV and founder of Broadcast.com/AudioNet (which was sold to Yahoo! for $5.8 billion in ‘99), penned a blog via BlogMaverick warning that companies should be looking at the future of “app neutrality” as well.

Good Karma Broadcasting’s WKNR-AM ESPN Radio host Tony Rizzo, accused of domestic violence in connection with an incident at his home in December, is...

The proposed AM tower would be built next to the existing AM tower near the Moorestown-Cinnaminson, NJ border: The AM 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.

Nielsen can measure television audiences and radio audiences, and it would like to add the ability to obtain insights into the customers that media serves. So last November, it announced an agreement to acquire noted research firm Harris Interactive. Now, Nielsen Holdings, its wholly-owned subsidiary, Prime Acquisition Corp., and Harris Interactive announced that the offer price for all outstanding shares of common stock of Harris Interactive has been increased from $2.00 to $2.04 per share pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement announced on 11/25/13.

The $1.012 trillion 2014 appropriations bill (H.R. 3547) passed by the Senate 1/16 details the numbers involved for funding the FCC, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

JVC Media/JVC Broadcasting expanded from its Long Island NY radio base with JVC Media of Florida’s announcement to purchase a Gainesville/Ocala, FL cluster from Asterisk Communications last May. It has been operating the stations in an LMA ever since. On 1/17, JVC filed its formal application to acquire the stations for

Similar to our situation here in the states, demand for new mobile services is growing so fast that the UK's TV networks fear they may be squeezed out by competition for limited frequencies on the spectrum they currently use. The OTA/”Freeview” digital TV stations are concerned about a plan to move them from their existing broadcast frequencies, and worry about being asked to make do with less spectrum overall in the long run,

The Hartford, CT Meredith-owned CBS affiliate and the cable provider that serves much of Litchfield

SAG-AFTRA presented its Actor statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2013 at the “20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards”...

Canada’s RB Communications is awaiting final approval on a new country radio station to serve Niagara, ON