New talent for The New HOT 103.7
Entercom Seattle welcomes Candy & Potter to anchor the morning show for The New HOT 103.7 (KHTP). As well as Kristin The Island Girl for middays. The announcement is a homecoming for Candy & Potter, as both members of this duo were raised in the Seattle area and began their radio careers there.
“Trophy Wife,” “Mindy Project” down last night
On NBC, The Biggest Loser matched last week's 2.0 adults 18-49 rating. The Voice garnered a 3.3, up three tenths from last week's 3.0...
NY AG settles with Pediasure
New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says his office has reached a settlement with Abbott Laboratories for conducting a misleading campaign for its Pediasure...
ACA asks FCC to block Sinclair retrans “collusion”
The American Cable Association says it wants the Commission to stop Sinclair Broadcasting from colluding in the negotiation of retransmission consent with a “sidecar” license holder that’s separate from Sinclair in name. ACA’s fear, of course is that the practice will can drive up prices to MVPD providers.
Sun Broadcast Group adds Jelli ad platform
Sun Broadcast Group CEO Jason Bailey says the company is investing in the deployment of Jelli's cloud-based ad platform across its network that will...
Localized news radio app readies
It’s a Pandora-like hyperlocal approach to traffic with “musical interludes” from
Charter CEO plays down TWC buy
While Charter Communications last month was working on submitting formal a bid for Time Warner Cable before 2014, “trying to devise a deal structure...
Committee set to review Telecom policy
Communications Subcommittee Chair Greg Walden and Commerce Committee Chair Fred Upton have
Dow, S&P 500 fall for third day
Stocks ended lower Tuesday, with the S&P and Dow falling for a third consecutive session on uncertainty over when the Federal Reserve will begin...
The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits adds 15
Envision Radio Networks says the latest group of affiliates that will be counting down to Christmas with The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits of All...
ATSC elects board members
Members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) have elected three industry execs to serve on the Board of Directors for three-year terms beginning...
What’s up with “El Mandril”?
SBS’s top-rated morning driver “El Mandril” (Ricardo Sanchez) has been off the air at KLAX-FM LA for weeks because of what we’ve heard to be contract negotiations (his current contract ends 1/13). Well, the LA Times says it may be more than that:
Radio Discussions shuts down
Streamline Digital Inc., a division of RBR-TVBR owner Streamline Publishing, acquired the Radio Discussions message boards in May from In3Media, operated by Diana Fleming....
Upstate TV station goes at a bargain price
The sellers of WNMN-DT Saranac Lake NY had a better deal to sell five years ago when the station was but a CP – unfortunately that deal did not go through and the new price as an up-and-running facility is substantially reduced.
Is there a future for progressive political talk radio?
Conservative dominance of the political talk genre is a given, and what little liberal presence there is seems