Walden fires up the griddle for the FCC
As always, there are a lot of important issues percolating away at the FCC, and now, there is a new five-member 8th Floor contingent to deal with them, including new Chairman Tom Wheeler. Greg Walden (R-OR) and the rest of the House Communications Subcommittee would like few words.
Huckabee to turn off his mic
His long-form mic, anyway. 200 radio stations are going to have three hours to fill in their schedule as former governor and presidential candidate and current Cumulus Talker Mike Huckabee focuses on alternate opportunities.
CBS on top in tight three-way race
Three networks had a 7 share, but CBS prevailed in a ratings contest that went 2.5-2.4-2.3, beating ABC and NBC. Fox was ahead of...
Online sports is big business
The month of September featured the return of professional football and the buildup toward the Major League Baseball playoff season, and according to Nielsen, one beneficiary was the online sports industry, providing news and fantasy destinations for millions of users.
Oneida takes anti-Redskins campaign beyond DC
The campaign to pressure the Washington Redskins to change their team nickname has been waged over Washington DC radio airwaves, but now the Oneida Indian Nation is taking it on the road.
Analyst forecasts global economic growth
BNY Mellon Chief Economist Richard Hoey believes that several factors will come into play next year which will support a mild acceleration of GDP. Part of his assessment is based on a favorable approach to the economy by the likely next head of the Fed and a downgrade of the economic warfare on Capitol Hill.
Another slip in consumer confidence
According to the Conference Board, consumers lost their faith in the economy modestly during
WGA backs broadcast in retransmission debate
The Writers Guild of America West said that Congress was right to protect local broadcast by supporting retransmission consent, and said that growing consolidation in the MVPD industry and ever-increasing competition make it as important now as it ever was.
Inside the Sinclair Portland Maine Max-out
The ties between Sinclair’s CBS WGME-TV Portland ME and Max Broadcast Group’s Fox WPFO-TV
ACA echoes Rockefeller in call for SSA review
The practice of combining certain operational facets of local television stations via JSAs and SSAs
Prometheus looks at the next steps for LPFM
Activist public interest organization Prometheus Radio Project has been the driving force behind the expansion of the LPFM service in the US, and now that the filing window for new applicants is closed, it is looking at what comes next.
Bakersfield AM heading to Hispanic non-profit
The movement of commercial stations into the hands of non-commercial operators has been one of the deal-making motifs of the last several years, and although the flow seems to have slowed of late, we have another one to report: KLHC-AM Bakersfield CA.
EMF does cash/swap deal in Colorado
$450K KIQN-FM & KRYE-FM Pueblo CO (Pueblo, Rye CO) from United States CP LLC (W. Philip Robinson) to Educational Media Foundation (Mike Novak). Swap...
Access.1 spins Atlantic City TV
$6M WMGM-TV (Wildwood NJ) from Access.1 New Jersey License Company LLC, a subsidiary of Access.1 Communications Corporation (Chesley Maddox-Dorsey) to LocusPoint WMGM Licensee LLC,...
Stocks continue their high wire act
Consumer confidence is said to be on the wane, but stock traders are trading away and bidding up prices nevertheless. Radio and television stocks...