KRCB partners with NHK for Bay Area multicast
Rural California Broadcasting Corporation’s non-comm KRCB-TV (PBS) Santa Rosa/San Francisco, announced a new partnership with NHK World TV to bring Japanese and Asian news...
Google opening showrooms for new products (video)
Google is opening temporary showrooms, “Winter Wonderlabs,” in six US. cities, promoting its latest products and stepping up its game against Apple and Microsoft...
NAB, 4A’s take on ad tax changes
Two major national business organizations are taking on the folly of toying with the advertising business deduction. On top of causing immense and immediate damage to America’s media community, it will cause untold damage to the economy in general, they argue.
WASH-FM format takes a holiday
It’ll be all holiday music, all the time at Washington DC Clear Channel AC outlet WASH-FM. Crooner Andy Williams and his “It’s the Most...
Low power owners team for typhoon relief campaign
Dan Viles of CANNY TV Productions and Randy Weigner of DTV LLC Stations are putting the combined reach of their LPTV fleet and production...
Rumors flying about cable consolidation
Is Time Warner Cable for sale? The grapevine sure seems to think so, and the latest talk seems to be pumping up the stock...
Four more co-sponsors for LRFA
The Local Radio Freedom Act purports to head off any attempt to impose any kind of royalty for over-air performance of songs on AM and FM radio, and a quartet of Representatives have added their name to the bill.
Big Bang propels CBS to Thursday ratings win
Big Bang Theory was far and away the most watched program Thursday night, and it fueled a CBS victory, despite #2 ABC taking both...
Another holiday for broadcasters at FCC
The FCC’s final Open Meeting for 2013 is scheduled for 12/12/13, and as has so often been the case over the last four years, it’s another meeting that broadcasters can pretty much ignore.
NC FM going from one college to another
The eclectic format of WGWG-FM is apparently headed in one direction and the station in another. Licensee Gardner-Webb University is selling the station to Columbia International University, which already owns and operates two Christian FMs.
NRF extrapolates positive October to the holidays
Consumers exhibited confidence during October 2013 the old-fashioned way – they spent some
Television M&A activity far from over
Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker has been tuned in to broadcast groups as the Q3 revenue results
Kagan sees retrans more than doubling by 2019
Projections for broadcast retransmission consent fees are on the rise, according to research firm
Holladay grows in the Keys with CC quartet
Not that long ago Robert Holladay’s Florida Keys Media agreed to buy three FM stations from Gamma Broadcasting on the chain of south Florida Islands. Now he has a deal to get four more from Clear Channel Broadcasting Inc.
Radio grows slightly in Q3
When it comes to adding revenues, up is better than down, and for radio Q3 2013 was an up quarter – even if it was only a 1% gain. The fly in the ointment was national, which dropped while digital was soaring.