Calming trend in CALM complaints
CALM Act authors Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have been tracking the bills effects, and according to the latest stats...
Gray wields Excalibur to acquire WV TV
Excalibur Broadcasting is buying CW WQCW-TV and companion WOCW-LP in the Charleston-Huntington WV DMA, and will enter into an SSA with Gray Television for...
Radio deals in Pennsylvania, Minnesota
$400,695.74 WEEO-FM McConnellsburg PA from Allegheny Mountain Network (Cary H. Simpson) to Magnum Broadcasting Inc. (Michael M. Stapleford). Promissory note for entire amount. LMA...
Smulyan leveraging technology to secure radio’s future
According to Emmis chief Jeff Smulyan, radio doesn’t have an effectiveness problem, it has a
James Murdoch sells chunk of 21st Century Fox
The 21st Century Fox deputy COO, has sold about 18.5% of his stake in the media company for about $15 million. Murdoch, son of...
FXX gets cable rights to “The Simpsons”
21st Century Fox’s new FXX network has scored both cable and online streaming rights to reruns of Fox’s "The Simpsons" in what is billed as one of the most expensive syndication deals in television history, FXX said. The animated show is the longest running comedy series yet and so far only been syndicated on local broadcast affiliates.
Shanon Murphy returns home after brain surgery
“Psycho Shanon,” part of the YEA Networks- syndicated Kidd Kraddick in the Morning Radio show from KISS-FM (KHKS-FM Dallas), is home from the hospital...
Nielsen to lay off a total of 333 in Columbia, MD
While it’s obvious they are not waiting until January to lay off many former Arbitron workers in
Media General, DISH strike retransmission deal
After going dark on DISH in October in a dispute that went so far that the FCC was called in to mediate
Wheel of Fortune coasts to syndie weekly win
Although Judge Judy dueled Wheel of Fortune to a 7.2 tie in terms of household ratings, Her Honor was about 1.4M shy of Wheel’s...
Dow, S&P 500 rise for 6th consecutive week
Stocks stepped higher on Friday, handing another record close to the S&P 500 and the Dow, as investors continued to find encouragement from Janet...
Ron Ruth passes
Leah Kamon, SVP, Marketing & Communications Radio Advertising Bureau said that Ron Ruth, former EVP/Stations with the RAB, has passed 11/16: “It is with...
CANNY Inc. expands Idaho Falls/Pocatello DMA offering
Dan Viles, CANNY Inc. GM, tells us they feel that with streaming and the huge number of networks available that even smaller rural cable...
Glenn Ordway joins Sirius XM
Glenn Ordway, who was let go by Entercom’s WEEI in February after a 27-year run, has debuted on Sirius XM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio...
Alec Baldwin suspended by MSNBC
Alec Baldwin’s MSNBC show “Up Late With Alec Baldwin” has been suspended for eight days