Auction 84 offers AMs to limited bidding pool
The seeds of the AM stations that are about to go on the FCC auction block date all the way back to 11/6/03, when the FCC first announced a window for proposals aimed at their creation. Now, more than ten years later, their auction to a group of mutually-exclusive proponents has been announced.
“Radio Men” out at KKZX
They’ve been the morning men for more than 20 years at CCME’s Classic Rocker KKZX-FM Spokane, WA, but the duo of Jim Arnold and...
Univision and Walmart pour it on
In the Media Monitors TV SPOT TEN for last week, Univision ran 22,715 spots to top the list with Walmart maintaining #2 with 22,532...
As usual, football rules Sunday
NBC won primetime and Fox was #2 with the best NFL overrun Sunday night. CBS earned 3rd just ahead of ABC, with Univision bringing...
“Quinn and Rose” leave mornings at WPGB
Conservative talkers Jim Quinn and Rose Tennent (“The War Room with Quinn and Rose”) have ended their run at CCME’s Talker WPGB-FM Pittsburgh the...
FCC ownership filing deadline extended
The fallout from the government shutdown continues – in this case, the deadline to return the biennial ownership report sent to the FCC on Form 323 has been extended.
Moms looking for holiday discounts
Digital will continue to grow as a factor in holiday shopping, and that definitely goes for perhaps THE major shopper category – moms. A study from Adroit Digital spells out what they are looking for.
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