Another study sees improved holiday spending
The latest look at the state of the retail community from Euclid finds quite a few areas of concern, and joins with many others in taking a swipe at Congress for the government shutdown. But in the end, it thinks holiday shopping will improve YOY.
Comcast’s Xfinity to sell movies for download and streaming
Comcast plans to start selling movies via set-top boxes and its Xfinity TV website by the end
Dallas AM spin traces radio trading trajectory
The good news – the seller of KRVA-AM Cockrell Hills TX will earn more than it paid for it a couple of years back. The bad news – the new price is only about half what it sold for earlier in this young millennium.
Ex-WCWA host indicted for drugs, weapons charges
The Toledo Blade reports that Troy Neff, 35, former host at Clear Channel’s Sports Talker WCWA-AM Toledo, OH was involved in a road-rage incident...
Details as Digity reels in NextMedia group
$84,975,200 WKRS-AM/WXLC-FM, WJOL-AM/ WSSR-FM, WRXQ-FM, WERV-FM, WCCQ-FM & WLIP-AM Chicago IL (Waukegan, Joliet, Coal City, Aurora, Crest Hill IL, Kenosha WI); KLAK-FM, KMKT-FM &...
Stocks end higher on Yellen; records for Dow, S&P
Stocks closed higher on Thursday after investors found encouragement in a confirmation hearing for Federal Reserve chairwoman nominee Janet Yellen. The S&P 500 rose...
100 Greatest Christmas Hits names affiliates
Envision Radio Networks welcomes the latest group of affiliates that will be counting down to Christmas with The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits of All...
Westwood One re-ups with Weather Channel
It’s a multi-year contract extension with The Weather Channel for ad sales representation. The renewal runs through 2016. The Weather Channel provides daily, customized...
Wilmington’s Bach Radio shutters
Two years after its debut, Wilmington, NC's only all-classical-music station, Hometown Wilmington Media's WSFN-A/FM has ceased its programming, reports the Wilmington Star News. The...
Cumulus to sell KABC, KLOS site
What a smart move: Cumulus will sell its longtime 45,000 sq.-ft. facility and property for the stations on South La Cienega Boulevard in LA. The 10-acre site is near a stop on the Expo Line rail route connecting downtown LA and suburban Culver City, reports the LA Times:
Watchdog quantifies incentive auction questions
Do you have questions about how the incentive auction process will work its magic – converting broadcast spectrum to mobile broadband spectrum while enriching the US Treasury? If you said yes, you are not alone – the Digital Policy Institute poses the top ten questions about the process.
Pandora holding off iTunes Radio in early going
The conventional wisdom is that the introduction of iTunes Radio is going to take a big bite out of incumbent internet radio leader Pandora – but if that is the case, Aaron Pressman of Daily Ticker says it’s not showing up in Pandora’s stock price.
CBS wins Wednesday, ABC has top show
ABC won the second hour Wednesday night with a strong performance by Modern Family, but CBS took hours one and three, relegating ABC to...
Nielsen lays off numerous Nielsen Audio employees
Sources say massive layoffs have taken place 11/14 at the former Arbitron Columbia, MD facility
Cumulus taps Peter Bolger for WLS-AM
Bolger joins the Chicago News-Talker from San Antonio, where he was Director of AM Programming for Clear Channel’s WOAI-AM and Ticket 760 Sports Radio. He’s the new Operations Manager/Program Director for WLS. Former Operations Director Drew Hayes left for a PD post at sister news/talk KABC-AM LA early this year.