Gavel

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

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

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

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.
FCC

Commissioners discuss historic foreign investment update

The FCC voted to change its view of the 25% threshold for foreign broadcast ownership not as a cap but as a trigger for detailed scrutiny with the possibility of waiver. Here’s what the five commissioners had to say about it.
Sold

Univision sheds a Texas FM

KPTY-FM serves the Beaumont-Port Arthur Nielsen Audio market, but it will soon be doing so for a new owner. According to brokerage Kalil and Co., it’s being sold by a Univision subsidiary
FCC

FCC OKs increase in foreign broadcast investment

In what amounts to a new way of looking at existing regulation, the FCC under new Chairman Tom
Viacom

Viacom reports a strong fiscal Q4

The media conglomerate’s fiscal Q4 increased 9% to $3.65 billion, from both the Media Networks and
NJBA / New Jersey Broadcasters Association

NJ Broadcasters oppose changes in ad tax deductibility

New Jersey Broadcasters Association President Paul Rotella has signaled the NJBA’s strong

Suburban Chicago FMs in Digity/NextMedia side deal

$5,527,500 WZSR-FM & WFXF-FM Chicago IL (Woodstock, Dundee IL) from The Mile High Station Trust LLC as Trustee (Elliot B. Evers) on behalf of...
Democrat and Republican

Battlegrounds: Dems aim at GOP governors

Emboldened by retaking the Governor’s Mansion in Virginia via the victory
Nexstar Broadcasting Group

Analyst sees only positives in Nexstar/Grant deal

The $87.5M deal under which Nexstar proposes to acquire seven Grant Company television stations
Sold

Martha’s Vineyard noncom changing hands

Public Radio Capital often brokers deals for noncommercial broadcast facilities, but in the case of WMEX-FM Edgartown MA, it’s the buyer.

S&P 500, Dow rally to close at record levels

Stocks rallied into the close on Wednesday, resulting in record finishes for the S&P 500 and Dow industrials. The S&P 500 jumped 14.31 points,...