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.
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.
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 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 reports a strong fiscal Q4
The media conglomerate’s fiscal Q4 increased 9% to $3.65 billion, from both the Media Networks and
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...
Battlegrounds: Dems aim at GOP governors
Emboldened by retaking the Governor’s Mansion in Virginia via the victory
Analyst sees only positives in Nexstar/Grant deal
The $87.5M deal under which Nexstar proposes to acquire seven Grant Company television stations
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,...












