Broadcast News

October employment statistics bode well for the economy in general, said the National Retail Federation, and on top of that, were very positive for its own retail sector. It sees strong holiday and general economic implications.

Q3 revenues were down for the reorganized Tribune Company, but so were expenses

Members of the Pearce family have stepped forward to help Larry Wilson’s L&L Broadcasting deal with a station overage on the South Carolina-Georgia coast by taking WGZO-FM Parris Island SC off of Wilson’s hands.

If proof is needed that radio is one of the most valuable tools available when it comes to promoting

Numerous UK radio broadcasters have launched a campaign opposing that country’s digital switchover. The move, unlike here in the US with HD Radio, would force analog FM broadcasters to all migrate to DAB. Ed Vaizey, the Communications minister, is expected to set a timetable for the switchover that may include a firm switchover date at the Go Digital Conference 12/16.

Disney will end programming SOAPnet on 12/31, replacing it with Disney Junior. SoapNet launched 14 years ago to add eyeballs to its daytime dramas...

After six decades, King has launched air on more than 50 Cumulus stations beginning 11/11...

Seeking Alpha's Andrei Volgin is seeing some negative trending occurring with Pandora--likely since the launch of Apple's iTunes Radio and a new mobile listening cap. While Pandora just released its audience metrics for October that showed growth in total listener hours to 1.47 billion from 1.36 billion in September (hours per listener also increased), Volgin notes that one extra day in October accounts for 45% of the increase in total hours and 33% of the increase in hours per listener. More importantly, the company lost 1.8 million active listeners, he observed.

Envision Radio Networks is offering up its free annual Country Oldies Show Christmas Special beginning 12/16 through the 25th. Host Steve Warren will spin...

CCME’s digital radio service has surpassed 40 million registered users and 260 million downloads. These numbers don’t include the millions who listen to the...

Both shareholders of Media General and the FCC have bestowed their blessings on the merger...

The $9 million sale of Rice University's KTRU-FM Houston (now Classical KUHA) to University of Houston’s Houston Public Media has potentially put the organization...

The renewal of their distribution agreement will allow both Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks to continue delivery of A+E Networks’ channels to...