Deals in Greenwich, Johnstown
$250K WGCH-AM Greenwich CT from BTR Greenwich Inc. (Michael Craven, receiver) to Forte Family Broadcasting Inc. (Rocco Forte, Susan Forte). $50K escrow, balance in...
Stocks edge higher in choppy trading session
Stocks ended a choppy trading session with modest gains on Monday, leaving the S&P 500 index just below the all-time closing high of 1,771.95....
WBEN host David Bellavia exits after two weeks
Entercom Buffalo has confirmed David's full time employer wouldn't let him do his new radio show on WBEN-AM. Entercom announced in mid-October that Bellavia...
Another compendium of broadcast closings
The number of station transaction proposals being filed with the FCC seems to have picked up this year, and on the other end keys and cash are being exchanged. Here are notes on a few deals that have made it to the finish line.
Stakeholders: Eschew auction restrictions or loss cash
Two organizations, The Expanding Opportunities for Broadcasters Coalition and the Consumer
FCC ratchets up fine on Florida pirate
The standard fine for operating in the FM band without a license if $10K, but the spectrum buccaneer collared 6/25/13 by FCC agents was an experienced broadcaster and well aware of the rules – and for that his penalty was quite a bit stiffer.
NHMC files petition to deny KFI license renewal
The National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), a non-profit, non-partisan, media advocacy and civil rights organization for the advancement of Latinos, filed a 351-page petition...
HNAM names new advisory committee members
Harry Nelson Artist Management President Harry Nelson says some of the top players in the radio, media, and music industries will join his companies’...
Football rules Sunday once again
The baseball World Series is over, putting NFL Football - and NBC - firmly in control of the Sunday night Nielsens. Football also helped...
Wal-Mart and L’Oreal in the TV Spot Ten
Last week Univision took #1 with 23,742 spots in the Media Monitors TV SPOT TEN. ABC TV Network slipped to #2 with 20,516 spots,...
BMI to mark 75th Anniversary
Broadcast Music, Inc., the global leader in music rights management, will celebrate the 75th year of its founding in 2014. To do so, BMI...
Mets, CCME sign multimedia partnership
The New York Mets and Clear Channel say it’s a five-year landmark multimedia marketing partnership where 710 WOR-AM NY will become the flagship, broadcasting...
Gary AM changing hands
$300K WLTH-AM Chicago IL (Gary IN) from WLTH Radio Inc. (Pluria Marshall Jr.) to Michillianna Broadcasting LLC (Marion R. Williams, Earl Smith). $28,049.46 deposit,...
Journal spins out of Palm Springs
$17M KMIR-TV/KPSE-LP Palm Springs CA from Journal Broadcast Corporation () to OTA Broadcasting (PSP) LLC (William Tolpegin et al). $1.7M escrow, balance in cash...
Chairman Wheeler staffs up
New FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler hit the ground running by announcing key staff members that he says will also hit the ground running. The appointments are for his own staff in three other areas. The Media Bureau is not one of them.