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.
MMTC hails Mignon Clyburn’s greatest hits
History will note that Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn took the “acting” portion of her title seriously, keeping big FCC projects moving and amassing a legacy of accomplishment during her sixth months at the helm. MMTC took it upon itself to celebrate the latter with a 12-item greatest hits list, five of which were broadcast-related.
SBS launching “Aire Radio Networks”
The former major league pitcher for the Minnesota Twins takes another swing: Jack Hobbs, Executive Vice
Yellowstone goes to Gray
Gray Television group has a deal to expand into three small western DMAs, acquiring three full power signals and one low power.
EMF does a cash/swap deal to enter Pueblo
Non-com religious outfit Educational Media Foundation is adding two new signals and one more radio market to its national radio footprint in exchange for a rural Colorado FM and cash.
Charter talks for Time Warner Cable resuming
Charter Communications is working on submitting formal a bid for Time Warner Cable before 2014, "trying to devise a deal structure that would lure...