ABC takes Halloween
An 8% chunk of the 18-49 audience was missing Thursday due to Halloween-related activities, and ABC had Charlie Brown on hand to help capture...
GoDaddy details some of Super Bowl campaign
For a 10th year in a row, GoDaddy is in the Super Bowl line-up. The web platform for small businesses has bought two thirty-second...
West Virginia FM headed for daisy-chain cluster
$1.3M WCWV-FM Summersville WV from R-S Broadcasting Company Inc. (Wesley Brown) to Summit Media Broadcasting LLC (Nunzio A. Sergi). $50K escrow, balance in cash...
Another Class A move by Locuspoint
$1.4M WBNF-CD Buffalo NY from Faith Broadcasting Network Inc. (Michael J. Daly) to Locuspoint WBNF Licensee LLC (William deKay, Ravi Potharlanka et al). $10K...
Schurz expands into Rapid City
Citing the difficulty of operating a TV standalone in the modern communications marketplace, Duhamel Broadcasting Enterprises has accepted an offer from Schurz Communications to acquire its Rapid City SD ABC affiliated KOTA-TV and three satellites.
WaPo joins list of TV companies in odd-year crunch
The newly-newspaperless Washington Post still owns a television group, where the lack of political and Olympic income caused the red ink to flow freely in Q3 2013. Results for its cable division weren’t nearly as gruesome.
Another investment in NC airspace from Curtis
Donald W. Curtis and his Eastern Airwaves media group has been snapping up FM translators in North Carolina of late – and now a deal has been filed for a between-market AM station.
Arizona station owner to run for governor
Murphy Broadcasting owner Rick Murphy is no stranger to politics in his state. He was twice defeated in congressional races and rebuffed by voters...
Turner, Starcom strike brand integration deal
The deal will feature brand integrations for Starcom USA (Publicis Groupe) clients within
Stocks close lower, log October gains
Stocks closed lower Thursday, finishing out a strong October, as investors digested the possibility the Federal Reserve may taper asset purchases earlier than expected....
WEBQ radiothon saves homeless shelter
An eight-hour radiothon by Withers Broadcasting’s Country WEBQ-AM Harrisburg, IL provided the shelter with more than $40,000 in donations and pledges. It's enough to...
USA Today back on top
According to the latest Alliance for Audited Media (AAM) report, Gannett’s USA Today has returned to the number one spot in total daily circulation...
NBC: “Revolution” maintains in spite of World Series
Wednesday Primetime Results: TIME-SHIFTING: Note that last week in L+3, both “Revolution” and “SVU” added 57% to their 18-49 ratings.
Despite facing the deciding sixth...
100.3 The Sound airing “KMET Mighty Met Weekend”
Beginning 11/3, Bonneville’s KSWD-FM LA 100.3FM The Sound is presenting a “Mighty Met Weekend” featuring the legendary DJs from SoCal’s iconic progressive rocker KMET-FM.
Dr....
FTC goes after weight loss product manufacturer
Advertisements for HCG Platinum claim that the product can help users lose a pound a day and have helped the manufacturer to multiple millions of dollars in sales. But the FTC wants to see the manufacturer in court.