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.
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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.
Blackouts fuel disgruntlement among NFL fans
Support is lining up to bring an end to the non-profit tax-exempt status of the National Football League. One question: Why should citizens pick up the taxation slack for an organization that scorns those same citizens by blacking out access to its games?
Watt FHFA nomination hit with filibuster
President Barack Obama’s nomination of Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC) to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency met with significant headwinds as Senate Republicans mustered enough votes to deny cloture and a vote on the actual confirmation. Watt has been in the trade press recently as sponsor of the Free Market Royalty Act.
Fox homers with final Series game
No other network even came close to Fox Wednesday night as the Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in the contest's 6th...
Belo saw a tough Q3 on political comps
Belo reported total revenue of $166 million in Q3, which was $10 million or 5.7% lower than Q3 2012 as the company fought tough...
Journal cruises to successful Q3
Top line revenue for multimedia Journal Communications was down a scant 0.1% during the third quarter of 2013, an impressive result given the loss of more than $11M in political and Olympics revenue. The group also overcame an eight-week retrans negotiation impasse with Time Warner Cable.
Attorney: Dave Herman was duped by cop
His lawyer claims the former iconic WNEW-FM NYC DJ was fooled by an undercover cop in a sex sting. Attorney Marc Agnifilo tells The...
CBS, Nielsen launching cross-media measurement trial
More good news coming from the Nielsen-Arbitron merger: They jointly announced CBS’s participation in
Michigan combo changing hands
$779K WMMI-AM & WCZY-FM Mount Pleasant MI (Shepherd, Mount Pleasant MI) from Central Michigan Communications Inc. (Terrence M. Carey) to Latitude Media LLC (Robert...
Mission: Move into Binghamton
$15.25M WICZ-TV/WBPN-LP Binghamton NY from Stainless Broadcasting LP (Brian W. Brady) to Mission Broadcasting Inc. (Nancie J.Smith, Dennis P. Thatcher)., $150K escrow, balance in...
Retail picked up steam in September
Although government stats said otherwise, the different computational methods of the
Media General comps sink on lack of political
The odd-year comparables for television groups are always challenging, and it was far too big of a hole for Media General to dig out of after last year’s epic political spending. But it did show growth in its core advertising categories.
Langer adds another Massachusetts signal
The Trustees of Boston University have decided to spin off their Boston-area radio station located in West Yarmouth MA, and broadcast veteran Alexander Langer is right there to scoop it up.
Stocks drop after Fed news; S&P quits streak
Stocks ended lower Wednesday after a Federal Reserve statement gave ground to speculation the central bank could rein in its asset-purchase stimulus program sooner...