Broadcast News

Overall: During the week of 10/21/13, ABC delivered 4 of the Top 10 non-sports broadcast programs in Adults 18-49: Modern Family - #4, Scandal...

The latest programming package from cable giant Comcast would give consumers a very limited selection, essentially cutting basic cable entirely out of the picture. Parents Television Council thinks it’s a great idea.

There would have been extra innings if a tie was the result of Fox's World Series broadcast, but in Nielsen's world it settled for...

Following the success of its Alternative 97X WSUN-FM Tampa, Cox Media Group Miami is also adding Listener Driven Radio (LDR)’s

Members of the media may be less susceptible to unwarranted absenteeism than many other industries, if for no other reason than the famous “the show must go on” ethic engrained in the workforce. But for your own edification and for possible on-air discussion material, here’s a look at the issue from CareerBuilder.

Television and newspaper company Tribune has a dual purpose for a proposed $3.8B loan and smaller revolver – it wants to finance a buy and a refi. Moody’s Investors Service sees much to like in Tribune’s moves and no basis for an overall status change.

KDB-FM is a hybrid operation – it’s owned and operated by a non-profit organization, but one of its income streams is based on the sale of traditional advertising. But it’s been running in the red and it’s going on the block.

Income was up for radio’s #2 giant Cumulus, but so were expenses, and like most radio companies,

So says a Bloomberg story: JPMorgan Chase & Co. is arranging a $3.8 billion seven-year term loan and a $300 million five-year revolving credit line to finance its acquisition of TV stations and to refinance debt, sources told the news outlet. The bank is hosting a meeting with lenders on 10/31.

Marketers continue to gradually increase their global ad spending, as expenditures grew 3.5% in Q2 2013 and 3.5% on a year-over-year basis for the...

Analog radio across the pond may be history by the first half of 2018, as Linda Smith, CEO of RadioCentre (Britain’s commercial radio trade organization), called on the UK Government earlier this month to set out a timetable for the industry’s digital switchover. Ed Vaizey, the Communications minister, is expected to do just that (including possibly a switchover date) at the Go Digital Conference 12/16.