KOKE-FM upgrades to 24kW
The home-grown Americana/Country outlet on 99.3 mHz in Austin has recently upgraded from 6-kW to 24-kW, after being approved in late September by the...
Simulmedia adds Nielsen Buyer Insights
Simulmedia, a targeted television advertising company, has entered into a licensing agreement with Nielsen to add purchase data from Nielsen Buyer Insights (NBI) to...
Global TV spend up in 1H
TV kept its position as the front-running media format for advertising in the second quarter of 2013, according to Nielsen’s quarterly Global AdView Pulse...
Marketron sets Fall Customer Symposium
Marketron, provider of software solutions for the media industry, will hold its Fall User Symposium on November 13-14 in Santa Monica, CA. Erica Farber,...
Netflix subscribers now top HBO
Netflix has reported (10/21) a big paid subscriber leap in the US that now puts the streaming service ahead of Time Warner's HBO, according...
Stocks steady; Nasdaq rises for fourth day
Stocks finished little changed on Monday, with the S&P 500 pausing from its record climb and the Nasdaq extending gains into a fourth session,...
Lisa Sirotka-Sonnenklar let go at McGavren Guild
The McGavren Guild CEO was let go 10/21 due to “performance and personnel turnover,” according to
Pai backs noncom third-party fund-raising
In an address to National Religious Broadcasters, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai said the organization’s members should not need to seek FCC permission every time they want to collect donations for a local soup kitchen or shelter for battered women.
As Dish hits Media General, NAB hits Dish
Satellite MVPD’s latest retransmission consent impasse involves television group Media
FCC opens the LPFM window wider
Prospective LPFM applicants only lost a couple of days of filing window time due to the government shutdown, and the FCC is being more than accommodating when it comes to making up for lost time.
Rick & Bubba Show delivers World Vision Broadcast-a-Thon
Syndicated Solutions, Inc. - (SSI) announced that its national morning show successfully conducted a two-day Broadcast-A-Thon with the humanitarian charity organization World Vision. This...
Nissan, Chevrolet break into TV Spot Ten
Last week in the Media Monitors SPOT TEN, ABC TV Network regained #1 with 19,535 spots promoting their brand. Univision slipped into #2 with...
Football dominates Sunday prime
NBC got plenty of bang for its NFL buck, outscoring CBS, ABC, Fox and Univision combined in the ratings department Sunday night. And CBS...
Details on Massachusetts cash/stock deal
N/A WBEC AM-FM, WUPE-AM Pittsfield MA, WSBS-AM Great Barrington & WNAW-AM /WUPE-FM North Adams MA from Gamma Broadcasting LLC (Bruce G. Danziger) to Reed...
Holiday shoppers on the prowl for bargains
If our memory is correct, and we’re sure it is, retailers have felt pressure to offer deals during each and every holiday gift-giving season...