Stocks drop as debt-ceiling deadline looms
Stocks declined on Monday, with the S&P 500 index closing at a four-week low, as a stalemate on Capitol Hill over preventing a government...
540 ESPN Milwaukee’s Steve Haywood back on-air
Steve Haywood, a 46-year-old Milwaukee native and is back on Good Karma Broadcasting’s ESPN Milwaukee radio. He hasn’t been on the radio in nearly...
Federal agency website shutdowns questioned
The FCC and FTC may be closed for business, but there are existing documents that are still of great interest to many that regularly conduct business with either or both. Some are suggesting the website withdrawals has been done to maximize the pain of the overall government shutdown and are otherwise unnecessary.
Palm Springs TV pair sold
Journal Broadcast Corporation is pruning its television portfolio, and the beneficiary will be OTA Broadcasting, which will be buying a pair of stations in the Palm Springs CA DMA. Kalil represented the seller and Media Venture Partners represented the buyer.
AdLarge’s ROI Network makes waves
AdLarge’s ROI Network has shaken up the network ranking from Nielsen Audio’s RADAR 118 in a recently released external special tab. A newcomer to...
NBC football down but dominant
The NFL San Francisco-Houston matchup on NBC wasn't as hot as previous pairings but was still good enough to give the night to the...
ABC tune-in spots top the week again
On the Media Monitors TV SPOT TEN for last week, ABC TV Network took #1 again with 22,051 spots. Univision was steady at #2...
UK may shutter analog radio by 2018
Analog radio across the pond may be history by the first half of 2018, the head of Britain’s commercial radio trade body said, as she called on the Government to set out a clear timetable for the industry’s digital switchover. Digital radio listening must reach 50% of all listening, if the government can proceed with the switchover process.
Details on L&L-YMF SC deal
$13M WARQ-FM/WOIC-AM, WJXT-FM, WMFX-FM & WWDM-FM Columbia SC (Columbia, Orangeburg, St. Andrews, Sumter SC) from YMF Media LLC (Charles Warfield et al) to L&L...
DOJ asks for more info on Sinclair/Allbritton
The Department of Justice has been reviewing Sinclair’s proposed acquisition of the Allbritton television group, and according to Sinclair, it has asked for more information related to the deal.
Financial pros want Washington to get to work
The continuous battle and “political theater” over the debt ceiling is seen by members of the Association for Financial Professionals as damaging to business, and warn that the failure to raise the debt ceiling and trigger a default will not be good.
Moody’s sees Bonten as risky yet positive
The leverage being carried by television group Bonten Media Group is higher than Moody’s Investor
Fired TV anchor free to pursue in-market radio gig
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a court held that former KMOV-TV news anchor Larry Connors was fired for cause and upheld a non-compete preventing him from working for a competitive television outlet. However, the door was left open for a move to local radio.
Jim Winston discusses “The NABOB Network”
During the Q&A session after the Global Agency Panel session at the NABOB
CNBC suffers lowest quarterly ratings in 20 years
Fox News, MSNBC and CNN were all able to claim ratings victories in Q3, but not CNBC. The network hit a 20-year ratings low...