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Late night icon David Letterman contends he has not had enough time to thoroughly demolish the “Late Show” and CBS President/CEO Les Moonves agrees. The two have agreed to keep the Letterman wrecking ball in operation through 2015

In one of the most unlikely pairings imaginable, Doug Flutie, the 5’10’’, 180-pound former Pro Bowl quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner, has teamed up with Charles Barkley, the 6’6”, 252-pound NBA Hall of Famer, in the latest extension of CDW’s “People Who Get IT” brand campaign. CDW gave us details on the buy:

When reviewing a transaction over which it has regulatory authority, the FCC employs a shot clock to move things along in a timely manner. It has been frozen for the duration of the government shutdown.

MVPDs, like any other business sector, want to keep a lid on expenses, which has led to some hardball between them and broadcasters. But it is a practice of cable-only program suppliers that is likely hurting MVPDs more than broadcast expense, as the battle between Cable ONE and Turner illustrates.

From time immemorial broadcasters have sought the perfect balance between the content that brings in an audience and the advertising that brings in revenue. Radio thinker Mark Ramsey advises not to worry so much about spotloads, but about what is surrounding the spots.

Lazer Broadcasting Corp.’s Spanish language stations in California and Reno, Nevada completed a 42-hour fundraising Radiothon recently benefiting local children’s hospitals with a record-setting...

Big Bang got CBS off to a good start but ABC finished strong during the evenings second two hours with CBS enjoying a narrow...

After commenting this year it would experiment with ads on its photo and video sharing app, Instagram announced 10/3 it will begin to offer...

The prospects for economic improvement are increasing, say the execs occupying America’s

Prior to the government shutdown the FCC granted a deal sending the licenses of four television stations and the rights to provide services to two others from Titan to Sinclair, a deal which has now made it to the finish line.

Satellite service Dish and TV group Media General are locked in a retransmission dispute, but MVPD

A blog post from musicFIRST made a genuinely funny remark about the FM chip, saying adding old radio

Shane French, host of "Rover's Morning Glory" on the CCME Cleveland Rocker is facing more than a dozen felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from...

ESPN said in a company-wide memo 10/3 it will end the international versions of its X Games extreme sports competitions because it could not...