ESPN Deportes Radio gets NFL broadcast rights
ESPN Deportes Radio has reached a new multiyear agreement for media rights to the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 seasons. Under the agreement, the network will...
Orlando in Washington for CBS
John Orlando is no stranger to the portion of America located inside the Beltway – he’s in the midst of his second stint there for CBS, and has also worked for NAB and on Capitol Hill itself. Now his position with CBS has been elevated.
Buffalo rep questions blackout rule
Brian Higgins (D-NY) believes the rule allowing NFL teams to keep home games off local television when a certain number of tickets are unsold is outdated, and has asked when the FCC will complete a review of the topic. His own hometown Buffalo Bills have been one of the NFL teams frequently on the bubble for a blackout.
LPFM filing window in jeopardy
Prometheus Radio Project has invested years in the effort to increase the population of LPFMs and help them break into
2014 Country Radio Hall of Fame inductees named
The CRS Board of Directors has announced the 2014 Country Radio Hall of Fame inductees in both the Radio and On-Air categories. The radio...
Radio Free Nashville to add translator
Seeking to fill the community radio void created when Vanderbilt University’s WRVU went online-only two years ago, 107.1 WRFN-LP Pasquo, TN’s “Radio Free Nashville”...
WLW’s Darryl Parks rages at FCC’s AM ideas
The CCME Corporate PD and WLW-AM Cincinnati Saturday talker served as PD for WLW from 1999 through 2010. He just penned a blog that takes issue—major issue—with the FCC’s recent ideas on revitalizing the AM band:
Paramount to cut 110 jobs
Viacom’s Paramount Pictures plans to eliminate 110 jobs across several departments, citing a competitive climate for moviemaking. The cuts will come in finance, human...
Stocks rebound as shutdown risk becomes reality
Stocks posted broad gains Tuesday as a partial government shutdown removed an element of uncertainty that had dogged stocks in the prior two sessions....
ABC took second place
Overall: During season premiere week (w/o 9/23/13), ABC took second place in Adults 18-49 (moving up from 4th place a year ago), leading both...
CBS wins premiere week
CBS won premiere week in viewers for the fifth consecutive year — its ninth year overall in the past 11 — led by the...
Fox’s X Factor delivers strong numbers
With the first week of the official broadcast season underway, FOX ranked No. 2 for the week among Adults 18-34 and No. 3 (tie)...
Eshoo wants incentive auction participants
To that end, Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA) is asking the FCC to step up its outreach efforts to sell the benefits of participating in the incentive auction program to broadcasters.
NextRadio picking up steam
TagStation has provided an update of the state of NextRadio – the Emmis-spearheaded initiative that has put FM radio on Sprint mobile
Michael Reagan: Media creates conflicts for ratings
The former Premiere- and Radio America-syndicated talker blasted mainstream media networks 9/30 during a radio interview on KCAA-AM Riverside, CA.
Reagan said 24/7 news channels...