“The Wonderful World of Ostaro” launching on ION
Celebrity astrologer Ostaro has just wrapped filming the pilot of his new television show slated for the ION network, "The Wonderful World of Ostaro"....
SCBA to honor advertisers
The Southern California Broadcasters Association (SCBA) and SCBA’s General Sales Managers Council will honor the Southern California Ford Dealers, AIS Insurance, In-N-Out Burger, and...
West Virginia Radio Corp. suit moving to business court
Looks like West Virginia Radio Corp.'s move to disqualify a judge from hearing its lawsuit may have been granted—in a way. The Dominion Post...
NBC sings its way to Monday win
The Voice won the first two hours of the night and a strong performance by The Blacklist during the third hour gave NBC a...
CCME signs with Nickelodeon for iHeart
Nickelodeon has joined forces with Clear Channel Media and Entertainment to create its own station on its iHeartRadio online app. “Nick Radio” launched 9/30,...
Viacom re-launching MTV Russia
Viacom was set to relaunch its MTV channel on Russian cable and satellite networks 10/1. First launched in September 1998, the network was run...
Nielsen Vice Chair Susan Whiting to retire
Nielsen Holdings N.V. says that Whiting has decided to retire at end of this calendar year after a 35 year career with the company....
One World Trade Center readies for broadcasters
Photo Credit: Carl Marcucci
It has been 12 years since the 9/11 terror attacks knocked down the twin towers in New York City—and quite a...
FCC October agenda sneak preview
Whether the FCC even has an October open meeting is anybody’s guess at this point, but for at least one class of FCC licensees,...
Disney and Dish keep the lights on, keep on talking
After the headline-grabbing retransmission consent battle between CBS and Time Warner
Radio stations in limbo
The FCC recently released a list of radio stations that had not applied for license renewals and were running up on their license expiration date – in fact, this is being written 10/1/13 and that is the date in question. What is really in question is the next move for a station with an FCC problem and no functioning FCC to address it.
FCC out of business
If somebody at the FCC answers your phone call, odds are you will be talking to Mignon Clyburn, Jessica Rosenworcel or Ajit Pai. By lunch time 10/1/13, there will be few others on duty at the Commission due to the government shutdown.
Aloha spins Florida FM for Clear Channel
$1.85M WPHR-FM Fort Pierce-Stuart-Vero Beach FL (Gifford FL) from Aloha Station Trust LLC (Jeanette Tully) on behalf of Clear Channel Broadcasting Inc. to R&S...
Telemundo picks up Texas TV
$8.5M KTLM-TV Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen TX (Rio Grande City TX) from W. Lawrence Patrick, Receiver for Sunbelt Multimedia Company to NBC Telemundo Licenses LLC, a subsidiary...
Coalition fights to keep ad tax deduction in the code
A group of groups is fighting against a proposal to end the business deduction for advertising expenses











