Looking under the hood at the Townsquare buy
The multi-million dollar deal that will result in Cumulus Media getting Dial Glo…oops, WestwoodOne and
NPR’s Latino USA expands
On 9/6, NPR’s Latino USA with Maria Hinojosa, the foremost Latino voice in public media and longest running Latino-focused program on radio, will expand...
NBC chalks up another Tuesday win
America’s Got Talent propelled NBC to another ratings victory, putting it well ahead of #2 Univision. Fox Danced its way to #3, followed in...
AJG bulks up in Morgantown
$1.8M WCLG AM-FM Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont WV (Morgantown WV) from Bowers Broadcasting Corporation (Linda Bowers) to AJG Corporation (Lauren M. Kelley Driscoll). $90K escrow, balance in...
News Corporation spins newspapers
First Rupert Murdoch’s corporation split its print assets away from its broadcast and cable assets. Now it has a deal that will slim down...
Rubio objects to ACA ad plans
The US Department of Health and Human Services is planning to buy ads in 16 selected metropolitan areas designed to educate citizens about the...
Lotus scores second Sacramento-area radio station
An active station buyer of late, Lotus Communications has a deal which will eventually give it an old-fashioned AM-FM combo in California’s capital city market. According to brokerage firm Kalil and Co., Lotus is buying KMJE-FM Placerville CA from Results Radio.
KDND employee denied reimbursement in water death
Matt Carter, a part-time employee of Entercom’s KDND Sacramento, is not going to get his legal expenses reimbursed in the latest legal twist to...
TV One sets ratings record in August
TV One saw its highest monthly performance in history as well as its best summer performance ever among Adults 25-54. Original primetime series drove...
Gray launches on Syncbak
Gray Television announced the consumer launch of all of its Big Four network-affiliated channels on the Syncbak app. As a result, in-market consumers who...
SiriusXM re-ups with Fox News; adds FBN
Sirius XM Radio and FOX News announced a new agreement to carry FOX News through August
Dial Global now WestwoodOne
As we reported on 8/26, Dial Global has officially changed its name to WestwoodOne. The company also has a new logo and is soon...
Stocks finish with limited gains
Stocks rose modestly on Tuesday after upbeat U.S. data followed positive global reports on manufacturing and as the White House lobbied Congress to approve...
Moody’s likes the numbers on Townsquare deal
Townsquare Media’s plans to bulk up with stations from Cumulus and Peak will increase its footprint in its regions, and according to Moody’s, it...
FTC stops car dealers from making deceptive claims
Ads for vehicles on sale by a car dealer in Maryland and another in Ohio were found by the FTC to have deceptive pricing...