CBS/TWC settlement seen as CBS victory
According to Marci Ryvicker of Wells Fargo, it appears that CBS fared best as the hostilities between it and
Driving on the wane
The Associated Press, citing Federal Highway Administration figures, says that the total miles driven by Americans during the first half
“Idol” names third judge
It’s official: the judges have been named for the next season of Fox’s American Idol. Jennifer Lopez returns to American Idol XIII as a...
American Restaurant Concepts partners with Jaguars
American Restaurant Concepts, operator and franchisor of Dick's Wings & Grill restaurants, has entered into a partnership with the Jacksonville Jaguars to serve as...
Kim Carrigan joins The Financial Exchange
The Financial Exchange with Barry Armstrong, Boston’s only daily business news show on Entercom’s WRKO-AM Boston, announced Kim Carrigan, one of Boston’s most popular...
Under the Dome puts CBS over the top
New material from CBS and NBC put the two networks #1 and #2 on a rerun-laden Monday night. Univision just beat out ABC to...
Toyota takes the top Spot Ten for TV
With their Clearance Event ads going full-blast, Toyota jumped from #6 to #1 with 22,677 spots. ABC TV Network slipped back into #2 with...
Dickey delivers the details
At Cumulus’ 9/3 investor call, CEO Lew Dickey mapped out additional details of the sale of 12 mid- and small-market stations to
Two unrelated deals, same price
$75K WKLB-AM Lexington KY (Manchester KY) from Barker Broadcasting WKLB AM (Lynda Barker) to Sonshine Broadcasting Company Ltd. (Robert W. Rodgers, Curt Davis). Includes...
Advertising effectiveness touted in PSA campaign
The Ad Council says a year-long advertising campaign to bring parents on board with the effort to improve children’s oral health habits has had...
Sinclair sees NewsChannel 8 as a seed
When all of its dealing is done, Sinclair Broadcast Group will be pushing the national TV household reach cap of 39%, giving it a...
Holladay Keys in on Florida
Bruce Danziger’s Gamma Broadcasting is selling three FMs located in the Florida Keys, and Robert H. Holladay is the buyer under the name Florida Keys Media LLC. Two of the stations serve the Key West end of the Keys, and the third is located just to the east.
CBS, Time Warner Cable sign carriage deal
Well, it’s been a month of blackout in multiple markets, but on 9/2 CBS Corp. and Time Warner Cable and
Another syndication split decision
The Big Bang Theory maintained its place atop the total viewer chart during the week of 8/12/13, but Judge Judy also enjoyed an encore...
Jazz WYZR launches near Pittsburgh
Bethany, WV-licensed WYZR-FM 88.1 went on the air 8/31, one day ahead of schedule. The station, once owned by Bethany College, is the new home to the jazz format which was abandoned two years ago when heritage Jazz WDUQ-FM Pittsburgh was sold to Essential Public Media and became WESA-FM.