Radio hosts as debate moderators questioned
Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus is open to the idea of allowing well-known talk show hosts ask the questions during the 2016 presidential...
Fox cooks up yet another ratings win
MasterChef overpowered America’s Got Talent and sent Fox en route to a clear Nielsen victory Wednesday night. NBC did grab 2nd, Univision and CBS...
Twitter buys Trendrr for better read on TV tweets
Twitter has acquired Trendrr, a data analysis company, to better leverage users' tweets about television to draw in more advertisers. Trendrr analyzes data from...
Yahoo redesigns sites for streaming ads
Yahoo's stream ads are getting more space as the company introduces a redesign of seven of its most popular sites. The ads will be...
Malone “shortchanged” Sirius XM investors over Liberty
Liberty Media Chief John Malone unfairly used an investment agreement to acquire
More Murray Macon machinations
$200K WRWR-AM Macon GA (Warner Robins GA) from Georgia Eagle Media Inc. (Cecil P. Staton) to WRWR-AM Radio LLC (Christopher L. Murray). $5k down...
Sinclair spins stations to Deerfield
$7.35M WABM-TV & WTTO-TV Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa AL (Birmingham, Homewood AL) from units of Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (David Smith) to Deerfield Media LLC (Stephen P....
Top tailgating vehicles named
Sports fans, like most other demographic subgroups, buy vehicles, and if they are in the market for a vehicle right now, their researches will...
LPTV group may challenge incentive auctions in court
According to the LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition, the stations it represents are imperiled
Riverfront combo flows to Flood
An old-fashioned AM-FM combo is getting a new owner. KNCY AM-FM, operating on the banks of the Missouri River, will be going from Riverfront Broadcasting to Flood Broadcasting in a cash deal.
Stocks close higher as energy stocks rally
Stocks on Wednesday advanced for the first session this week, with oil producers leading the gains, as the price of crude settled at a...
The Matt and Ramona Show re-up with WLNK
Greater Media announces it has signed a multi-year deal with The Matt and Ramona Show on WLNK-FM in Charlotte. Matt Harris and Ramona Holloway...
Sixth RAB/BMI Scholarship program completed
The RAB, in conjunction with Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), and the Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio Group (MIW), announced the completion of the...
And, as long as we’re writing about the media…
This was part of my editorial column from the 8-15 edition of the Penny Press (pennypressnv.com). Given what RBR-TVBR wrote about NASCAR, I thought...
Walden working over Congressional Democrats
As Chairman of the House Communications Subcommittee and as a former broadcaster, Greg Walden (R-OR) knows better than most the value of effective advertising....