Sirius XM

Sirius XM sued over non-payment of royalties

SoundExchange, the entity that collects performance royalties from digital music services, has sued the satcaster for allegedly refusing to pay for recordings made prior...

Murray gets second Macon FM

$400K WRWR-FM Macon GA (Cochran GA) from Georgia Eagle Media Inc. (Cecil P. Staton) to Praise 107.5 FM Radio LLC (Christopher L. Murray). $10K...

Allbritton folds into Sinclair

$985M WJLA-TV Washington DC; WJSU-TV, WCFT-TV & WBMA-LD Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa AL ; (Anniston, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham AL), KTUL-TV Tulsa OK; WHTM-TV Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York PA (Harrisburg PA); WCIV-TV...
Chart

Home prices begin to plateau but much better YOY

There was a modest increase in the price paid for homes in July 2013 compared to that paid the month before. But when looking...
Democrat and Republican

Activists weigh in on political ad disclosure

A group of groups called Public Interest Public Airwaves Coalition has petitioned
CBS

Another plea for FCC intervention in retransmission consent

An organization called the Independent Television
Sold

Big name involved in small deal

There isn’t a lot of money being exchanged. The station is near but will not reach a top 10 radio market. The station doesn’t even have call letters yet, much less an air presence. But it does have a familiar name to its credit. The station, when built, will be a noncom on the outskirts of Washington DC.

Newfoundland Capital to buy five from Bell

Newfoundland Capital Corp. has signed a deal to buy five radio stations in Toronto and Vancouver from Bell Media for $112 million (CN), plus...

Stocks decline after Kerry addresses Syria

Stocks declined on Monday, erasing modest gains, after Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would hold Syria accountable for using chemical...
FCC

Anatomy of an LPFM denial

Dillingham Christian Radio was on its way to getting an LPFM pursuant to the 2000 filing window when it was required to register its...
Gavel

Pittsburgh Class A cluster in pricy FCC settlement

WBGN-CD Pittsburgh is the in-town outlet of a ten-station Pittsburgh-centered group of Class A television stations owned by Bruno Goodworth Network that were rung...
Broadcast Tower

Ingstad makes strong investment in local radio

Jim Ingstad is doing more than just talking about local radio – he is weaving it into the DNA of his newly-acquired station cluster...
Cumulus

The Walk flips in Atlanta

Cumulus’ W255CJ-FM 98.9 Atlanta has flipped from Christian AC/Country “The Walk” to Oldies as “Oldies 98.9.” The station's current facility was a move-in in...

Piolin sues former staffers over extortion

Former Univision Radio-syndicated Spanish-language star Eddie "Piolin" Sotelo filed

Univision tops for TV spots

Last week in the TV SPOT TEN, UNIVISION climbed back into first place with 20,592 spots. MCDONALD’S slipped back to #2 airing 20,167, while...