Cumulus re-ups with Rush, sans NYC
After much speculation, Rush announced he has signed a three-year deal
Three’s company at top of syndication chart
Big Bang Theory had the most viewers during the week of 8/5/13, but was not able to maintain its lead over #2 Wheel of...
CBS wins NFL-disrupted night
They were playing preseason football Thursday night, skewing ratings in a number of markets, but preliminary Nielsen results gave the night to CBS on...
Syncbak dragged into Aereo-CBS court battle
Syncbak has developed a technology that allows local TV stations to transmit signals to the Internet
FM headed for Colorado Springs going noncom
$400K KXCL-FM Westcliffe CO from United States CP LLC (W. Philip Robinson) to Calvary Chapel Aurora (Ed Taylor). $20K escrow, balance in cash at...
Sinclair moves in El Paso, Syracuse
$21M KDBC-TV, KCWF-CA/LPTV CP & KKNJ-LP El Paso TX (El Paso TX, Las Cruces, Alamagordo NM) from Cunningham Broadcasting Corporation (Michael E. Anderson) to...
New buyer surfaces for Texas FM
A deal under which Educational Media Foundation would have acquired KHLB-FM Mason TX and another FM fell apart – and now KHLB-FM has been resold, packaged with a different FM than included in the EMF deal.
Labor Day travel plans up the upswing
According to TripAdvisor, a significantly greater number of Americans are planning to get out of town during the 2013 Labor Day travel period, and...
Decency activists meet with commissioner
Morality in Media joined with other organizations in a meeting with FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai, urging him to back strong enforcement of broadcast indecency...
Obama plugs Limbaugh once again
They say there is no such thing as bad publicity, so the fact that President Barack Obama has
Burns calls for alternative to Arbitron/BIA market definitions
After failing to stop a deal to sell a Roanoke-Lynchburg FM to an already-large station group, 3 Daughters Media owner Gary Burns is contemplating an appeal, and is also calling for the use of Census Bureau rather than Arbitron data when defining radio markets.
Pandora kills 40-hour limit on free mobile listening
A very smart move: Pandora says it will remove the 40-hour-per-month limit
Pandora has a record Q2; mobile revs up 92%
Pandora closed a record Q2 of fiscal 2014, with revenue of $162.0 million, growing 58% year-over-year.
Stocks close higher after glitch-filled day
Stocks closed higher Thursday in a low-volume session. A typical summer lull was exacerbated by a trading glitch that halted trades in Nasdaq-listed stocks...
NAB counters ACA request for FCC standstill rule
American Cable Association leader Matt Polka sent a letter to Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn asking that the Commission take steps to prevent program...