CBS goes over the top with Under the Dome
On a generally slow night for broadcast TV viewing, CBS had the #1 show and was the #1 network, edging Univision by a whisker....
Harmelin Media signs Belk
Belk, Inc. is the nation's largest family owned and operated department store. Philadelphia-based Harmelin Media, a member of the Women's Business Enterprise National Council,...
Verizon entices CBS staffers to drop TWC
Verizon FiOS has made an appealing offer to CBS employees who can no longer watch the
IPG teaming with CCME, networks to automate sales
Media companies have plenty of experience automating programming and traffic functions,
Atlanta AM going to Universal
$2.1M WJTP-AM Atlanta GA (Lithia Springs GA) from National Broadcasting Inc. (Juan Carlos Matos Bareto) to Major Radio LLC, comprised of Universal Broadcasting Group...
TV real estate in Tribune/Local deal
$2.725B KDVR-TV & KFCT-TV Denver CO (Denver, Fort Collins CO); WJW-TV Cleveland OH; KTVI-TV St. Louis MO; WDAF-TV Kansas City MO; KSTU-TV Salt Lake...
New car gender gap revealed
Advertising automobiles is big business, and here’s a piece of information from the industry experts at Kelley Blue Book that will help
FCC repacking webinar on the horizon
If you are interested in the technical details of channel repacking software to be used in conjunction with the upcoming incentive auctions of television...
Smoke and mirrors used to run tobacco ads
RBR-TVBR recently wrote about a consent decree between Townsquare Media and the FCC
Dow, S&P 500 drop for 4th consecutive day
Stocks ended lower on Monday, with the Dow industrials and the S&P 500 falling for a fourth consecutive trading session, as Treasury yields hit...
The Don McDonald Show Returns
One of money talk radio’s pioneers, Don McDonald announced today that he will return to national radio in September with his syndicated Don McDonald...
QVC breaks affiliate contract; are contracts worth the bother?
A northeast corridor market affiliate was treated rather shabbily by the QVC network. RBR-TVBR was told that the station had a signed contract with QVC and has been carrying their multicast signal since mid-April. QVC complained about the lack of orders. However QVC seems to not understand how low Summer HUT levels are, let alone what a HUT is, the affiliate told us. He then says QVC went behind facilities back and signed a master contract with ION Media for the local Albany ION TV station (WYPX-TV), which is licensed to Amsterdam, NY. So QVC has gone from 3,200 feet and great penetration to a full power at the dial’s end on a short stick in a deep valley, west of the market’s center.
NPR’s Knell on the way out
Gary E. Knell took over National Public Radio in the aftermath of the highly controversial Juan Williams firing and succeeded in reducing the organization’s...
Young adults receptive to newer program options
Conventional wisdom has it that late millennials are far more receptive to non-tradition sources of television programming than their elders. The Diffusion Group noted...
The price of profits pressure pushes Pandora
As Pandora struggles to produce profits for its stockholders, I see three clear, growing impediments to their progress:
--Lower listening levels and much lower growth...