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...
Fox passes the competition Sunday
This night will soon belong to NBC, when the NFL regular season begins, but last night it was Fox with the football, and the...
MAGNA GLOBAL partners with Adap.tv
As part of its stated commitment to deliver 50% automation to its buying process by 2016, MAGNA GLOBAL, the investment unit of IPG Mediabrands,...
Al Jazeera America not getting many ad buys
Al Jazeera America, debuting 8/20, will compete with CNN, Fox News and MSNBC for news eyes, but it won't launch with many advertisers, says a NY Post story. The network is having a tough time persuading Madison Avenue to buy airtime on a channel perceived as anti-American.
Cumulus flips Portland FM to EMF
$6.8M KXPC-FM Portland OR (Aloha OR) from Cumulus Broadcasting LLC (Lewis Dickey) to Educational Media Foundation (Mike Novak). $340K escrow, $5.46M cash at closing,...
CP translates to growth for Curtis FM buy
The 33 Watts allocated to W267AM Mocksville NC puts its footprint well to the southwest of Winston-Salem, but a CP for a new city of license and a 7.5x power increase will change all that. And a deal will change the owner to Curtis Media.
CFOs say economy is looking up
According to a new survey, America’s corporate financial gurus are optimistic about the immediate