21st Century Fox indulges in Vice
Rupert Murdoch is said to be an admirer of multimedia outfit Vice Media, and soon will be more than that after making an investment...
Deal may add to station crowd in Morgantown WV
AJG Corporation has a deal to buy an AM-FM combo in the Morgantown-Clarksburg-Weston WV market, which will add to the two it already owns officially listed in the market. What is apparently raising questions in the market are the similarities between AJG and West Virginia Radio Corporation.
Regional Reps signs Childers Media Group
Cleveland-based Regional Reps Corp., the country’s oldest and one of the largest independent sales rep frims specializing in small and medium market stations, has...
Premiere signs MultiBrand as European rep
CCME’s Premiere Networks has chosen MultiBrand Media International, LLC (MBMI) as its sales representative in Russia, Slovenia, Austria, Latvia, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Serbia and...
Sony, Viacom sign streaming deal for PlayStation
Viacom has tentatively agreed to let its cable channels, such as Nickelodeon and MTV, to be carried by an Internet TV service that Sony is creating. They will stream cable channels straight to PlayStation/PS4 box, says a NY Times story.
KRFF-FM launching in Fairbanks
The Fairbanks, AK Daily News-Miner reports KRFF-FM 89.1 is finishing final paperwork with the FCC and expects to be on the airwaves soon. The...
City buys campaign on “Mighty 1090”
A series of radio spots by Lake Elsinore, CA and area businesses touts the city as the "action sports capital." It mentions sky diving...
CBS scores conditional Thursday win
Three of the big four networks were running locally-oriented preseason NFL football games, with an unknown effect on ratings. But such as they are,...
CBS blackout may go into NFL season
The NY Times reports analysts are saying it is looking like the blackout of CBS stations in more than
Top Black media outlets at NABJ convention
Executives from leading African American media outlets were well received at the recent National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention in Orlando, when they...
CBS Radio consolidates ops in Philly
Talker WPHT-AM and Classic Hits WOGL-FM will move from their City Line Avenue home to Old City, at the 4th and Market location housing...
RAF buying translator for $110,000
The RAF (Radio Arts Foundation) is buying the St. Louis translator it has been airing on for $110,000 from Missouri River Christian Broadcasting, according...
EMF springs for Fort Collins FM
$1.325M KYEN-FM Ft. Collins CO (Severance CO) from Cochise Media Licenses LLC (Ted Tucker) to Educational Media Foundation (Mike Novak). $66,250 escrow, balance in...
Houston LPTV sold to NY Spectrum
$900K KQHO-LD Houston TX from LMO Christian Media Inc. (Jesse R. Gonzalez Cantu) to New York Spectrum Holding Company LLC (Charles M. Naumer et...
TAB installs new leadership lineup
The results are in, and the new slate of officers and directors of the Texas Association of Broadcasters is on duty. The organization will...