Greg Walden

STELA hearing on tap for September

We don’t yet know the exact time or date, but we  do know that House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) is planning to...
Sirius XM

SiriusXM adds an in-vehicle connection

Cementing its place inside the automobile, SiriusXM is investing more than half a billion dollars to acquire Agero Inc., which provides services to connect vehicles to the world wide web.
FOX

Fox nips NBC for Wednesday win

The top show at Fox barely edged out the top show at NBC, and by the same slim margin, Fox edged NBC overall Wednesday...
PTC / Parents Television Council

Parents Television Council targets AAMCO

The Parents Television Council is calling on its members to contact AAMCO for sponsoring FOX’s Animation Domination High-Def (ADHD) programming block that has shown...

Red Zebra spins a Tidewater pair

$1.2M WXTG-AM & WXTG-FM Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News VA (Hampton, Virginia Beach VA) from Red Zebra Holdings  LLC (Richard Carmean) to Davis Media LLC (Thomas...
Emmis Communications

Emmis’ NextRadio app heading to Sprint phones

Sprint will begin installing the NextRadio app in an array of FM-enabled wireless devices over the

Sacramento low power TVs headed to Serestar

$1.5M KMUM-CA & KMMW-LD Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto CA (Sacramento, Stockton CA) from Caballero Acquisition LLC/CNZ Communications (Randy Nonberg) to Serestar Communications Corporation (Philip Wilkinson). $250K escrow,...
Newspaper

Washington Post rated stable post sale announcement

Despite the well documented problems in the newspaper sector, the Washington Post was able to contribute a moderate amount of cash flow to its...
Gray Television

Gray puts blinders on Fox O&O in Harrisonburg

Fox Television’s WTTG-TV Washington is a big fish, but it will have to swim with most of its fins tied behind its back in...
Time Warner Cable

SoCal TWC subscribers sue over blackout

Three Time Warner Cable customers in southern California filing a class-action lawsuit against
Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo prescribes a chill pill

Television group M&A activity and the testy retransmission consent battle between CBS and TWC
SBS / Spanish Broadcasting System

SBS radio deals a pair of sixes

Both net revenue and OIBDA were up 6% during the second quarter for the radio side of Hispanic media specialist Spanish Broadcasting Company. Unfortunately,...
Sold

Arkansas cluster sold to Arkansas operator

Bobby Caldwell has a 19-station radio group in the state of Arkansas, and is about to add the holdings of Max Media. The six-station cluster is in unrated territory to the northwest of Little Rock.
Entercom

Jason Wolfe leaving Entercom, WEEI

Entercom Boston announced that long-time exec with the company, Jason Wolfe

Stocks fall as borrowing costs rise

Stocks fell on Wednesday as investors considered the recent spike in borrowing costs and the timing and pace of reductions in the Fed's bond...