Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Clear Channel

Four+ out at CCME/Phoenix

At least four staffers were let go/resigned at CCME/Phoenix on 8/9. Two were there over 15 years and one had just got out of...
Watchdogs

Public agrees the press should act as watchdog

A study from the Pew Research Center found that a healthy majority of Americans believe that journalists act as a check on the government,...
FCC

Commissioners discuss incentive auctions

Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn believes getting the incentive auction done plan right is as important as simply getting it done – and in that...
Lady Gaga

Pop icon goes gaga for radio

And the icon is none other than the queen of gaga herself, Lady Gaga. It seems she has a new single out, and rather than direct her fans away from airplay on the radio, she is using Twitter to brag about it and to get them to spread the word.
CBS

CBS enjoys wire-to-wire Sunday win

A golf overrun and 60 Minutes started CBS on a winning footing, and it held the lead all night anchored by Big Brother. No...
Twitter

Twitter boosts ratings, says Nielsen

Nielsen released findings, which, for the first time, provide statistical evidence of a two-way causal influence between broadcast TV tune-in for a program and...

KWWF-TV goes dark

The Waterloo, IA television station has been off the air for a week, its operations chief Verner Nelson told KCRG-TV. KWWF, owned by Waterloo...

Radio deals in Kentucky, Montana

$364K WOVO-FM Horse Cave KY from Newberry Broadcasting Inc., a subsidiary of Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation (Steven W. Newberry) to SOKY Radio LLC (Steven W....
John Thune

Thune applauds O’Rielly FCC nomination

The prospects for expediting the process of installing Tom Wheeler as the next FCC Chairman was moved along by the nomination of Mike O’Rielly...

A compendium of closings

Almost all interested observers have noticed that the station trading market has been loosening up after several years of stagnation. And after deals are...
Marci Ryvicker

Wells Fargo weighs in on FCC UHF review

The timing of the FCC’s inkling that it was taking the 50% UHF discount used when calculating compliance
Sold

Dowdy adds signal in south Louisiana

John Dowdy’s Gumbo 94.9 brings its country format to people in the New Orleans area. It now has a deal to add a small station well to the southwest of the metropolitan area.
Harry Reid

Station asks for donations to keep Rush (video)

KELY-AM Ely Nevada principal Fred Weinberg told RBR-TVBR a week or so ago that he has a new way to

Stocks fall; Dow breaks six-week win streak

Stock indexes declined Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average halting a six-week winning stretch, its longest since one that ended Aug. 17, 2012....
NBC

Dateline wins time period on Friday

Friday Primetime Results: NOTE: All fast-affiliate results on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox are impacted by local coverage of NFL Preseason Football and downward...