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 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 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....
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...
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
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.
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....
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...
WGNU-AM “fires” Clark, Slaten; station to be sued
The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports former Cardinals icon Albert Pujols said he plans to sue former Cardinal Jack Clark and Radio Property Ventures’ WGNU-AM where he airs, for on-air steroids allegations he made last week about Pujols. Then early on 8/10, the station announced that Clark and co-host Kevin Slaten will not be returning — after just seven shows.
CMG names Jenny Lee to afternoons
Cox Media Group San Antonio has named Jenny Lee as its new afternoon drive host on KSMG-FM Magic 105.3, beginning 8/12. A native of...
Dish, Raycom sign retrans deal
A retransmission fee battle between Dish Network and Raycom Media cut off the company's broadcasts of network affiliates in 36 markets at the beginning...