TV sale includes incentive auction provision
WMDT-TV Salisbury MD will be the only broadcast property of Patricia and Brian Lane and their Marquee Broadcasting when their acquisition of the station from Delmarva Broadcast Services makes it to the finish line. Delmarva may realize additional benefits down the road.
Sinclair assimilates Fisher
The stock deal adding the television and radio properties of Fisher Communications is official – with holders of Fisher stock realizing a 44% premium...
Sinclair reworks Syracuse situation
When Sinclair Broadcast Group acquired the Barrington group and its interest in two Syracuse
Small-town Colorado FM going noncom and upmarket
Westcliffe, Colorado is southwest of Colorado Springs, but the signal of KXCL-FM isn’t nearly potent enough to get even close to the market. However, it holds a CP that will both cut the distance and improve the signal, to the benefit of a new noncommercial owner.
TWC subscribers file class-action suit in Milwaukee
Three Time Warner Cable customers sued the MSO 8/8 over its 7/25 decision last month to drop
CBS blackout means TV piracy
The percentage of unauthorized downloads in the markets affected by Time Warner Cable's CBS blackout has spiked dramatically this week, according to TorrentFreak, which...
Arbitron sues another over ratings usage
This time it’s LM Communications for allegedly using its copyrighted radio ratings estimates
Stocks end higher for first day this week
Stocks rose on Thursday, bouncing back after a three-session slide, as Chinese trade data beat expectations and Wall Street considered the impact of jobless...
Tom Gentry celebrates 50 years in radio
Gentry, GM, of WHVN, 1240 AM/104.3 FM and HD2, WCGC, 1270 AM and WAVO 1150 AM in Charlotte, NC, tells RBR-TVBR this year marks...
Rdio adds new features, stations
Rdio has revamped its Internet radio service with new types of stations and additional features. The update, available on the web and as an...
NAB makes the case for retransmission as is
NAB EVP of Television Marcellus Alexander told representatives of the City of New York that the retransmission consent process works almost every time, unless...
Local urban internet station sees value in FM band
Gtownradio.com is a Philadelphia internet station with programming tailored to one specific neighborhood – Germantown – but as reported by NPR, the station operators feel limited and are hopeful of winning an LPFM license when the application window opens later this year.
Aereo names launch dates for Miami, Houston, Dallas
The company announced 8/8 that their platform will officially launch in Miami on September 2nd, in Houston on September 16th and in Dallas on...
NBC nips Fox on Wednesday
Talent on NBC overcame the Chefs on Fox, but only by the barest of margins in the 18-49 Nielsen category. CBS, bolstered by Big...
Randy Galloway retiring from KESN-FM Dallas
Nary a day after Cumulus reached an LMA deal with ESPN to manage and operate KESN-FM ESPN Radio Dallas, rumor has it in Dallas that the long-time Metroplex talent and long-time PM driver at the station, will retire at the end of the year.