Female Hispanics detailed in Nielsen report
With a projected buying power slated to reach $1.5 trillion by 2015, Hispanics are an important group for marketers, and leading the growth within...
Indie88 launches from the ashes of CKLN
After a lengthy process that ended last fall, Indie88, CIND-FM Toronto, was awarded the right to broadcast on 88.1 FM, the frequency that was...
FTC shuts down infomercial-using alleged scammers
This time the alleged offense involves a program that was supposed to make its users wealthy by becoming seller-financed promissory note brokers – but...
Triton Digital partners with Semcasting
Triton Digital has a new partnership with multi-channel targeting company Semcasting to expand its audience targeting capabilities within “a2x,” the industry’s only programmatic exchange...
Ivan Rodriguez joins ESPN Dallas as contributor
ESPN Dallas announced that Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez will serve as a contributor for ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM and 1540 AM ESPN Deportes Dallas for...
Steve Warren celebrates 50 years in radio
Envision Radio Networks announced veteran personality, PD, consultant and producer Steve Warren has reached a radio milestone not many other broadcast professionals can claim:...
NBC Sports Radio tops 300 affiliates
The joint venture network between Dial Global and NBC Sports Group is celebrating the major milestone with 303 stations are now airing NBC Sports...
WCFN Cincinnati flips to Urban Oldies
After seven months airing the CBS Sports Radio format, Radio One’s “100.3 The Fan” WCFN Cincinnati has switched back to Urban Oldies. It makes...
NBC nips Fox for Wednesday Nielsen win
The Talent at NBC nipped fresh Chef content at Fox by a scanty margin, and NBC won the night by the same scanty margin,...
Another Pacifica station in trouble
It’s not just WBAI-FM NYC that’s having trouble meeting financial obligations: Now it’s WPFW-FM DC: WPFW is in “a pretty critical financial situation,” according...
Lotus adds Reno AM to cluster
$26K KCKQ-AM Reno NV from Eastern Sierra Broadcasting (Peter Shelton, Administrator for the Estate of Warren Kidd) to Lotus Radio Corporation (Howard Kalmenson et...
House panel moves FCC bill forward
The Committee on Energy and Commerce has approved a bipartisan bill that aims to make the FCC’s life a little easier, providing efficiency, eliminating...
LPTV stations go into spin cycle
CNZ Communications no sooner closed on a deal to acquire nine low power television outlets from a Viacom subsidiary under the Cabellero brand then it turned around and resold three of them. According to brokerage Kalil & Company, the nine-station deal closed 7/29/13, while two new deals for three stations landed on the FCC doorstep 8/1/13.
FCC asks for comment on Media General-Young deal
The merger of Media General and Young Broadcasting does not present any new consolidation issues, and cross-ownership issues also melt away due to changes...
Just how red the Zebra is in Tidewater combo deal
We already knew that Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder and his Red Zebra radio group are