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
Industry & Services ad category up 29% in Q1
Even though global ad spending has grown only moderately on a year-over-year basis, 2013 has proven to be a year to spend for select...
Fox News sues TVEyes over copyright infringement
TVEyes is a $500-per-month TV and radio broadcast search service. Fox News filed the suit on 7/30 in U.S.
Ft. Lauderdale man electrocuted with pirate radio antenna
Here’s a pirate FM story you don’t hear very often, but tragically reminds us that everyday pirates are often not skilled RF engineers: An...
Stocks finish with July gains after Fed move
Stocks on Wednesday finished little changed after the Federal Reserve offered few clues on potential changes to its monetary policy. The Dow fell 21.05...
Putting a price on the Media General/Young merger
Word that Young Broadcasting was merging into Media General surfaced in June, and Bloomberg
CBS grows but station results spring a leak
Radio was flat and television was down slightly for media giant CBS, but network revenues soared and
The Echo Nest powers Uforia
The Echo Nest, a leading music intelligence company, extends its reach by powering Univision's Uforia music app for iOS. The Uforia app offers U.S....