Down East AM changing hands
$16.2K WFAU-AM Augusta-Waterville ME (Gardiner ME) from Blueberry Broadcasting LLC (Louis Vitali) to Blue Jey Broadcasting Company Inc. (Robert M. Bittner). $5K deposit, balance...
Senate panel looking at energy drink marketing
There is freedom of speech, and then there is freedom of advertising speech, which simply is not as free as the kind we enjoy...
Liberty Global ups its stake in Ziggo
Liberty Global has increased its stake in Dutch cable operator Ziggo to 28.5%, the Dutch company said 7/27. Liberty, which also holds a controlling...
Sinclair is all in for Allbritton
Chalk up another blockbuster acquisition for rapidly-growing Sinclair Broadcast Group. It is getting the all-ABC all-the-time television
EMF deals in Missoula
Two stations are changing hands and two more are affected in dealings between Educational Media Foundation and Spanish Peaks Broadcasting Inc. The complex arrangement involves two FMs, two FM translators and other agreements.
CCME pulls ads for womens health clinic (audio)
Clear Channel, has pulled two ads for a Kansas women’s health clinic off the air after claiming the radio spots violated the company’s decency standards. The South Wind Women’s Center in Wichita opened in the wake of the 2009 murder of George Tiller to ensure women had continued access to comprehensive reproductive health services in in the state, which is exactly what they advertised in the radio spots, reports Salon.com.
Cumulus may drop Limbaugh, Hannity
Contract negotiation posturing?: Cumulus Media is reportedly planning to drop both Rush
Dow gets a slim gain
Stocks on Friday ended little changed after Wall Street dug through earnings that included a steep profit drop for Expedia and a better-than-expected quarterly...
Publicis to merge with Omnicom
Publicis Groupe and Omnicom Group agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction to create the world’s largest advertising
Jay Michaels out at WFAS-FM; what’s next
Jay Michaels, 20-year morning man at Cumulus’ AC WFAS-FM 103.9 Bronxville/NYC, NY, was let go 7/26 after his shift. Rumor has it that it...
Broadcasters ask to meet with DigiMedia
Just a few days ago, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ruled in favor for some of the company’s patents.
“Behind the Curtain with Jack Burkman” adds LA, DC
KABC-AM Los Angeles and WTNT-AM Washington DC are the latest affiliates, which also include WFFG-AM, Marathon, FL, KTPA-AM and KXAR-AM, Hope, AR, KLEY-AM and...
Kidd Kraddick dies suddenly
David “Kidd” Kraddick, the syndicated morning driver whose Irving, TX-based “Kidd Kraddick in the Morning” was heard on
Publicis Groupe, AOL to deliver live internet ads
It will be the industry’s first global live advertising partnership for the multiscreen era: “PAL” (Publicis AOL Live) will be co-managed by AOL and Publicis Groupe and will offer marketers an end-to-end solution to deliver and manage live advertising on a global basis to digitally connected consumers. Live advertising caters best to mobile and social media, giving brands immediate live connections that consumers expect and react powerfully to, based on content cues, location and more.
Smith, Clyburn figure in Media Institute event
Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn will provide a keynote address and NAB President/CEO Gordon Smith will be honored with an award when The Media...