“Boston Herald Radio” launching 8/5
Boston Herald President and Publisher Patrick Purcell announced Boston Herald Radio air live from the Herald’s newsroom, Boston Herald Radio will offer 12 hours...
APM’s “Marketplace” launches new branding
Marketplace, the suite of business/economic public radio programs produced and distributed by American Public Media (APM), unveiled a new brand identity, a mobile-friendly website...
Tribune endorses Live + Same Day
Tribune Broadcasting announced support of TVB’s position that Live + Same-Day ratings data is more representative of the national C3 standard, with Live-Only results...
CBS and Univision share Sunday night honors
Fox just missed making it a three-way tie, as CBS called on its Big Brother to claim the top spot among the Big Four....
KiddNation hosts lament loss of Kidd Kraddick
“Kidd Kraddick in the Morning” affiliates and listeners heard co-hosts Kellie Rasberry, Big Al Mack,
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...