Echostar files waiver for new OTA DVR
EchostarEchostar and Channel Master are looking to tap the over-the-air television market with a
FCC reform bill aired out again
House Communications Subcommittee Greg Walden (R-OR) still thinks that the processes at the FCC need to be reformed, while Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA)...
NJ senator takes aim at WWOR
New Jersey politicians, and in particular the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), have long been irritated about their perception that
Michael Savage tops in online listening
Is Cumulus Media Networks talker Michael Savage becoming the king of digital radio? According to TalkStreamLive’s Q2 2013 rankers he is, besting Rush Limbaugh...
Fox whips up Wednesday win
Talent fare on NBC earned the biggest ratings numbers for the night, but Master Chef was consistently strong over two hours and put Wednesday...
Gray reorganizes top management
Gray Television announced a streamlined management team that eliminates the COO and RVP positions and creates a team of five managers who will report...
Tyler Media adding sports talker
Oklahoma City will soon get its sixth sports talk station. Tyler Media is launching a sports talker in August on 107.7 mHz. Classic Rock...
Armada Media buys three translators
Armada Media has bought three FM translators, in Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas. Armada will simulcast its AC KSTH-FM 92.3 on K229CE at 93.7 in...
Further radio dealings in Biloxi
$259K WPMO-AM Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS (Pascagoula-Moss Point MS) from JDL Corporation (James Larry Shirley) to Tri City Radio LLC (Noah Britt). Note for full amount...
NABOB to honor Clyburn
Mignon Clyburn’s historic tenure as the first female Chair of the FCC, brief though it may be, has earned her the honor of being...
Mortgage relief scammer halted by FTC
A scheme to bilk distressed homeowners out of $2K-$4K with false promises of legal help and lower mortgage payments has been taken to court...
Content watchdogs oppose Wheeler on decency
During his Senate confirmation hearing FCC Chairman nominee Tom Wheeler expressed his desire to see family-oriented programming on broadcast television, but withheld comment on...
Renda donates Pittsburgh AM station
Pentecostal Temple Development Corporation already has one AM station serving the Pittsburgh market, and it’s about to get another stronger one, courtesy of Renda Broadcasting Corporation.
Vegas jock busted in child sex sting
Summit American KJUL-FM host Ronald Kirsh, 53, was arrested for allegedly attempting to lure a 13-year-old girl via an online chat room to a...
Blending viewing, spending habits to up ad sales
In a recent case study Nielsen and Scarborough conducted with Entravision, a new and unique path into consumer’s collective wallets was blazed in an...