SoundExchange makes record payments to artists
Performer royalty collector SoundExchange said its Q2 2013 distributions to artists for spins on internet, satellite and cable radio set a new record. It...
Universal Sports Network expands carriage with TWC
InterMedia Partners and NBCUniversal’s Universal Sports Network and Time Warner Cable signed a multi-year deal to deliver the network's exclusive year-round coverage of Olympic...
Ohio Right to Work opponents launch campaign (video)
In light of the Right to Work, or “Workplace Freedom,” efforts in that state’s legislature, a pro worker group is taking a proactive approach...
Dow up; S&P 500 nears record
Stocks climbed on Tuesday, pushing the S&P 500 to within 1% of its all-time closing high, as Wall Street embraced an improving economy and...
NAB wants auction process out in the open
Rick Kaplan, who has been NAB’s lead player dealing with the impending incentive auctions,
A call to arms for LPTV licensees
In the best-case scenario, the LPTV service in the US figures to be disrupted by channel repacking associated with incentive auctions, and the situation...
Radio Show to focus on the key battleground
Not every station is lucky enough to be located in a political battleground – such a location can result in a cash windfall every...
Roland Martin to host news show on Radio, TV One
TV One, which just announced that is saw its highest monthly primetime ratings of the year in June among Adults 25-54 and households, is...
“Le Show” landing on KCSN-FM LA
The Indie/AAA Cal State Northridge non-comm is getting "Le Show," Harry Shearer's long-running weekend topical program--which was dropped from crosstown KCRW-FM April. KCSN will...
KMSM-FM license on hold, pending review
Montana Tech’s student radio station’s application to renew license is on hold pending a review of an indecency complaint. That hold, however, won’t likely affect KMSM’s authority to broadcast, according to a Montana Standard story.
KFOG-FM adds Webster to afternoons
Like was speculated, Bill Webster (‘Webster”) has been added to KFOG after Tim Jeffries left to pursue another opportunity—possibly within the Cumulus/Bay Area station...
Bachelorette and Dome duel to a tie
ABC's Bachelorette won the first two hours Monday night, while CBS's Under the Dome took the third hour and was the top show for...
Harris Broadcast names Charlie Vogt CEO
Less than a week after letting its CEO Harris Morris go, Harris Broadcast has a new chief. Morris was let go after five months,...
Political ad agency springs for ratings data
National Media Research, Planning and Placement is a media advisory that works for various Republican campaign and issue organizations, and it has resigned with...
Pandora getting a tower
$600K KXMZ-FM Rapid City SD (Box Elder SD) from Connoisseur Media LLC (Jeffrey D. Warshaw, Mark O. Driscoll) to Pandora Medias Inc. (Timothy Westergren...