CBS re-ups with Netflix
It’s an extension of its multiyear licensing agreement for select CBS library content streamed instantly to Netflix customers. Under the revised deal, new titles...
Hal Ramey returns to KCBS after surgery
The KCBS-AM San Francisco veteran sports anchor didn’t say a word for three months because of a growth on his vocal cords. The condition...
Cumulus Dallas FM sale leading to new buy?
Cumulus is in the process of spinning KTDK-FM Sanger TX to Media Services Group broker
Fox, CBS finish Sunday in a dead heat
CBS had almost twice as many total viewers as Fox Sunday night, but Fox dominated the 18-34 audience as the duo dueled to an...
Nebraska radio trio gets some R&R
$1.15M KBMR-FM Omaha NE (Blair NE) & KHUB-AM/KFMT-FM Fremont NE from Community First Media of Nebraska LLC (Richard Chapin, Dean Sorenson) to R&R Broadcasting...
Side deals of the Gannett/Belo merger
$101,779,739 KTVK-TV/KASW-TV Phoenix AZ; KMOV-TV St. Louis MO; KGW-TV Portland OR; WHAS-TV Louisville KY; and KMSB-TV Tucson AZ from subsidiaries of Belo Corporation (Dunia...
House panel tees up FCC again
The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology is convening Thursday 7/11/13 to take up the topic “Improving the FCC Process.” The hearing will basically put...
Clyburn details early results of CALM Act
In response to a letter from Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn detailed the early returns...
Winchester FM sale includes improvement potential
Alex Media is getting a nice price for its WTCF-FM Wardensville WV, which serves the Winchester VA market. And if its ideas for certain improvements are acted on by buyer Timber Ridge Ministries, it can make even more.
TV is still Americans’ main news source
According to a new Gallup report, television is the main place Americans say they turn to for news about current events (55%), leading the Internet, at 21%. 9% say newspapers or other print publications are their main news source, followed by radio, at 6%.
Arbitron revises Fresno data; three stations affected
In a letter to clients, Arbitron says six Spring 2013 Phase 2 Fresno metro diaries were returned from a media-affiliated household. Arbitron says it...
Obamacare ads launching in Ohio, Virginia (video)
The initial rollout of $700,000 in TV and online ads begin 7/9 in Virginia and Ohio. The buy, which includes both pro- and anti-Obamacare...
McGavren Guild parent buys Local Focus
Genesis Media Holdings, which O&Os McGavren Guild Media, has acquired Local Focus from Kay
Found a job, and someone bought some stock
There was a round of fireworks on Wall Street in the wake of a better-than-projected jobs report for the month of June, and broadcasters...
Judge Judy, Big Bang dominate syndie ratings
Not only did Judge Judy win the household ratings contest, she also shoved Wheel out of the way to grab 2nd in total viewers....