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...
Olean Class A moving to new owner
$125K WVTT-CA Olean NY from Choice Tower Rental Inc. (Charles Bordonaro) to Milachi Media LLC (William Christian, Paige Christian). $35K cash at closing, $90K...
Trouble comes to $100K+ households
The monthly consumer temperature-taking from Consumer Reports was flat May to June, but the organization’s trouble tracker was up significantly. And the increase in troubles was concentrated almost exclusively on the upper end of the income scale.
Falwell files to buy Virginia TV station
Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Liberty University is adding a broadcast television station to its holdings. WEFC-TV Danville is being bought out of receivership.
Satellite and internet radio metrics show growth
Sirius XM Radio says it’s benefitting from strong automobile sales to the extent that it is raising it guidance for net subscriber gains for...
Meredith Vieira talker to launch in 2014
Vieira will host her own nationally syndicated daytime show, “The Meredith Vieira Show,” in fall 2014. The daily NYC-based show will be produced and...
Shazam gets $40 million investment from Carlos Slim
With unlimited tagging in the Free and premium Encore Apps on iOS and Android devices, Shazam lets consumers discover, explore, buy, and share music,...
Global mobile ad revenues up 83% in 2012
The U.S. IAB Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence, IAB Europe and IHS revealed global figures for mobile ad revenue leaped a massive 82.8% to...
Entravision, Abacast sign streaming deal
It’s a comprehensive digital audio streaming and digital ad sales agreement where Entravision will leverage the Abacast Clarity Digital Radio System as its online...
GM change at Dick Broadcasting
Word has it that GM Bruce Wheeler left the Greensboro/Winston-Salem, NC cluster on 7/1 and that former crosstown CCME WMAG-FM GM Dick Harlow may be the replacement. Harlow left CCME Raleigh-Durham in January. Dick Broadcasting confirmed that Wheeler is gone but no word on his replacement. The cluster includes Top 40 WKZL-FM and Rock 92 WKRR-FM.
Stocks rise for third session
Stocks gained for a third session on Monday as Wall Street looked to the second-quarter earnings season. After climbing as much as 126 points,...