Ford to offer SiriusXM Internet Radio on SYNC
Ford will be the first automaker to give its customers in-vehicle access to the SiriusXM Internet Radio App in Ford vehicles equipped with SYNC...
Senators ask FCC to move on sports blackouts
John McCain (R-AZ) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) did not tell Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn what they would like to see done vis-à-vis the sports...
Support for LRFA hits 150
The Local Radio Freedom Act, which would protect radio broadcasters from the imposition of performance royalties, has added co-sponsors, raising the total number of...
AFM head calls out Pandora in OpEd
Raymond M. Hair Jr., the international president of the American Federation of Musicians, took to the virtual pages of Roll Call to publicly wonder...
ABC rides NBA playoffs to another prime time win
NBC at least made it somewhat competitive with its final Voice episode, but the NBA playoffs still beat it in the Nielsen contest by...
Mount Wilson snags second Monterey radio station
$300K KNRY-AM Monterey-Salinas CA (Monterey CA) from IHR Educational Broadcasting (Douglas M. Sherman) to Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters Inc. (Saul Levine). $10K escrow, $190K...
Sagamore Hill flips stations in two DMAs to Frontier
$20.5M KGWN-TV, KSTF-DT & K19FX-D Cheyenne WY-Scottsbluff NE (Cheyenne WY, Scottsbluff NE, Laramie WY); and KGNS-TV Laredo TX from Sagamore Hill Broadcasting LLC (Louis...
Summer travel plans up from 2012
A Harris Poll survey finds that the sluggish economy is still feeding into sluggish vacation plans. However, despite the fact that about a third...
Demise of West Palm LPTV stands
WALO-LP in West Palm Beach had to vacate Channel 53, and was authorized to begin digital operation on Channel 44. However, it failed to...
New York group expands with Class A in Olean
William and Paige Christian own radio and television stations in upstate New York, and now they have a deal to add another – WVTT-CA Olean NY and its little sister W20AB. The seller is Choice Tower Rental Inc. The Christians are buying the stations under the name Milachi Media LLC.
Family Stations spins three to EMF
Three geographically diverse FMs, none of which are in a rated market, are going from Harold Camping’s Family Stations Inc. to frequent buyer Educational Media Foundation. The stations are in New York, Texas and California.
Bid4Spots.com hits 10,000-advertiser mark
Bid4Spots, the competitive online marketplace offering businesses discounted radio ad inventory through
Univision partners with Penske
Univision News, the news division of Univision Communications, and Penske Media Corporation (PMC) have joined forces to create a co-branded multiplatform entertainment segment for...
Carson Daly debuting new countdown show
Looks like Ryan Seacrest/AT 40 has some fresh competition—especially on CBS Radio and Cumulus
Aetna launches new radio, TV effort
Aetna Insurance is trying to find out the different answers to the question "What's Your Healthy?" through a national, integrated campaign and interactive website, www.WhatsYourHealthy.com, where consumers can share their personal "healthy."