CBS wins the week with rebroadcasts
CBS, with a majority of its schedule in rebroadcasts, won the week in viewers, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the...
Nielsen, Syncbak complete mobile trial
Nielsen and Syncbak, the streaming company that enables users to watch live, in-market broadcast television, announced the successful completion of a two-week technical trial...
Restaurant business experiencing modest expansion
A sign of growing consumer confidence is the positive performance record being posted by America’s restaurant business – it means consumers are more willing...
NBC commits to local non-profits
The O&O platoon of NBC under the auspices of the NBCUniversal Foundation is accepting applications for $1.2M in grants to community organizations in ten...
Cumulus gains revolver access and an upgrade
Radio giant Cumulus Media waved its financial wand and made its revolver more accessible and
Cumulus makes key appointments in SF
Steve Sklenar will join Cumulus’s San Francisco cluster as Market Manager and Kevin Crespo will join as National/Regional Sales Manager. Sklenar will oversee station...
NBC goes wire-to-wire in Monday win
The Voice was the dominant show for the evening and Revolution won the 3rd hour, giving NBC an easy victory. ABC nipped Univision by...
PD Bill White exits WGN-AM
WGN-AM PD and News Director Bill White is out, pretty much with the same timing as Jimmy deCastro’s entry as the new GM at...
Fox’s AutoHop appeal being heard in CA
Fox Broadcasting is asking a federal appeals court in Pasadena 6/4 to overrule U.S. District Judge Dolly
New SAG-AFTRA contracts approved
The contracts cover performers working in commercials made for and reused on television, radio,
Antioch FM changing hands
$3.7M WYSO-FM Dayton OH (Yellow Springs OH) from Antioch College Corporation (Mark Roosevelt et al) to Antioch University (Neenah Ellis et al). Cash.
Miami digital LPTVs sold
$1.83M WTBT-LD Tampa-St. Petersburg FL (Tampa FL) and WTXI-LD Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL (Miami FL) from Budd Broadcasting Company Inc. (Harvey Budd) to New York...
Free Speech Week leadership named
MPAA Chairman/CEO Chris Dodd is going to head up the Free Speech Week Advisory Council, which will be populated by a number of other...
Sinclair’s Titanic transaction
The latest in Sinclair Broadcast Group’s series of television station acquisitions will bring in four stations as O&Os and two
Fargo-Moorhead Bob-for-Froggy swap
Sub-title: When you C1, you’ve seen them all. In a swap of Country outlets, Bob KBVB-FM is going to Radio Fargo-Moorhead in exchange for Froggy KVOX-FM. The difference in the facilities, other than dial position and format shading, is 3 feet of HAAT.