WNTR-FM flips to Hot AC
Entercom Indianapolis’ Variety Hits AC WNTR was re-launched to become Hot AC “1079 The Mix.” “Mix will be artist driven and more current than...
Prototype BBC radio localizes programs
Radio plays can transport listeners to far away exotic settings, but the BBC’s prototype “Perceptive Radio” (via the internet) aims to give listeners a more localized experience, reports Gizmag.com. Shown to the public recently at the Thinking Digital Conference in Gateshead, UK, the Perceptive Radio uses local data and onboard sensors to adjust itself and even alter the script of a radio play in real time to reflect local conditions. It’s done via a computer algorithm that uses the IP address of the listener’s device and alters the dialogue in the script based on local info such as the date, time, listener’s location and the weather. As the play unfolds, the digital character mentions the time, local landmarks, whether or not it’s a nice day, and films playing at the local cinema.
Judgment for Judy as Big Bang slips
Judge Judy had the highest rated syndicated show during the week of 5/6/13, and although Big Bang still won the title for most viewers,...
Fox wins Thursday
On a night with three premieres (only CBS didn't have one among the Big Four) and a slew of reruns, Fox prevailed. CBS, Univision...
“Twitter Amplify” promises more ad dollars for TV
While we’ve reported recently that Twitter was close to reaching partnerships with Viacom and NBC
$30K deals in Texas, Virginia
$30K KMUL-AM/KICA-FM Farwell TX from Tallgrass Broadcasting LLC (C. David Rhoades, receiver) to Tejas Broadcasting LLC, a subsidiary of New World Broadcasting Inc. (James...
Fort Worth LPTV worth a million plus
$1.05M KFVW-LD Dallas-Fort Worth TX (Fort Worth TX) from Gerald Benavides to New York Spectrum Holding Company LLC (Charles M. Naumer et al). $52.5K...
Watchdog expresses misgivings about Wheeler nomination
Free Press would like an FCC chairman who puts the public first and foremost and industry stakeholders second, and does not believe that’s what...
TV execs well-represented on CEO pay list
A list of the best-paid corporate executives in the US during 2012 is top-heavy with television CEOs. And CBS honcho Leslie Moonves is king...
Pennsylvania CP sold
WXPA-FM CP Kulpmont PA, will be the third in the unrated area north of Harrisburg for Beaver Springs Faith Baptist Church if a deal to acquire it closes and the station actually gets built. It’s going from one religious noncom to another.
News Corp. board approves spinoff plan
News Corp. directors will move forward with CEO Rupert Murdoch‘s plans to split the company
NASH FM adds five Cumulus stations
Given the huge success of its Country WNSH-FM NY, Cumulus announces the expansion of the
Louisiana
Louisiana has completed the implementation of the ALERT FM and GSSNet systems across the state, improving the way the state
Pandora gets record Q1; big subscriber growth
Total revenue for Q1 of fiscal 2014 was $125.5 million, a 55% YOY increase. Non-GAAP total revenue
Stocks end modestly lower
Socks fell modestly on Thursday, but finished well off their lowest intraday levels after upbeat U.S. economic reports and gains for Hewlett-Packard countered worries...