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...
Agriculture interests go to bat for LPTV
A group of eight agricultural organizations have fired off letters to the FCC and both congressional commerce committees calling for the preservation of what...
Another FCC indecency story to debunk
The nonsense continues: Yet another report says that the FCC is getting ready to clear the way for
Arbitron announced dividend
It’s quite possible this will be the last dividend ever paid to shareholders by radio ratings service Arbitron. In fact, it accounts for the...