NBC renews five dramas
NBC has announced the renewal of five key drama series for the 2013-14 season: “Revolution,” “Chicago Fire,” “Parenthood,” “Grimm” and “Law & Order: Special...
Time Warner Cable, ABS-CBN launch Lifestyle Network
ABS-CBN International, the largest Filipino entertainment, news and broadcast company in the US, announced the launch of “Lifestyle Network” on Time Warner Cable in...
Hyundai pulls suicide ad (video)
Hyundai pulled a suicide ad 4/25 amid outcries from the public. The online effort featured a man trying to commit suicide
Oakland Raiders sign with Entercom’s KGMZ-FM
The team’s play-by-play coverage is moving from CBS Radio’s Alternative KITS-FM San Francisco to Entercom’s Sports KGMZ (95.7 The Game) under a multi-year agreement...
Clauses unsheathed in Wisconsin CP deal
$65K WHOH-FM CP Rhinelander WI from Multi-Cultural Diversity Radio Inc. (Samir Abumayyaleh) to Results Broadcasting of Rhinelander Inc. (Bruce D. Glassman). $5K escrow, balance...
Cars continue to be driven off dealership lots
The rebound of the automobile industry has been one of the key factors in the return to health of broadcasters, and Kelley Blue
Nielsen Q1 income up, thanks to retail measurement
Nielsen reported Q1 net income was up a healthy 36% to $34 million, or 53% compared to Q1 2012. Net income per share, was...
LPTV deal has upside potential
Regal Media stands to collect a decent-sized pile of cash for a pair of low power television outlets located in Detroit and Sacramento. And if the FCC approves a move for each to the south of their current repacking-endangered channels, the pile will be a bit bigger.
ABS settling in east of Tulsa
Roger Chasteen’s ABS Communications has a deal that will give it three FM stations stacked north to south to the east of Oklahoma’s second-largest...
Local Broadcasters: “Communicating Superstorm Sandy”
NAB is proud to present the second installment in a powerful video series demonstrating the vital role that local radio and television broadcasters serve...
Stocks end higher after upbeat jobs data
Stocks on Wall Street ended higher on Thursday, buoyed by encouraging data on the U.S. labor market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up...
Toronto FM added to A1R Psychic Radio Network
Positive Peak Radio & TV's A1R Psychic Talk Radio (Ask1Radio.com), a call-in interactive advice based network that can be added 24/7, welcomes Dufferin Communication's...
WGN Radio Neediest Kids Fund launches campaign
With spring's arrival bringing the end of the school year closer, thousands of children across Chicagoland will soon be losing access to programs that...
Time Warner CEO Bewkes comments on Aereo
Aereo may not be the threat broadcast networks are making it out to be, because it doesn't have a compelling value proposition for consumers,...
Mobile takes bigger bite out of PC usage
The bite mobile is taking out of desktop internet use keeps getting bigger. The Media Behavior Institute monitored US study participants and found that...