They don’t strike TV deals like this one very often
You’d almost think that the kids are in charge of the sale of KSPS-TV Spokane WA, and that they have determined that it’s Backwards Day. For starters, the seller will be the one making a cash payment at closing, and then it will keep on paying the buyer.
File failure put multi-million Class A sale at risk
KM LPTV of Chicago’s WOCH-CA failed to file required reports on children’s TV programming, and neither were the reports in the
Pocatello AM sold out of receivership
The inventory of Wayne Klein is in decline, and that’s a good thing. The sale of KPTO-AM Pocatello ID makes it three down, one to go as far as finding new owners for a quartet of radio stations is concerned.
Clear Channel/Richmond launches The Planet 96.1
Classic Rock The Planet 96.1-FM (W295BF) launched 4/17 by Clear Channel Richmond, is aiming at full-market cross-town rival, Cox Media Group’s Rock 96.5 WKLR-FM.
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The small screen scored big ad revenue last year
Advertisers gravitated to the small screen in 2012 and pulled away from newspapers and magazines, according to Nielsen’s quarterly Global AdView Pulse report. The...
Aereo CEO addresses Fox’s threat to go cable
At the Ad Age Digital conference 4/17, CEO Chet Kanojia was skeptical that broadcast networks like Fox and Univision will go
Amaturo back in Santa Rosa
$4.5M KSRO-AM/KHTH-FM, KFGY-FM, KVRV-FM & KMHX-FM Santa Rosa CA (Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Monte Rio, Rohnert Park) from Maverick Media of Santa Rosa LLC (Gary...
Vehicle operating costs up modestly
The price of gas has seemed volatile enough to cause us to hold our breath before approaching a pump to fill up, but it has been relatively stable YOY – the runaway inflation sector of car operation has been the maintenance category.
TV prime time shows that are coming back
In our Wednesday morning issue, we looked at programs that are either dead or on death’s door; Thursday morning we looked
Inspecting the sale of the K-DAY FM twins
RBC Communications is getting paired FMs on 93.5 MHz serving Los Angeles and San Bernardino – and here are a few of the interesting particulars of that deal.
Stocks end sharply lower as Apple slides
Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday to reclaim much of the prior day's advance, with sentiment hit by disappointing company results and an Apple supplier's...
Dealmakers support foreign broadcast investment
The National Association of Media Brokers has filed comments with the FCC explaining that the demand
Sanford campaign woes will cost Charleston media
The marital problems of former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford (R) made national news; and now, a lawsuit filed by his former wife over his alleged failure to abide by divorce terms has the Republican national campaign organization dropping any plans to participate in his congressional campaign.
TV prime timers on the bubble
Yesterday we took a look at the television shows that have either been yanked offstage or are soon to be. Today, we’ll take a...
Radio talker’s DC town hall in session
No less than 50 political talkmeisters are gathered at a Capitol Hill hotel in Washington DC for the annual “Hold Their Feet to the...