Genachowski announces April agenda
For broadcasters, the main reason for attending the FCC Open Meeting for April may simply be to see who shows up. There isn’t much...
Michigan delegation queries FCC on auctions
Like a number of states, Michigan is close enough to the border with a sovereign nation that the channels it has available for broadcast...
Bowman finds a Duck on the TN FM dial
WDUC-FM Lynchburg TN is headed for a new owner. The Lite AC station which serves an unrated portion of south central Tennessee is also...
“T-Mobile Girl” out in new campaign
Carly Foulkes is out as the “T-Mobile Girl,” and the company appears to be opting for a new campaign instead of the pink-donning spokeswoman....
NPR, WBUR-FM to build out news programming
NPR is forging a new relationship with Boston-based public radio station WBUR to expand its mid-day news program “Here & Now” from a one-hour...
Paramount looking to build a TV studio
Viacom’s Paramount Pictures wants to get back into the TV business. CEO Brad Grey, a prominent former TV producer himself, is looking to build...
Commissioner gets boost toward FCC chair
With the departure of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski now a sure thing, the cottage industry that turns out likely replacement rumors has shifted into...
Brainerd-area cluster adds an FM
$250K KLKS-FM Brainerd MN (Pequot Lakes MN) from Minnesota Christian Broadcasters Inc. (Charles Albrecht) to Red Rock Radio Corporation, which includes 85% stake held...
Sinclair-Barrington: The pass-through stations
$1.48M WEYI-TV Flint-Saginaw-Bay City MI (Saginaw MI) from Barrington Broadcasting LLC (Paul McNicol et al) to Howard Stirk Holdings LLC (Armstrong Williams). Part of...
Tax time not such a bad thing for broadcasters
Nobody likes to pay taxes. However, the upside of taxation in America is the preponderance of cash that floods into the economy in the...
Class A television stations fined by FCC
The bad news is that a pair of Class A low-power television stations had children’s programming list omissions, and one of them compounded the...
CBS expected to soar on content, retrans income
Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker thinks that the current conventional wisdom on CBS income potential is on the low side. Deals to put its...
ASCAP set to seat new board
The votes have been cast and tallied, allowing the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers to name the Board of Directors that will...
Stocks finish quarter with S&P at all-time high
Stocks rose on Thursday, with the S&P 500 index and the Dow industrials finishing at record highs, as portfolio managers and other investors looked...
State of West Virginia invests in double duop deal
Nick Fantasia has a two-AM, two-FM station cluster centered in the Fairmont portion of the Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont WV market. It is being sold to Spectrum...