Pure Michigan campaign goes national
Via McCann Erickson Birmingham, MI, Pure Michigan, the state's tourism ad agency, has launched its largest-ever national TV campaign. The $13 million effort runs...
Restructuring Access.1 puts FMs in trust
N/A KSYR-FM Shreveport LA (Benton LA); and KCUL-FM Tyler-Longview TX (Marshall TX) from Access.1 Communications Corporation (Chesley Maddox-Dorsey et al) to Cosecha Communications LLC...
Detroit Class A to LocusPoint
$4M WDWO-CD Detroit MI from TCT of Michigan Inc. (Garth Koonce et al) to LocusPoint Networks LLC (William deKay, Ravi Potharlanka). Buyer may use...
Washington sendoff for Robert McDowell
Although he isn’t even gone yet, FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell’s announcement of his imminent departure got the Washington PR machine cranked up to 5th...
Odd FTC crackdown on fur advertising
99,999 times out of 100,000, we suspect advertisers would like to tout their products as being totally natural and 100% free of synthetic material....
NBCUniversal doubles in Philadelphia with Telemundo outlet
WCAU-TV is the NBC O&O in the Philadelphia DMA, and it soon be paired with a second O&O
Red Rock expands central Minnesota cluster
KLKS-FM Pequot Lakes MN is in the Brainerd MN area, and a deal will put it into a local group with two FMs and...
Michael Baisden says goodbye, locked out of Cumulus
By his own account, Michael Baisden has been kicked off the air and locked out of the studio. According to his Facebook page, he...
NBC replacing Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon
Sounds like the rumors that NBC is replacing Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon are becoming true. What we did know was Leno was not...
“The Brian Kenny Show” rounds out NBC Sports Radio lineup
NBC Sports Radio announced the MLB Network and Showtime host, and former ESPN Radio talker, will host “The Brian Kenny Show in the 9am-12n...
Stocks finish near record highs on Fed news
Stocks ended higher Wednesday, with the S&P 500 snapping its first three-day losing run this year, after the Fed said its stimulus would continue....
Music fans could spend up to $2.6 billion more annually
Nielsen has unveiled the findings from “The Buyer and the Beats: The Music Fan and How to Reach Them,” an unprecedented music study created...
Radio stations about to lose licenses
A full power FM, three translators and an LPFM failed to get renewal applications into the FCC that were due 12/1/12, and now face...
WOAI-TV back on air six hours after fire
The Sinclair Broadcast Group NBC affiliate in San Antonio was off the air more than six hours 3/19 after a fire forced staffers to...
LPTV licensee fails to reinstate Class A status
The FCC found a large number of Class A television stations that had not lived up to all of their Class A obligations and...