Thursday, May 14, 2026

FCC

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...
SBG / Sinclair Broadcast Group

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...
Hulu

Hulu unveils updated app for Apple TV

Hulu announced a significant redesign of its Apple TV app which makes finding and viewing content much easier. When you find the show you...
ABC

ABC comes in second with 18-49

Up against all-original competition on Tuesday, ABC finished #2 to CBS in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.  The Net marked its most-watched Tuesday...

Salisbury University license transfer approved

Salisbury University in Salisbury, MD is applying to the FCC to take over ownership of licenses for WSCL-FM and WSDL-FM. Two panels voted unanimously...
Robert McDowell

McDowell exiting the FCC

The senior Republican member of the FCC will soon be its current newest member Ajit Pai as Robert McDowell is exiting shortly

Buyer takes majority stake in Kentucky FM

$900K WXBC-FM Hardinsburg KY. 55% of Breckinridge Broadcasting Company Inc. from Jo Ann Keenan to Lee Bramlett. $25K earnest money, $65K cash, $810K note....

Ohio LPTV sold

$75K WCPX-LP Columbus OH from TVO Media LLC (Cathleen Hancock) to Integrated American Media (Stanley Jackson). $7.5K down payment, balance in cash at closing....
People

Consumer spending holding steady

The latest consumer spending survey from Deloitte finds that Americans have factored in their higher payroll taxes and found they can open their wallets...
People watching TV

MVPD households up, cable way down

Video service growth coming from companies who entered the MVPD business from the telephone side is keeping the MVPD business as
Gavel

Debt settlement cancels station auction results

Stations in New York belonging to Pembrook Pines Mass Media were placed in receivership by court order, and even got to the point of...
Dollar Sign

ING launches “Orange Money” campaign

ING U.S. launched a new campaign focused on the importance of closely managing the money they have earmarked for retirement. Through the new campaign,...
Gavel

Former LA radio host sent to prison

Former Beverly Hills money manager, John Farahi, is the second securities industry professional who has been sentenced to prison due to selling investments in...
Bloomberg Television

Bloomberg, El Financiero to launch HD network

Bloomberg Media Group, a division Bloomberg L.P., and El Financiero, the media branch of Grupo Lauman, announced a long-term agreement to launch a new...