93 KHJ radio tower demolished in LA (video)
The historic LA radio towers located in the Fairfax District were knocked to the ground with the help of a bulldozer 2/27. Crews worked...
Federal News Radio sets new milestone
Hubbard’s Federal News Radio 1500 AM in DC and FederalNewsRadio.com set a new milestone in February, reaching more than 3,000,000 pageviews. The station and...
ESPN has to pay Dish $4.86 Million for breach of contract
After a day of deliberation, a federal jury gave a mixed verdict in Dish's $152 million lawsuit against ESPN for allegedly breaching terms on...
Timeless Media expands to a second Carolina
Ardell Sink’s Timeless Media Inc. has three AM stations in the general vicinity of Asheville NC. Now it has a deal to bring in...
Democrats cite GAO report on political ad sourcing
A Government Accountability Office report says that it is the FCC’s responsibility to make sure the sponsors of all ads on broadcast outlets are...
Millions spent on TV spectrum speculation
There has been a cottage industry within the station trading universe during the past couple of years – the buying and selling of lower-profile...
Georgia FM moves in noncom deal
$1.5M WWEV-FM Cumming GA from Curriculum Development Foundation (Paul L. Walker) to War Hill Christian Fellowship Inc. (Don C. Allen et al). $75K escrow,...
Rockefeller aiming at media violence, indecency
The 113th Congress will mark the last go-around for Senate Commerce Committee Chair Jay Rockefeller (D-WV). He has laid out a typical agenda for...
Miami pirate earns the rancor of two federal agencies
Not only was a frequency bandit operating on 91.7 MHz in Miami airspace without a license, his station was producing a spurious transmission on...
Sinclair strikes again: buys Barrington group
The television stations in the new smaller market group that Sinclair Broadcast started with the acquisition of Cox Media stations will not have a...
Stocks slip at the close; up in February
Stocks on Thursday finished mildly lower after a last-minute retreat from gains that had the Dow Jones Industrial Average coming within 15 points of...
Next FCC meeting a little less broadcast-silent than usual
The big issues on the broadcast side of the FCC job description will get at least another month to percolate – it comes as...
FOX: Idol wins Wednesday
With a two hour AMERICAN IDOL, FOX won last night across all demos. AMERICAN IDOL posted a 3.8/11, down -7% from last Wednesday (NOTE:...
Gray KSNB buy enabled by FCC waiver
Gray Broadcasting asked for and received an FCC failing station waiver, enabling it to acquire KSNB-TV Superior NE and pair it up with KOLN-TV...
FCC throws several books at Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting
Public file violations carry one of the stiffest base penalties of all commonly levied by the FCC, on par with frequency piracy. When the...