Friday, July 31, 2026

Broadcasting Pirate

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...
SBG / Sinclair Broadcast Group

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...
FCC

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

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 Television

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...
Dollar Sign

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...
Sirius XM

Liberty Media to make decision soon on Sirius XM CEO

John Malone’s Liberty Media said it has seen strong internal and external candidates in the company's search for a CEO for Sirius XM Radio....

Tom Kent Radio Network hits 400 affiliates

The latest are Clear Channel’s AC WSRS 96.1 FM (Boston) adding “Lovin’ Life, Livin’ the 80s” to Saturday Nights 7P-Mid; Access. 1 Communications AC...
Cumulus

Conexión Thalia Radio Show added in key markets

Cumulus Media Networks announced that Conexión Thalia Radio Show, the popular lifestyle and music program hosted by international Latina recording artist Thalia, will launch...

Hyundai aired most effective ad of the Oscars

Ace Metrix, television and video analytics provider, has revealed the most effective ads of the Academy Awards, a list led by Korean automaker Hyundai...
Dish Network

Dish’s Clearwire bid may need to be upped

Dish’s last bid on the table for Clearwire was in December, offering $2.2 billion to buy 40 megahertz of prime wireless broadband spectrum from...
TuneIn

TuneIn launches “TuneIn Live”

TuneIn, the leading streaming music, sports and news aggregator, announced the launch of TuneIn Live, a customized  experience allowing listeners to more easily discover...
Pandora

Pandora caps free mobile listening

Pandora CEO Tim Westergren announced in a blog post they are installing a 40 hour monthly limit on free listening via mobile devices. This,...

Receiver sells Wisco combo to himself

$664K WKDY-AM/WJBL-FM Ladysmith WI from Roth Broadcasting Inc. (Randy Hudzinski, Receiver) to Flambeau Broadcasting Company Inc. (Randy Hudzinski). Payment of estimated $550K mortgage lean,...