Family stations deals hit the finish line
Noncom religious group Family Stations has been in spin mode of late, and now two of its recent deals are closed. In the hands...
Hubbard doubles in Albany NY
Hubbard Broadcasting, the Minnesota-based group with both broadcast and television interests, is adding a second television station in New York’s capital market, Albany-Schenectady-Troy. It...
“Dateline NBC” grows 13%
Sunday Results: From 7-8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Dateline NBC" reported a 0.8/2 in 18-49 and 4.1 million viewers overall. From its...
American Forces Network adds Laura Ingraham
Courtside Entertainment Group announced The Laura Ingraham Show is now heard by more than one million U.S. service members and their families via American...
Salem enjoys healthy Q4 2012
According to religious radio/internet specialist Salem Communications, its space in the business world as a whole enjoyed a 4.3% revenue gain during the final...
NAB Crystal Radio finalists named
The National Association of Broadcasters announced the 50 finalists for the 26th Annual Crystal Radio Awards. Since 1987, the NAB Crystal Radio Awards have...
Fence fine reduction comes with FCC warning
On top of have trouble keeping a Georgia AM station on the air, its licensee was also hit with a hefty fine for failure...
Puerto Rico television stations over-commercialized kids programs
There are limits to how much commercial time can be inserted into television programming aimed at children, and a pair of co-owned television stations...
Regional Arizona radio group gets FM fill-in
A swap-cash deal is bringing an extra voice on the FM dial to Petracom of Holbrook LLC, in exchange for one of Petracom's AM voices....
Moody’s sees a stable Clear Channel
The leverage is still very high at radio giant Clear Channel, but a new note proposal which would come due
Spotify, Ford team for voice-activated audio streaming
Ford will be the first car maker to launch “Spotify in the Car,” a voice-activated music service, the two companies announced 2/25 at Mobile...
RAB: Radio turning the corner in digital sales
Radio gained digital share in 2012, and it looks like many stations are building on that momentum in 2013, according to a report issued...
Cox/Connoisseur come together in Connecticut
$40M WPLR-FM New Haven CT; WFOX-FM Stamford-Norwalk CT (Norwalk CT); and WEZN-FM Bridgeport CT from Cox Radio Inc. (Doug Franklin) to Connoisseur Media LLC...
Fresno TV: O Say Can You KSEE
$26.5M KSEE-TV Fresno CA from KSEE License Inc., a subsidiary of Granite Broadcasting Corporation (Peter Markham) to Nexstar Broadcasting Inc. (Perry Sook). $20M initial...
Top questionable questions of job seekers
Broadcasters, like any other members of the business community, are constantly bringing in new employees. Here is a compendium of oddball questions fielded by...