Boise Daystar affiliate sold
Gary Cocola’s Boise Telecasters LP has applied to sell KKJB-DT in Boise ID – and the deal is one that will likely please regulators....
HD radio used to revive student radio in Los Angeles
California State University Long Beach’s KKJZ-FM Long Beach serves the heart of the Los Angeles market with a Class B 88.1 MHz signal, focusing...
Study: Radio effectively enhances TV ads
Katz Marketing Solutions, the national marketing arm of the Katz Media Group, announced findings of a new study that quantified the importance of audio...
Rupert Murdoch sells more voting shares
The News Corp. Chairman and CEO sold voting shares in the media company worth around $28.9 million last week, further reducing his voting stake...
Stocks rally; S&P 500 falls for week
Stocks rallied on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average erasing weekly losses, after better-than-expected results from personal-computer maker Hewlett-Packard and an upbeat report...
CNBC launches first reality series
CNBC Prime launches its first reality series on Tuesday, 3/5 with the premiere of “Treasure Detectives” at 9PM ET/PT. A show that takes you...
Re/Max divulges media buy for latest campaign
We reported last week many of the details of Re/Max’s “For All the Things That Move You” campaign for this year, which uses broadcast,...
DISH finds way around Fox blocking its Hopper ads
Since FOX and the other three major broadcasters are turning down DISH’s ads over the current copyright violation litigation suits
FM piracy for buccaneers on a budget
Two radio bandits were caught operating in the New York City area. One confessed to his malfeasance; the other claimed to merely be an...
Details of the Cox-SummitMedia deal
$66.25M WENN-AM/WZZK-FM, WBHJ-FM, WBHK-FM, WBPT-FM & WZNN-FM Birmingham AL (Birmingham, Midfield, Warrior, Homewood, Gardendale AL); WHZT-FM & WJMZ-FM Greenville-Spartanburg SC (Williamston, Anderson SC); KCCN-FM/KINE-FM/KRTR-AM,...
Double deal in Portland ME DMA
$1.525M WPXT-DT Portland ME from New Age Media of Maine (John Parente) to Ironwood Communications Portland LLC (David J. Joseph). $152,500 escrow, balance in...
Tidewater TV loses bid to add service in NC with a hyphen
Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association wanted to change the city of license of its Norfolk DMA noncom WHRO-TV from Hampton-Norfolk VA to Norfolk VA-Elizabeth...
Big Bang tops Thursday
THE BIG BANG THEORY swept its time period, finishing first in households (10.5/17), viewers (17.34m), adults 25-54 (7.0/18), adults 18-49 (5.4/16) and adults 18-34...
ABC Zero Hour had good Thursday
Up against Idol and CBS’ top-rated comedies (The Big Bang Theory/Two and a Half Men), ABC’s Zero Hour drew 2.2 million more viewers than...
Todd Schnitt files appeal; fires lawyers
Compass Media Networks’ Todd “MJ” Schnitt recently lost his defamation lawsuit against Bubba the Love Sponge (Todd Clem) but vowed to appeal the jury's...