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...
The Bachelor Hometown Dates: The Dez Disaster
The hometown date will make or break you. That’s always been the case with few exceptions. Without further ado, let’s discuss how each of...
Talker Ralph Bailey abruptly quits his show
Buckley Radio/Bakersfield Conservative talker Ralph Bailey resigned without warning 2/21 from his afternoon show on KNZR-AM, among the top-rated stations in the market. Buckley...
Univision hits on all cylinders in Q4 2012
Television revenues were up, radio revenues were up and digital revenues more than doubled for Hispanic media giant Univision. Univision head Randy Falco was...
Grant TV stations go dark on DISH
Stations in four smaller DMAs are now missing from the DISH Network lineup. They belong to group owner Grant Communications, and the service outage...
Combo receiver finds a buyer in the mirror
Randy Hudzinski is tending to the care and feeding of a Ladysmith WI AM-FM combo as receiver, but has filed paperwork with the FCC...
Social media key to car purchases these days
While TV gets the lion’s share of auto ad dollars, 29% of auto conversations in social media take place during purchase consideration. People in...
Crown Media Q4, FY up in 2012
Crown Media Holdings, which O&O’s Hallmark Channel, crossed the $100M revenue threshold during the final quarter of 2012, based on a 3% gain over...
Cablevision to add Sports surcharge to subscribers
Cablevision plans to charge its customers an additional $2.98-a-month fee to pay for the rising cost of sports, beginning 4/1. Cablevision, the nation’s 5th-largest...
Stocks close lower for second session
Stocks on Thursday posted modest declines, with the S&P 500 index tallying its first two-day losing run this month, as a weak regional manufacturing...
Cumulus partners with Touchdown Radio Productions
Cumulus Media Networks announced a partnership with Touchdown Radio Productions to distribute its weekly NCAA college football games to stations across the country. Touchdown...