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...
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...