Soledad O’Brien leaving CNN?
Morning anchor Soledad O’Brien is on her way out as Jeff Zucker moves Erin Burnett into her morning slot, The NY Post has learned....
Obama uses local TV to make sequester case
It’s not so much that the White House is by-passing the White House press corps or the representatives from national media that cover Washington....
Nielsen/RAB: Super Bowl ad recall was low
Despite the usual hype around television ads that ran during this year’s Big Game, many viewers said they didn’t watch them – and even...
CBS wins week in viewers and Adults 25-54
CBS placed first in viewers for the sixth consecutive week, was first in adults 25-54 for the third consecutive week, and was a solid...
ABC scored five of Top 20 programs
Overall: During the week of 2/11/13, ABC claimed 5 of the Top 20 TV programs in Adults 18-49 with Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, The...
CBS Radio creates Director/Music Initiatives role
Looks like CBS may be heading down the Clear Channel path in making deals with labels:
Texas AM headed to new owner
$305K KXIT-AM Dalhart TX from Radio Dalhart (George Chambers) to ROGCO Family I LLC (Richard D. Rodgers et al). $25K escrow, balance in cash...
Los Angeles Class A duo sold
$59.225M KNET-CD/KNLA-CD Los Angeles CA from Local Media TV Los Angeles LLC (Paul Koplin, Lawrence Rogow) to NRJ TV III License Company LLC, a...
Retail organization calls economy “stable yet fragile”
Consumers managed to increase spending in January by a seasonally-adjusted 0.3%, according to the latest report from the National Retail Federation. NRF noted that...
Nexstar deal makes it to the finish line
A deal with entities of the disbanding Newport Television group for stations in California has joined the register of done deals. It adds a...
Atlanta-area noncom FM moves in 7-figure deal
Religion-formatted WWEV-FM is being sold by Curriculum Development Foundation to War Hill Christian Fellowship Inc. And although the station’s primary contour falls short of...
Radio One business picked up Q4 2012
The elections helped Radio One increase its revenue during the final quarter of 2012, but it says its radio stations still would have posted...
Now Comcast won’t air ads for firearms
We recently reported the nationwide gun debate is moving to local gun shop advertising as well: Last month Time Warner Cable placed more
Gray hits record Q4, FY numbers
Gray Television’s Q4 revenue was $126.6 million, topping the previous Q4 record of $114.6 million set in 2010. Needless to say, political
Clear Channel profits in Q4, 2012
Revenues were up at Clear Channel for the Q4 based on a $50M increase over the same quarter the year prior, helping to put...