The Andrea Tantaros Show gets praise from affiliates
TRN Entertainment’s The Andrea Tantaros Show is gaining both station affiliations and major market praise. The nationally syndicated show airs Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to...
Second try to sell Portland ME de facto duopoly
WPXT-DT and WPME-DT have been operated in tandem by two different owners, and applications to transfer to two new licensees were filed in March...
Strong Q4 keeps radio in black for 2012
According to the latest Radio Advertising Bureau tally, radio revenues improved 4% during the fourth quarter of 2012, helping to secure a 1% gain...
CBS buys into Marc Cuban’s AXS network
CBS Corp. is taking a minority stake in AXS TV, a music-oriented cable channel owned by billionaire Mark Cuban and entertainment giant AEG. AXS...
Dow closes down for 2nd day
Stocks finished mostly higher Thursday, trading within tight ranges, as news of a host of M&A deals competed with sour economic data out of...
CBS caps off “another terrific year”
Terrific is the way CBS Corporation Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone characterized the company’s fourth quarter results, which was highlighted by a modest increase in...
Q87.7 to premiere EDM Show in Chicago
Boston sure has its share of EDM/Dance on the radio. Now, beginning this weekend, Chicago is getting some of its own. Merlin Media’s Alternative...
Meredith eying Time Warner magazines
The magazine side of Meredith Corporation -- it also operates a television group – contains a number of titles very popular with women. And...
Lautenberg serving his last term in Senate
According to a report in the New Jersey Star-Ledger, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) will not seek re-election in 2014 – good news for Newark...
Slacker re-launches with “most complete digital music service”
Six years after launch, Slacker Radio has unveiled a new, overhauled Slacker; full of new bells and whistles to compete head-to-head with streaming radio...
Rep calls for more focus on violent media
Frank Wolf (R-VA) agrees that easy access to firearms is one of the problems that must be confronted when addressing the issue of gun...
Optimizing DR for radio, TV with e-verification
The world moves pretty fast. In the world of direct response (DR) advertising, it moves even faster. In fact, the faster, the better. That’s...
WOMC radiothon collects nearly $1M for food bank
The annual 104.3 WOMC-FM (CBS Radio) one-day radiothon, held 2/14 in Detroit, raised a whopping $930,741. The effort benefited Gleaners Community Food Bank of...
ABC scores second on Wed.
ABC earned second place on Wednesday in Adults 18-49 to Fox’s 2-hour American Idol, leading CBS with the 90-minute Survivor: Caramoan premiere by 5%...
CBS Television Distribution cancels “The Jeff Probst Show”
The "Survivor" host is the latest talker not to get a renewal, following the recent cancellation of "Ricki Lake" by Twentieth Television on 2/4....