Senate Commerce names subcommittee leaders
The subcommittee of interest to broadcasters, of course, is the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, & The Internet. Both leaders from the last Congress –...
Radio Mercury Awards names final round judging panel
The Radio Mercury Awards announced the final round judging panel for the 22nd Annual Radio Mercury Awards. This year’s panel of top level agency...
NAB argues against satellite distant signal importation
The Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act and its predecessors was put in place to make sure satellite MVPDs can provide broadcast network programming...
Delaware getting two VHF stations
A challenge to the FCC’s grant of a CP for a Channel 5 television station to Seaford DE has been turned down, and in...
Comcast improved in Q4, television assets strong
The stats are in for Comcast/NBCU for Q4 2012 and for the full year – and the ink of choice will be black. The...
Jack FM launches in Sisseton, SD
Now broadcasting on 99.5, KJKQ-FM is owned by Armada Media and programmed on the Dial Global STORQ platform. Sisseton is a town about 100...
3G steps up to buy Rhode Island radio pair
$800K WADK-AM Providence RI (Newport RI) and WJZS-FM Block Island RI from Astro Tele-Communications Corporation (Gregory H. Birne) to 3G Broadcasting Inc. (Bonnie Gomes,...
Los Angeles Class A going to NRJ
$5.7M KSKJ-CD Los Angeles CA (Van Nuys CA) from Capital Broadcasting Corporation (Robert Ruiz) to NRJ TV LA License Company LLC, a subsidiary of...
New car sales on the rise
There have been nothing but positive predictions on the automotive front. KBB points out that the pace of the increase will actually slow, but...
LIN exits NBC joint venture, plans reorg
Group owner LIN Television Corp. has paid $100M to withdraw from a joint venture involving stations in San Diego and Dallas, resulting in a...
AM-FM combo: Breaking up is not all that hard to do
All it will take for KXIT AM and FM in Dalhart TX to go their separate ways is a buyer with the necessary amount...
Clear Channel strikes another record label deal
Robbins Entertainment, an independent recording company specializing in Dance/Pop music
Mobile moviegoers are the biggest movie enthusiasts
Today, with the help of their smartphones and tablets, moviegoers can stay on top of the latest movie trends in real time, purchase tickets...
Dish Network sues ESPN over licensing deal
Dish’s suit went to trial before a jury 2/11 over claims the sports empire owes it more than $152M after
Courtside to debut “Ron Paul’s America”
Courtside Entertainment Group says the former Congressman and Presidential Candidate will make his national radio and podcast debut