ABC takes second place in 18-49
Based on Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings: ABC was a competitive #2 on Wednesday in Adults 18-49 to Fox with a 2-hour...
Fox: American Idol dominates Wednesday
NOTE: A18-49 usage was down -4% from 8-10pm last night versus last week.
With a two-hour AMERICAN IDOL, FOX dominated last night in virtually every...
SiriusXM launches “The B. Smith and Thank You Dan Show”
The new show will feature the pioneering lifestyle entrepreneur B. (Barbara) Smith and Dan Gasby (Thank You Dan), her husband and business partner. It’s...
BMI, TMLC strike license deal
Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) and the Television Music License Committee (TMLC) have negotiated principal terms for new music license agreements providing local broadcast TV...
Oregon AM becomes a charitable item
N/A AM CP Grants Pass OR from Grants Pass Radio Company(Donna A. Griffith) to Better Life Television Inc. (Delmer Wagner et al). Charitable donation....
Eshoo drums up support for Sunshine Act
House Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and a posse of bipartisan bicameral collaborators are trying to get the FCC Collaboration Act enacted...
Fox moves back to Nexstar in Fort Wayne settlement
Nexstar Broadcasting’s WFFT-TV is the once and future home of Fox Television Network in Fort Wayne
New York Public Radio wins SEO grant
Conductor Inc. is a search engine optimization specialist that essentially does pro bono work for the non-profit sector. The program, in its second year,...
Oregon AM spun away from FM sister
KSRV-AM will no longer be associated with KSRV-FM when a deal transferring it to a new owner makes it to the finish line –...
Coldwell Banker unveils “We Believe” ad (video)
The new national television commercial which continues the brand’s “Value of a Home” campaign from last spring, will debut 2/10 on the 55th annual...
Liberty won’t spar with Murdoch’s BSkyB over content rights
As much as Liberty Global’s Virgin Media buy might pit Liberty Media Chairman John Malone against Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB in Europe, a Reuters story says...
Abacast offers song skipping, replacement in live radio streams
“If someone wants to skip a song when listening to live radio,
Nexstar acquires Fresno NBC outlet
KSEE-TV is headed from Granite Broadcasting to Nexstar in a two-part deal that will allow the buyer to acquire the station’s non-license assets immediately...
News Corp. profits in its fiscal Q2
Operating television stations in the US during a presidential election year is almost becoming a license to print money, and News Corporation was certainly...
Stocks score small gains on earnings
Stocks closed out a choppy session Wednesday with small gains for blue-chips and the S&P 500 and a minor loss for the Nasdaq. The...