Cleveland Indians, WTAM reach 5-year deal
The Indians and Clear Channel’s WTAM AM Cleveland have signed a five-year deal that allows the station to carry the team's games. Tom Hamilton...
NBC: “Loser” tops year-ago telecast by 9%
Monday Results: From 8-10 p.m. ET, "The Biggest Loser" (2.3 rating, 6 share in
adults 18-49, 6.1 million viewers overall) topped its fourth episode
of one...
ABC delivers #1 scripted show
Overall: During the week of 01/21/13, ABC aired 4 of the week’s Top 20 TV programs in Adults 18-49, and for the 2nd week...
Nielsen signs Me-TV
Weigel Broadcasting and Nielsen have reached an agreement to begin national television audience measurement of The Me-TV Network effective spring 2013. Since the launch...
CBS, Charter see Eye-to-eye on carriage rates
A long term deal locking in retransmission consent fees for CBS O&O television stations and key cable channels has been inked with cable MSO...
NABOB cross-ownership objection explained
The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters doesn’t see the potential for newspapers and radio stations to be combined locally as a threat to...
CBS scores seven of the week’s top 10 programs
CBS won the week in viewers with three nights of rebroadcasts including its two highest rated nights (Tuesday and Thursday) and had seven of...
Fox takes the week in 18-49, 18-34, teens
FOX’s week was highlighted by the premiere of THE FOLLOWING which was the second-highest-rated drama debut of the season on any network among Adults...
Natchez radio cluster expands
$55K WWUU-FM Washington MS from SSR Communications Inc. (Matthew Wesolowski) to First Natchez Radio Group Inc. (Marie Z. Perkins et al). $5.5K escrow, balance...
Sinclair spins out of Providence
$13.75M WLWC-TV Providence RI-New Bedford MA (New Bedford MA) frin WLWC Licensee LC, a subsidiary of Sinclair Television Group Inc. (David Smith) to OTA...
Houston low power TV sold
KVVV-LD is being sold out of bankruptcy by Lee Shubert, who has found a buyer for the Channel 15 facility. Abraham Telecasting Company is...
Big dip in consumer confidence measured
Consumer confidence readings have been trending downward, and the closely watched measurement from the Conference Board is proving to be no exception. It found...
Kagan study outlines program cost drivers for MVPDs
According to SNL Kagan, the rapidly rising cost of sports rights is widely seen as the reason programming costs are also rapidly rising for...
Price revealed for Fox Charlotte TV buy
We knew that News Corporation’s Fox Television was picking up WJZY and WMYT in the Charlotte NC DMA. Now we know how much it’s...
Noncom Midwestern FM triple play sold
Three stations on the low end of the full power spectrum are going from one non-profit to another in a deal involving near-the-border stations...