Rockefeller rounds up posse to study media violence
Commerce Committee Chair Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) said he was going to re-introduce a bill instructing the National Academy of Sciences to study the effects...
FCC confirms January Open Meeting agenda
The order of business at the 1/31/13 FCC Open Meeting will be as advertised, or in other words, of little or no interest to...
Nexstar shares the wealth with investors
Steadily growing television company Nexstar Broadcasting Group is doing more than just grow its portfolio. It’s also reducing its leverage and at the same...
Family Stations spins Santa Maria FM
Harold Camping’s Family Stations media group has been pruning its portfolio of late, and it has another deal in the hopper, which would send...
Kia details Super Bowl spot (video)
Kia returns as a Super Bowl advertiser for the fourth time in a row. Its "Space Babies" spot for the 2014 Sorento is part...
Coalition suggests guidelines for TV spectrum repurposing
The National Association of Broadcasters is party to a coalition which has been carefully reviewing the FCC’s spectrum repurposing plan in the television band....
Boeing lifts Dow to 5th gain; Apple sinks Nasdaq
The Dow Jones Industrial Average led the major benchmarks higher on Thursday, supported by data on jobless claims and 1.4% advance in Boeing shares,...
Station hit for semi-operational EAS system
The Emergency Alert System at Centro Colegial Cristiano’s WVID-FM in Anasco PR, as long as there was somebody there to personally make it happen....
MMTC takes its case to the FCC
The Minority Media and Telecommunications Counsel, representing itself and the Diversity and Competition Supporters coalition, pressed its case to move aggressively to increase the...
Fox won Wednesday: all demos
With Week 2 of AMERICAN IDOL Season 12 auditions, FOX won last night across every single demographic and outperformed the next highest-rated network by...
AT&T U-verse outage causes southern discomfort
Subscribers to AT&T’s video service U-verse lost service, according to a report in Hillicon Valley. Traced to problems associated with a software upgrade, it...
90% of local ad sales managers expect revenue up in 2013
Nearly 90% of local media sales managers are expecting increases in advertising revenue for 2013 compared to last year, according to the newly released...
SESAC outlook stable, says Wall Street ref
Moody’s Investors Service likes the predictability of income that is the basis of performance rights organization SESAC’s business model, and believes that moves to...
ABC came in second on Wed.
ABC ranked #2 on Wednesday night in Adults 18-49 to a 2-hour Idol-driven Fox. ABC’s Modern Family was once again Wednesday’s #1 scripted TV...
“The Carmen Jara Show” comes to CCME Spanish stations
Clear Channel Media and Entertainment has joined forces with Stardome Radio Networks to welcome The Carmen Jara Show (mornings) to Clear Channel’s Spanish programming...