The Bachelor, Episode 2: Jumping off buildings, romance novel cover photos and a prank
I’ve had a few days now to recover from my DVR not recording the beginning of The Bachelor this week. It turns out that...
AM stations sold in Dallas, Dothan
$1.9M KKDA-AM Dallas-Fort Worth TX (Grand Prairie TX) from Service Broadcasting Group LLC (Hymen Childs) to SKR Partners LLC (Scott Kim, Kimberly Roberts). $150K...
Tupelo JSSA partner station changing hands
$500K WLOV-TV Tupelo MS (West Point MS) from Lingard Broadcasting Corporation (John R. Lingard) to Tupelo Broadcasting Inc. (Matthew M. Dee). $25K escrow, balance...
Kentucky combo headed to new owners in estate sale
WKDO AM-FM Liberty KY serve an unrated portion of Kentucky south of the Lexington market – and soon it will be a new set...
Football well atop the fan favorite heap
Baseball and football were almost on even footing among sports fans asked to pick their favorite by pollster Harris back in 1985 – but...
Orlando LPTV sale delivers ROI
Channel 47 WATV-LD isn’t on the air right now, but that didn’t stop the station from delivering a cool six-figure face-value margin for seller...
Texas newspaper company expands into radio
KBEY-FM Burnet TX provides Texas Best Country to an unrated portion of the state just to the northwest of Austin. It is going to...
Report: Local TV ads had biggest effect on 2012 election
Jack Poor, the TVB’s VP of Political Research and Analysis, has issued a statement and supporting research based on TVB’s analysis of the 2012...
Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network looking much brighter
The very-recent Lance Armstrong interview—which siphoned off some 19% of American Idol ratings—is the latest in a string of positive revenue and ratings-boosting moves...
Liberty Media takes Sirius XM stake above 50%
Liberty Media said in a 1/17 regulatory filing that it has bought a further 50 million shares of common stock in Sirius XM Radio...
Stocks rally; S&P 500 above five-year high
Stock gains on Thursday propelled the S&P 500 index to its highest finish since late 2007 as upbeat jobs and housing reports offered respite...
McDowell calls for FCC action on diversity
Robert McDowell is the senior Republican FCC Commissioner, and he told a gathering sponsored by MMTC that the FCC should be doing everything it...
BET hosting inaugural event
A limited number of members of the general public will be able to attend a black-tie Inaugural Ball with top flight entertainment, well-known guests...
Sony/ATV to get 25% higher Pandora royalties
Music publisher Sony/ATV has upped the cost of doing business—with Pandora and probably more music
Investors on both sides of two-market TV deal
TTBG LLC picked up a number of television stations out of the Pappas bankruptcy. Many of TTBG’s investors also took a position with NRJ...