Consumer confidence dips in December
The BIGinsight consumer sentiment barometer dropped a few points as 2012 winds down to a close. Still, the December sounding is the best the...
LMA’d Tupelo MS station sold
WLOV-TV, which serves the Tupelo DMA from its perch in West Point MS, is already in an LMA with WTVA Inc., licensee of WTVA-TV....
Wall Street ump assesses ION Media’s content strategy
The entities behind television programmer and television station owner Ion Media have been given a basically good bill of health by Moody’s Investor Service,...
Kansas trio bought out of receivership
It’s not the kind of deal you want to make, but it is definitely a KIND of deal – in fact, the stations being...
NAB contests contest rule-announcing rules
If a radio station wants to run a contest, it must disclose often complex rules over the air per current regulations. In asking for...
More details on networks TWC is culling
TWC CEO Glenn Britt threatened to drop networks with low ratings when their programming contracts expire at a conference 12/3 in New York. “If...
Talker Dana Loesch files suit against Breitbart.com
Tea party activist and Emmis-owned KFTK-FM St. Louis Conservative talker Dana Loesch sued the owner of the conservative website Breitbart.com 12/21, claiming that although...
Cartersville, GA’s WYXC gets new ownership
According to the Cartersville Daily Tribune, “News talk 1270” WYXC-AM came under new ownership 12/21 by employees John and Brandi Underwood took. They’re joined...
KOGO-FM flips from News-Talk to Rhythmic AC
This is unusual—a talk format moving to music: Clear Channel’s simulcast of its KOGO-AM San Diego has flipped to “Kiss 95.7…the Rhythm of San...
Andrew Zepeda fired from Cumulus’ WWWM-FM
Andrew Zepeda, host of “Andrew Z in the Morning” on WWWM-FM 105 (Star 105) Toledo, was fired 12/26 from the Cumulus station along with...
Wall Street herd nervous about cliff proximity
Brinksmanship is becoming standard operating procedure in Washington, and Wall Street doesn’t like it. That fact sent stocks down, and broadcast issues unfortunately followed...
Florida FM headed to East Bay Broadcasting
$300K WOYS-FM Apalachicola FL from 3G Broadcasting Inc. (Bonnie Gomes) to East Bay Broadcasting Inc. (Robert M. Allen, Lena M. Allen). $25K escrow, balance...
Boston noncom hit for accounting lapse
WGBH Educational Foundation, which operates WGBH-TV and WGBH-FM, was the recipient of grant money from a trio of funding sources, but improper tracking of...
Bonus time at Radio One
Two key executives at Urban radio specialist Radio One have been awarded 2012 bonuses by the company’s board of directors. However, there was no...
Journal expands its Knoxville radio cluster
Radio/television/newspaper triple threat Journal Broadcast Corporation already has a three-FM radio cluster in Knoxville TN, but it has just filed to expand it into...