ABC delivers 4 of top 20 for the week
Overall: During the week of 12/10/12, ABC delivered 4 of the Top 20 scripted TV shows in Adults 18-49, including Modern Family (#2), Grey’s...
NBC is up 15% vs. last year for the week
For week 12, NBC is up versus the same week last year by 15% in 18-49
(2.3 vs. 2.0) and by 17% in total viewers...
CBS posted its best weekly 18-49 rating of the season
THE BIG BANG THEORY, TWO AND A HALF MEN, 2 BROKE GIRLS and 2 BROKE GIRLS 9:30PM SPECIAL were the week's top four comedies,...
U.S. ad spend increased 7.1% in Q3
Total ad expenditures in Q3 finished the period at $34.5 billion, according to Kantar Media data. Total spend for the first nine months of...
Nielsen buying Arbitron: but why?
Nielsen announced a definitive agreement to acquire Arbitron for $48 per share in cash, representing a premium of 26% to Arbitron’s closing price on...
Broadcasters appeal to 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on AutoHop
A federal judge declined to side immediately with the broadcasters, so they appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Fox, CBS and...
Final aloha for Senator Inouye
Daniel Inouye (D-HI) was a World War II hero, served in the Senate for nearly 50 years and was recently the Chair of the...
TV shows on the endangered species list
TV by the Numbers keeps track of the health of all entries on the television prime time schedule, and at this point, most have...
Rockefeller ropes TV content into Sandy Hook comments
Access to guns and mental health care have been large topics in the aftermath of the tragedy in Newtown CT, and that is where...
EMF goes nuclear with New Mexico buy
Alamogordo NM is the site of the world’s first nuclear explosion, and it is also the site of the latest acquisition by frequent station-buyer...
New Texarkana radio owners strike again
$150K KTTY-FM Texarkana AR-TX (New Boston TX) from Towers Investment Trust Inc. (William H. Brothers) to Texarkana Radio Center LLC (E. Roy Paschal, Jason...
Nielsen spends about $1.26B to buy Arbitron
Two ratings giants are becoming one, and for most American broadcasters, it will mean
Blue-chip stocks gain for first session in four
Equities climbed Monday, with blue-chip stocks scoring their first gain in four sessions, buoyed by signs of government progress toward averting the fiscal cliff...
NYMRAD holds rooftop holiday party
Once again, New York Market Radio (NYMRAD) ignites the holiday season with its 29th annual holiday celebration, last Friday December 14th. Radio folks filled...
Replacement for Sen. Jim DeMint named
Upon word of the resignation from the Senate of Jim DeMint (R-SC), freshman US Rep. Jim Scott said, “Looking forward, Governor Haley will now...