DirecTV adds local sports surcharge
DirecTV has added a surcharge to some customers for sports channels separately on several of its most popular programming packages. New DirecTV subscribers who...
Stocks end higher on hopes of averting cliff
Stocks finished higher on Monday, lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 index to their highest perches since Election Day, as...
Pandora launches in Australia, New Zealand
As part of its commitment to personalization for local listeners, Pandora has curated genre stations of Australian- and New Zealand-specific music across a variety...
Gow gets The Sports Flash Radio Network
Gow Broadcasting, operator of Yahoo! Sports Radio in partnership with Yahoo! Sports, announced the recent acquisition of The Sports Flash Radio Network.
It was founded...
Republicans issue memo on incentive auction hearing
The House Subcommittee on Communications will be hosting all five FCC commissioners Wednesday 12/12/12 to see how things are cooking in the television incentive...
Terry adds two plus in Helena
Kevin Terry’s Montana Radio Company already has a pair of FMs in the Montana capital city, Helena. He now has a deal to add...
KyXy 96.5 Rady-O-Thon kicking off
CBS Radio’s KyXy 96.5 will once again host the Holiday of Miracles Rady-O-Thon on 12/13 and 12/14 to benefit Rady Children’s Hospital of San...
ABC Sunday scored big with kids
From 8-9pm, ABC’s back-to-back encore telecast of Disney Prep & Landing and Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice surged over their year-ago paring (on...
FOX’s Animation Domination ranked #2 in 18-49
FOX’s Animation Domination lineup ranked #2 last night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 and #1 (tie) in Teens. THE SIMPSONS and FAMILY GUY...
Arbitron releases RADAR December 2012 ratings
They don’t supply the rankers anymore, so there’s not much to say: Arbitron reported in its December 2012 RADAR ratings that over 181 million...
WV senator objects to “Buckwild”
Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-WV) isn’t too wild about MTV’s new reality show, “Buckwild.” The show is scheduled to debut next month and follows...
CALM Act kicking in soon for TV spots
Beginning Thursday, TV stations and cable providers are required to keep the volume of commercials at a level consistent with programming.
The Commercial Advertisement Loudness...
Sandy helps fuel November car sales surge
TrueCar.com estimates that 30,000 cars were not purchased during the month of October 2012 as a direct result of Hurricane Sandy. The good news...
Sinclair’s Rochester dealings detailed
The paperwork has been posted at the FCC, giving us the full portrait of the three-party deal in Rochester NY between Sinclair, Newport and...
Univision opens door to major markets for Bounce
Bounce TV, the African-American-targeted broadcast network that’s using digital side-channels as its base, will add seven large DMAs courtesy of Hispanic television group Univision.
The...