Study: Online Radio not a competitor for terrestrial
Despite the rapid growth of Pandora, a recent online survey of 1,017 adult Americans conducted by Vision Critical indicates that Pandora’s gains are not...
Reps, Commissioners weigh in on LPFM, FM translators
Two US representatives and all five FCC commissioners spoke up on the FCC’s Open Meeting consideration of LPFM and FM translators as directed by...
Salem picks up Columbus FM from Radio One
$4M WJKR-FM Columbus OH (Upper Arlington OH) from Blue Chip Broadcasting Licensee Ltd., a subsidiary of Radio One Inc. (Alfred C. Liggins) to Salem...
Time Warner Cable fires back in KC
Time Warner Cable has launched (11/29) 14 Wi-Fi hot spots in the Kansas City area, only two weeks after Google launched its highly-revered local...
Nexstar moves into Burlington VT
$16.5M WFFF-TV Burlington VT-Plattsburgh NY (Burlington VT) from Smith Media LLC (Ian Guthrie) to Nexstar Broadcasting Inc. (Perry Sook). $825K escrow, balance in cash...
Post-Sandy car sales pick up
The automobile industry lost business due to the gaping hole in results in the northeast in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. And while the...
Wells Fargo’s final tally of TV political spending
As usual, the current crop of political candidates spent money like even drunker sailors than the last crop
FCC opens the airwaves to LPFM
The countdown to a window for the acceptance of new LPFM applications is now in progress, with a target date of 10/15/13. The FCC...
Stocks end higher, with Dow now up on the week
Stocks on Thursday finished with a second day of gains as investors continued to bank on at least a short-term fix to avoid the...
SoundExchange pays out record sum to labels, artists
The sound recording digital performance rights organization announced a Q3 distribution of $122.5 million, marking its largest payment to recording artists and record labels...
FCC grants more time for auction comments
The NPRM on incentive auctions of television spectrum was released 10/2/12 and carried a comment deadline of 12/21/12. NAB and CTIA asked for more...
Class A station survives FCC children’s filing inquiry
At a time in the history of broadcast television when the safeguarding of a Class A designation is of primary importance to a low...
Sinclair moves on deal to acquire Fox’s WUTB-TV Baltimore
Paperwork is at the FCC which shows a step being taken in the multifaceted deal between Sinclair and Fox that was initiated last spring....
Weighing in on royalties
The first hearing on internet royalties expanded to bring the entire audio royalty universe into play, and promises to be but the beginning of...
CBS wins Wednesday
Led by strong performances from SURVIVOR: PHILLIPINES, CRIMINAL MINDS and CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, CBS won Wednesday night in viewers and adults 25-54, according...