WMVY-FM Martha’s Vineyard to be sold to WBUR
The popular independent AAA station, “MVYRadio,” has been on the air on the Vineyard for nearly three decades. Aritaur Communications plans to sell the...
Stocks end mostly lower
Stocks ended mostly lower on Monday, with the S&P 500 index dropping 2.86 points, or 0.2%, to 1,406.29 and ending a five-session winning streak....
Cable, telco companies to boost customer loyalty with video bills
According to a recent PwC report, the top three aspects that create loyalty among cable and telecommunication customers are service, pricing and performance. In...
“Fiscal Cliff’ campaigns launching with unions, associations
Perhaps political spend has not dried up for media after all, post-elections: Groups on both sides of the looming "fiscal cliff" negotiations are priming...
Curtis picks up two translators in NC
North Carolina group Curtis Media is picking up a pair of sticks in its home state, one east of Greensboro and the other north...
Fox and Dodgers talking billions for rights package
Numerous reports note that News Corporation is seeking the Los Angeles Dodgers to be a cornerstone franchise on their area regional sports network, with...
Texarkana station group sold
A three FM-two AM cluster on the Texas-Arkansas border market of Texarkana is headed to a new license partnership. One of the buyers has...
Recording exec on promo: “It starts with radio…”
Promoted Republic Record exec David Nathan’s title makes a statement: He’s the new Senior Vice President Radio/Video Promotion
ABC Sunday up 11%
Up against big NFL competition from Sunday Night Football (Green Bay Packers-NY Giants) and a high-rated NFL primetime overrun on Fox, ABC was up...
Fox came in second on Sunday
FOX ranked #2 last night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 and won the night among Teens. THE SIMPSONS was the highest rated entertainment...
NBC: Sunday Night Football up 8%
Sunday Results: Currently available fast-affiliate ratings are not time zone-adjusted and typically understate live NFL telecasts.
* In time zone-adjusted metered-market results, the Packers-Giants
game was...
New owner coming to South Bend AM
$140K WHLY-AM South Bend IN from Times Company Inc. (William R. Dobslaw) to I.B. Communications Ltd. (Ignacio Zepeda). $5K escrow, balance in cash at...
FCC announces December agenda
We haven’t even had the November FCC Open Meeting yet and the FCC has released the planks that will be part of the December...
Gray looks to double up in Lincoln NE
KSNB-TV once brought Fox programming to Lincoln as a satellite of an Omaha station, but it was orphaned in 2009 and has fallen on...
House panel set to take up internet royalties
The House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet is ready to look at music licensing, and Internet Royalty Fairness Act sponsor...