NAB, CTIA ask FCC for more time on incentive auctions
The two trade organizations are on opposite sides of the spectrum auction question – one is asking for spectrum, and the other is being...
Report: Apple TV won’t debut until late 2013
Apple could finally unveil its long-awaited TV in time for the holiday-shopping season, but not this year's. In an investors note, Piper Jaffray analyst...
Half million radio deals in Kentucky, Georgia
$500K WWLT-FM Manchester KY from Vernon R. Baldwin Inc. (Marcella Baldwin) to Educational Media Foundation (Mike Novak). Note for full amount. Network affiliation agreement...
Lockwood locking down Knoxville TV
$2.95M WMAK-TV Knoxville TN from Word of God Fellowship Inc. (Marcus D. Lamb) to WMAK TV LLC (James L. Lockwood, David A. Hanna, Pamela...
Civil rights groups want FCC to put brakes on dereg
A dozen organizations have teamed to send a letter to FCC Chair Julius Genachowski and the other four commissioners saying that the burden of...
ESPN signs 12-year deal to carry BCS games
ESPN and the group that will administer the new college football playoff (Bowl Championship Series) have reached an agreement in principle to present the...
OTA adds Houston with Class A purchase
Todd Lawyer’s OTA Broadcasting LLC has already invested nearly $21M in television station acquisitions dating back to the summer of 2011, and now they’ve...
UGG for Men launches “Pink Slip”
UGG Australia, a division of Deckers Outdoor Corp., announced the launch of a new integrated UGG for Men campaign for the Holiday 2012 season...
Alabama radio deal will help close one in Oregon
Most escrow deposits sit around gathering interest, but in the case of the one that is part of the acquisition of WJUV-FM Cullman AL,...
Music publishers weigh in on digital royalties
David Israelite, president and CEO, National Music Publishers' Association, contributed a blog post to The Hill opposing the Internet Radio Fairness Act. He says...
Nielsen: Eight markets impacted by Sandy
Nielsen confirms with RBR-TVBR that it has disclosed more about the effects of Hurricane Sandy on national and local TV ratings in briefing with...
ABC’s DWTS tops The Voice
During the 8 o’clock hour, ABC’s DWTS: All Stars -- Results Show topped NBC’s The Voice in head-to-head competition by a season-best 3.6 million...
CBS wins Tuesday
CBS won Tuesday in viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 with VEGAS, the season's #1 freshman series in viewers, notching its best adult 18-49...
NextMedia completes Outdoor sale to Lamar
NextMedia Group has completed the sale of NextMedia Outdoor, its outdoor advertising subsidiary, to Lamar Advertising for $145 million. With the completion of the...
Update from Tel Aviv
Just a quick firsthand account of the situation here for friends in the business. I am now in my studio with the monitors on...