PTC goes after Dodge for Family Guy sponsorship
Parents Television Council says that Fox Sunday night offering Family Guy featured particularly offensive material recently, and that Dodge prominently advertised its Dart on...
Stocking stuffers from Tribune for that special someone
With FCC approval of the transfer of television licenses to the version of Tribune emerging from bankruptcy, and with television-newspaper cross-ownership waivers intact forever...
U Maryland move to Big Ten could mean big cable windfall
The University of Maryland's Board of Directors voted 11/19 to defect from the ACC to the Big Ten. Rutgers will likely do the same....
James upgrading Vermont radio cluster
$710K WIKE-AM & WMOO-FM Montpelier-Barre-St. Johnsbury VT (Newport, Derby Center VT) from Vertical Capital Partners LP (Jeffrey D. Shapiro) to Vermont Broadcast Associates Inc....
South Central donates Nashville LPTV
$238,639 WJDE-LD Nashville TN from South Central Communications Corporation (J.P. Engelbrecht) to Evangel World Prayer Center of Kentucky Inc. (Robert W. Rodgers et al)....
Consumer confidence flies high in November
The latest BIGinsight consumer confidence reading puts it at its highest point since October 2007 – yes, that’s a year before the
EMF says why not Minot
Educational Media Foundation has struck a deal to enter the small North Dakota market of Minot – but they’ll have some work to do...
Stocks rally the most since early September
Stocks surged Monday as increased confidence that a U.S. budget deal would be reached helped lift Wall Street to its best session in more...
Lotus donates $50,000 to LA Boys & Girls Club
Lotus Communications’ KWKW 1330 AM ESPN Deportes Los Angeles recently launched a major partnership with the Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club. When KWKW’s...
NBC was #1 with football
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
Ravens-Steelers game was #1 in...
San Francisco area noncom TV back on the block
San Mateo Community College is tired of losing money to operate its KCMS-TV – it has already ditched its PBS affiliation and accepted bids...
Sports packages, not broadcast TV, swell MPVD fees
MVPD operators are constantly whining to Congress and the FCC about how local broadcasters are bleeding them dry with demands for retransmission compensation. But...
Fox: American Dad up 11%
FOX ratings are approximate from 7-7:30pm due to live NFL over-run. Note that FOX did not have an NFL doubleheader running into the 8pm...
Local TV puts the brakes on drunk driving
In advance of the holiday season, TVB and the Ad Council, with support of NHTSA, are partnering to combat drunk driving for the ninth...
ABC posted season highs Sunday night
With America’s Funniest Home Videos and The 40th Anniversary American Music Awards, ABC posted season highs on Sunday night in Total Viewers and Adults...