FOX: X Factor held steady
In head to head competition last night, FOX’s THE X FACTOR remained steady with last week’s rating while NBC’s The Voice dropped -20% week...
Done deal in Oklahoma City
Tyler Media is spinning a pair of OKC radio stations in order to clear room for a quartet it is buying. According to Kalil...
Women in media advocacy set to meet
Geena Davis is a world famous actress, and she’s also the force behind the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. It is working...
Gray increases Q4 guidance
Political cash was coming in at a fast and furious pace during the final weeks of the 2012 election season for stations in the...
Salem brings in more cash
Religious specialist Salem Communications used its radio platform and related assets to outperform the radio industry as a whole in terms of net revenue...
Abacast allowed patent for ad and song insertion
Abacast, provider of digital radio streaming and monetization software and services, announced the allowance by the US Patent and Trademark Office of a patent...
CC St. Louis debuts Wild 104.9
Wild 104.9 (KBWX-FM) is the area’s new rhythmic CHR station playing 5000 songs in a row. Urban heritage station, Majic 104.9 (KMJM-FM) has changed...
Holiday music channels launching on SiriusXM
Its holiday music lineup features seven commercial-free specialty channels celebrating the holiday season. They’ll offer a variety of traditional holiday songs, classical Christmas carols,...
ABC posted across-the-board increases
Despite facing increased competition week to week from a special 2-hour The Voice on NBC, ABC posted across-the-board increases with its Wednesday line up. ...
NBC: Record rating for “Chicago Fire”
Note that the time-period high for "The Voice" should exclude sports.
Wednesday Results: NBC wins Wednesday night in 18-49, as "Chicago Fire" hits a series...
Noncom FM trading: Two deals, four stations, no cash
N/A WHPA-FM CP Macomb IL from Cornerstone Community Radio Inc. (Richard Van Zandt) to H.O.P.E. Broadcasting Corporation (Kim A. Kimkeman et al). Gift. CP...
Trinity buys in Quad Cities
$1.125M WMWC-TV Daveport IA-Rock Island-Moline IL (Galesburg IL) from Northwest Television Inc. (Bruce E. Fox) to Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana Inc. (Paul...
Meredith announces dividend, raises outlook
Shareholders of record should find a little something extra in their bank account from a 12/14/12 dividend distribution from television and magazine company Meredith...
Class A TV station demonstrates how to handle FCC inquiry
As we’ve been reporting all year, the FCC has been targeting Class A stations that have been falling short of their reporting requirements and...
LIN flies high on political gains
With political spending increasing by almost nine times, LIN TV Corporation would have been hard-pressed to produce a negative Q3 2012 result. It didn’t...