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...
Vermont broadcaster spins one to buy two
Bruce A. James’ Vermont Broadcast Associates Inc. is selling WQJQ-FM Barton VT, and in another deal, is buying WIKE-AM Newport VT and WMOO-FM Derby...
Sirius XM’s Maffei: New CEO may take six months to find
Sirius XM is likely to end the year without naming its next CEO, according to Liberty Media Corp CEO Greg Maffei. Mel Karmazin is...
No delay yet in PPM, diary data from Sandy
Arbitron is evaluating the impact of Hurricane Sandy-related power outages on its sample and in-tab performance in PPM and diary markets throughout the Mid-Atlantic...
Macy’s holiday spot adds Kris Kringle, celebs
This season Macy’s is celebrating its holiday heritage with a new television campaign via JWT New York that uses modern-day technology to bring Kris...
Fox loses bid to block Dish’s AutoHop
Judge Dolly Gee of the U.S. District Court in LA on Monday struck down (11/5) the preliminary injunction request by Fox Broadcasting. Gee determined...
First half global ad spend by sector
Though many industry sectors are spending cautiously in today’s uncertain economic environment, telecommunications companies invested significantly more on advertising in the first half of...
Millions tune in for prime time election coverage
From Nielsen:
An estimated 66.8 million people tuned in during primetime to watch the news coverage for the Presidential election as well as the Senate,...
Stocks slammed on fiscal-cliff fears
Stocks dived on Wednesday — the worst day of the year for the Dow Jones Industrial Average — as anxiety about the “fiscal cliff”...