Saga cites unique slate of September slowdown culprits
A common thread has emerged during round of Q3 quarterly conference calls: The sudden slowdown in broadcast business
Dial Global details 2012 Carrier Classic coverage
Dial Global will air exclusive coverage of the Second Annual Carrier Classic—featuring a doubleheader--on Friday, 11/9. Last year’s game was played between North Carolina...
WAY-FM launches in Birmingham, AL
WAYMedia Founder/President Bob Augsburg, has announced the long anticipated launch: “This has been a long time coming” says Augsburg, “For nine years WAY-FM has...
NBC wins in 18-49
NBC has won the primetime week of October 29-November 4 in adults 18-49 with a 3.1 rating, its highest average for an in-season week...
ABC #1 in non-sports 18-49
Overall: During the week of 10/29/12, ABC ranked #1 for the 3rd week in a row in the Adult 18-49 non-sports averages (tied w/CBS),...
CBS wins the week in total, 25-54
CBS placed first in viewers and adults 25-54 (tie) for the fifth time in six weeks, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings...
Pandora sues ASCAP for lower songwriter fees
Pandora, which is also lobbying Congress for lower royalties on recordings, asked a federal court (11/5) in New York to set “reasonable” license fees...
Saga rides TV gains into the Q3 black
Net revenue for the radio holdings of Saga Communications were down (although operating income was up), but its television holdings improved by more than...
Details of the Cumulus/Family New York deal
$42.5M WFME-FM New York NY (Newark NJ) from Family Stations Inc. (Harold Camping) to Radio License Holding X LLC, a subsidiary of Cumulus Broadcasting...
Mobile holiday shoppers will be consulting devices in-store
More than half of all consumers who are users of mobile devices will be using them for holiday shopping purposes, and out of that...
Cash flowed freely into Nexstar during Q3
Add television owner and operator Nexstar Broadcasting Group to the list of companies benefitting from
Another day, another EMF acquisition
Educational Media Foundation just filed to buy a station outside Dallas-Fort Worth. Now it has filed to buy another that is just outside Anchorage...
Cablevision, NBCU sign distribution deal
Cablevision’s long-term distribution deal will carry broadcast and cable networks owned by Comcast's NBCUniversal: NBC, Telemundo, USA, Bravo, MSNBC, CNBC and NBC Sports Network....
TuneIn details political radio listening in swing states
TuneIn has gathered listening data of political radio programming in October. The results span 4.1 million listening hours specifically within swing states, including the...
Nexstar pulls out its checkbook for more TV stations
A pair of deals will involve two buyers and two sellers for stations on opposite sides of the nation, but the acquisitive driver is...