Done deal for Sioux Falls sixpack
Duke Wright’s Midwest Communications has closed on its acquisition of an intact six-station superduopoly cluster in Sioux Falls SD, according to brokerage firm Kalil...
Washington Post: TV great, cable grows, print sputters
The three communication businesses of The Washington Post Company posted vastly different results during Q3 2012. Broadcast television easily led the way, thanks to...
TV political spending tops $2B
Local political television spending was approaching $2B as of 10/21, and when national spot and network are added in, the spending easily clears that...
Stocks fall on payrolls, election uncertainty
Stocks ended lower on Friday, after an initial cheer for better-than-expected U.S. employment data quickly turned to setting up for the presidential election coming...
NBC: Top “Rock Center” since Sept.
Thursday Results: From 8-10:01 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "The Voice" scored a 1.3/3 in 18-49 and 3.8 million viewers overall. In total...
WVOC adds Jonathon Rush, Kelly Nash to afternoons
Clear Channel’s News Talk Sports WVOC-FM Columbia, SC says that sister station, Country WCOS-FM’s morning duo Jonathon Rush and Kelly Nash will now host...
ABC won Thursday
With its broadcast of The 46th Annual CMA Awards, ABC won Thursday night, beating out runner-up CBS by 7% in Total Viewers and by...
Envision’s AppCheck prepares for Thanksgiving
Radio’s only daily 15 second app review is offering up a cornucopia of unique apps via a week of content available for broadcast beginning...
Doritos issues last call for Super Bowl ad submissions
It’s the last call for entries in this year's "Crash the Super Bowl" contest. Fans have two weeks remaining to turn their PepsiCo-owned Doritos...
Coastal GA FM station moving in stock deal
$556K WKVX-FM Kingsland GA. 100% of Radio Kings Bay Inc. from Wendy Steele to Neil Ardman (50%), Elizabeth Ardman (25%), Jordan Gallup (12.5%) and...
McAllen LPTV buy shows faith in TV’s future
$600K KNUC-LP Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen TX (McAllen TX) from JIL Production Group LLC (Jose Ignacio larraga) to Eduardo S. Gallegos. $10K earnest money, $150K escrow, $90K...
Seyler accepts RBR-TVBR Editor-in-Chief duties
Senior Editor Dave Seyler has been promoted to Editor-in-Chief of all RBR-TVBR editorial products, including the AM Report, PM Report, the Daily Tip and...
Cape Cod FM trio getting a little sister
CodComm Inc. got its start with an acquisition of stations put on the market by the breakup of Nassau Broadcasting. Now the company is...
Broker Glenn Serafin’s account of Breezy Point, NY flood, fire
The Tampa-based media broker tells RBR-TVBR he was in the middle of that massive fire
Entravision hitting on all cylinders for Q3
Are politicians aware that there are Latin Americans who intend to vote this year? According to the results