America’s Radio News offering “Election Night 2012” coverage
America's Radio News (ARN) Network will extend its regular programming on Election Day 2012, bringing listeners up-to-the-minute results for all national contests, including the...
Jeff Kuhner takes morning drive at WRKO
Entercom’s WRKO-AM 680 Boston announced “The Kuhner Report” with Jeff Kuhner will take over morning drive from 6:00am – 9:00am, starting Thursday, 11/1. Kuhner,...
Deals in Texarkana, Minneapolis
$140K KRTG-FM Texarkana TX (Hooks TX) from Family Life Broadcasting Inc. (Alonzo D. Williams) to Freed AM Corporation (Robert A. DelGiorno Jr.). Cash. TBA...
Sebring FL LPTV set to change hands
N/A WHRT-LP Sebring FL. 100% of Trianon Broadcasting Company Inc. from Warren Thurow to Gary L. Hutchens. In the event of Thurow’s death, station...
Analyst applauds Disney/Lucas deal
It’s not every day that a company announces a deal valued at $4B – but Wells Fargo Securities analyst Marci Ryvicker believes the acquisition...
Arbitron, Magic Broadcasting settle copyright infringement suit
The lawsuit was filed as part of ongoing Arbitron initiative to protect its intellectual property rights.
Blue skies at Gray Television
Skyrocketing political income helped Gray to its largest Q3 revenue result in its history, but it was not the only positive result for the...
Hog Radio acquiring an AM DIY project
If a Hog spends some cash to get an as-yet-unbuilt AM station in the Fayetteville AR area, is it getting ready to add a...
Pivotal downgrades U.S. ad forecast; Sandy partly blamed
Brian Wieser, Pivotal Research Group analyst, says advertising was already looking weak with the risks of the fiscal cliff heading into the summer. The...
Disney to buy Lucasfilm
The Walt Disney Company is acquiring Star Wars franchise producer Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash deal. Lucasfilm is 100% owned by Lucasfilm...
Luken RTV affiliate losses not a big hit
It has been reported that multicast network provider Luken Communications has been losing affiliates on its RTV Network (Retro TV) to other multicast networks...
MMTC repeats call for multilingual EAS plan
The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council remembers that when Hurricane Katrina hit, the area’s only Spanish-language radio station was silenced for over a week,...
Sandy chases two results reports into November
Both Sinclair Broadcast Group and Sirius XM have delayed their 3rd quarter financial results releases and conference calls due to the arrival of Hurricane...
Actors getting set for first big post-merger negotiation
The current contract between production and talent for commercial work is set to expire 5/31/13. Talks on a new contract begin in January, and...
Radio cited as precision instrument in campaign media toolkit
The early reports from publicly traded companies indicate that radio’s political haul has been disappointing this year, but the presidential campaigns seem to get...