WIP-A/FM signs Villnova
Villanova Athletics and IMG, the department’s University rights partner, announced a multi-year agreement with CBS Radio’s 610 WIP and 94.1 FM to have the...
TuneIn now available on Windows 8
TuneIn is available as an app on the new operating system. TuneIn says it has taken full advantage of the new Windows UI, redesigning...
NBC: “Chicago Fire” up 20% week to week
At 9 p.m. ET Wed., "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1.8/5 in
adults 18-49, 6.7 million viewers overall) captured week-to-week
increases of 13 percent in...
ABC was #1 non-sports on Wed.
Up against Game 1 of the 2012 World Series, ABC finished as the #1 non-sports network on Wednesday in Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34,...
Romney radio ads confront Obama’s “horses and bayonets”
Mitt Romney released a trio of new swing-state radio ads knocking President Obama over his "horses and bayonets" quip during the final presidential debate.
The...
Retransmission consent cheap shot of the day
Tribune and Cablevision are locked in an extended retransmission consent impasse that has resulted in the loss of local Tribune broadcasts in Connecticut. The...
No holiday from competition found in Dothan market
Clay and Robert Holladay are brothers, and both have interests in the Dothan AL market via ownership or LMA. The FCC has approved transactions...
Rusty Humphries Show reports on voter fraud in Vegas
Callers from Nevada dialed in droves to tell Talk Radio Network Entertainment’s The Rusty Humphries Show about efforts underway in Las Vegas to sway...
Sports talker fired for wrongful Tweet
Dispatch Broadcast Group’s/RadiOhio’s WBNS 97.1 The Fan Columbus, OH talker Scott Torgerson was first suspended after he tweeted he wished ESPN’s Desmond Howard would...
House Democratic PAC borrowing for election endgame
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee senses a chance to take back the House of Representatives – but it also senses a large amount of...
Journal results: A tale of three revenue streams
The multimedia operations of Journal Communications could not have painted a more accurate confirmation of the general consensus of the American media in Q3...
Lotus spinning off Tampa LPTV
Howard Kalmenson’s Lotus Communications Corporation has decided to pull up stakes in the Tampa-St. Petersburg DMA, which means that WTAM-LD is getting a new...
ABC News asks “pink slime” suit be moved to federal court
ABC News is looking to move a meat processor's defamation lawsuit over reports about lean finely textured beef ("pink slime,” as it has been...
Harrisburg-area AM getting an FM partner
$530K WTPA-FM Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA (Palmyra PA) from Potential Broadcasting LLC as Trustee (Edward N. Esserman) to Patrick A. Sickafus. Station was a Cumulus spin-off...
Meredith rides record political haul to Q3 gain
Magazine income was up at multimedia Meredith Corporation, but television was way up, leading to a very successful Q3 for the company. Its local...