CBS extends Les Moonves’ contract
CEO Leslie Moonves will be staying with CBS Corp. through June 2017. The five-year contract, replacing one expiring in 2015, gives Moonves the option...
Two FM deals for $12.5K
$12.5K KWCQ-FM Condon OR from Haystack Broadcasting Inc. (Danny V. Manciu) to Jacobs Radio Programming (Jeffrey Huffman). Cash, prepaid.
$12.5K WTYG-FM Sparr FL from...
Cumulus snags Family Stations’ Apple FM
Religious broadcast group Family Stations has finally signed on the bottom line to let WFME-FM Newark NJ move into the world of
Stocks close higher on health care, banks
Stocks finished higher Monday led by gains in the healthcare and financial sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 95.38 points, or 0.7%,...
GSS, iBiquity Digital team on CAP-EAS messages in Detroit trial
Global Security Systems (GSS), systems integrator and service provider of GSSNet, ALERT FM and Alert Studio, and iBiquity Digital have joined to deliver a...
Providence to sell 10% Hulu stake
Providence Equity Partners sold its 10% stake in Hulu.com back to company for $200 million, in a deal that values the video service at...
Kingsley to host one-hour album premiere special
Dial Global-repped Bob Kingsley will host a one-hour special rolling out the latest album project, Red, by superstar Taylor Swift on 10/22. The syndicated...
Media diversity issue absent from party platforms
MMTC was able to cite numerous platform planks in party platforms since 1980 that addressed the issue of diversity of media ownership in one...
FCC defends policies to promote rural radio
The 2009 Second Report and Order on the promotion of rural radio drew, largely by taking population served out consideration when reviewing applications, has...
Moody’s says Emmis is in line for a rating upgrade
Emmis has been working tirelessly to put its financial house in order in recent years, and at least one careful observer is impressed. Wall...
D.R.A.G. attends Fiat grand opening
Bill Burton, President of the Detroit Radio Advertising Group, was in attendance at the Fiat of Lakeside grand opening in suburban Detroit recently. The...
DiClemente cuts US ad forecast
Barclays analyst Anthony DiClemente has cut his U.S. ad growth forecast for 2012 and 2013, and now is predicting 4% ad growth for this...
L+7 DVR lifts CBS even higher in premiere week
Live plus 7-day DVR playback expanded CBS’s live plus same day premiere week viewer win from 2.35 million viewers to 2.86 million, according to...
ABC continued to grow its Sunday numbers YOY
Opposite NBC’s big Sunday Night Football contest (Green Bay Packers-Houston Texans) and an NFL-overrun boosted Fox with MLB Playoffs (National League Championship Game 1),...
NBC gets TV rights to Formula One racing
NBC hopes the deal will give its NBC Sports Network a boost. Formula One will also appear on NBC, but feeding the cable channel...