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...
Calvary Radio Network picking up Harvard FM
$42,299 WCNM-FM Harvard IL from Marian Central Catholic High School (Thomas Landers) to Calvary Radio Network Inc. (James Motshagen et al). $33,363 in cash...
Solid CBS lineup still has one show down, one endangered
CBS has a number of programs that are in absolutely no danger of cancellation, in some cases because they are near the magic number...
Slight uptick in holiday spending plans
According to a new PriceGrabber survey, 54% of American consumers are planning to spend in excess of $500 on the holidays this year, representing...
Gannett television interests take flight in Q3
The strong NBC presence in the Gannett television station portfolio, along with excellent political results, fueled massive YOY gains in the
Customer loyalty for cable, wireless customers examined
A new PricewaterhouseCoopers report on mobile Internet and cable loyalty examines customer loyalty trends in the entertainment, media and communications industry with a focus...
Lebanon AM combos up with a Harrisburg FM
Patrick Sickafus already owns WWSM-AM in the Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle market – now he has a deal to add a former Cumulus FM to his local...
FCC rules in favor of encryption
Cable companies led by Comcast have won FCC approval 5-0 to start encrypting basic- tier signals in a move to fight theft and reduce...