WSJ profiles Pittman: Wants to make radio cool again
In the day of YouTube, iTunes, SiriusXM and Pandora, broadcast radio has had its share of naysayers—and certainly Clear Channel is opined to be...
Radio stocks weather overall Friday downturn
Television companies that trade on the stock market followed the crowd into the red ink zone on Friday, experiencing at worst mild losses in...
About 51.5M watch Biden v. Ryan
The one and only vice presidential debate for 2012 is in the history books, and according to Nielsen, 51.479M people aged two or greater...
RLTV reached pact with TWC, Bright House
Adults 50+ comprise the target audience of basic cable service RLTV, and now a significantly greater number of that demographic will have a chance...
FCC announces agenda of TV auction tutorial
Learning Everything About Reverse-Auctions Now Program (LEARN) is the program initiated by the FCC to answer preliminary questions potential participating broadcasters may have about...
Veep debate highlights rise in mixed media viewing
More people watched the debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan on television; but at the same time, more people watched on TV or...
Vega moving into Little Rock with deal for KOLL-FM
Edward and Leticia Vega are the owners of La Zeta 95.7 Inc., which is the proud owner of an FM in the Fayetteville AR...
Clear Channel looks to kick some debt down the road
A $2B offering of priority guarantee notes from radio giant Clear Channel looks to address debts maturing in 2014 and 2016 with new debt...
Cumulus reels back two FMs in Kansas City
$16.75M KMJK-FM/KCHZ-FM Kansas City MO (North Kansas City MO, Ottawa KS) from AR Broadcasting LLC (W. Lawrence Patrick) to Cumulus Broadcasting LLC (Lewis W....
London adds TVs in Texas
$18.2M KIDY-TV San Angelo TX and KXVA-TV Abilene TX from Bayou City Broadcasting LLC (DuJuan McCoy) to KIDA/KXVA License Company LLC, a subsidiary of...
Eshoo gets into a Pai fight over spectrum auction
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Communications Subcommittee, is countering FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai’s assertion that guard bands opened up...
Dothan-area FM goes from school to school
WJED-FM will no longer be the property of a religious educational institution once its sale to an establishment specializing in technical and career training...
Fox program lineup exhibiting exemplary health
Very few programs running on Fox appear to be in any jeopardy whatsoever of a mid-season exit from the lineup, according to the ratings...
Sinclair spins out of Lansing
WLAJ-TV Lansing MI, a Sinclair outlet bringing ABC programming to the market, plus CW over a digital side channel, is being sold to Shield...
Going to court: Radio sick of SESAC
The Radio Music License Committee is bringing antitrust charges against music licensing group SESAC, citing