Cumulus Media to drop ESPN on 47 stations
As Cumulus COO John Dickey told us, he will be moving their new syndicated product, CBS Sports Radio, to as many stations as possible...
Broadcast stocks slightly elevated on overall flat day
Stock prices are expected to be on a short leash until the election – going up and down but not far in either direction....
Penske to Variety: Tear down this paywall!
Deadline.com’s Jay Penske is the new guiding force at venerable Hollywood trade publication family Variety, and one of his first acts will be to...
2013 Survival as easy as ABC for Modern Family
Ratings reporting source TVbytheNumbers has released its odds-of-survival predictions for 11 programs on the ABC schedule – and sad to say, one of them...
Advertising growth not as robust as anticipated
Barclay Capital analyst Anthony DiClemente sees resilience in the advertising media, but that is not enough to prevent him from lowering estimates for overall...
Coca-Cola to buy stake in Spotify
The beverage giant is in talks to buy a stake in fast-growing digital music company Spotify, reports Sky News in the U.K. Coke is...
Fox wins Wed in 18-49
FOX won Wednesday night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens. To date, FOX has won every Wednesday night since THE X FACTOR premiered...
CBS wins Wednesday
CBS won Wednesday in viewers with time-period wins by SURVIVOR and CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, which also posted gains in adults 18-49 over its...
NBC: “Chicago Fire” up 19%
Wednesday Results: At 9 p.m. ET, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1.8/5 in
adults 18-49, 6.2 million viewers overall) built on its lead-in by...
“Nashville” opens at #1
Opposite CBS’ veteran CSI and NBC’s debut of Chicago Fire in the 10 o’clock hour, ABC’s debut of Nashville opened at #1 in Adults...
Comcast launches 11th sports channel in Houston
Some 15 years after it first televised the Phillies, Flyers, and Sixers games on its own regional sports network in Philadelphia, Comcast has launched...
October FCC meeting gives broadcast a break
Broadcasters have been an occasional key part of the FCC’s open meetings under the gavel of Chairman Julius Genachowski, and the October 2012 meeting...
NAB rebuts MVPDs on retransmission before FCC
Cable and satellite companies have been trying to get regulators to intercede on their behalf when it comes to retransmission consent – and the...
Family Stations back to Philly with Greater Media AM
$8.5M WPEN-AM Philadelphia PA from Greater Philadelphia Radio Inc., a subsidiary of Greater Media Inc. (Peter H. Smyth) to Family Stations Inc. (Harold Camping,...
Emmis’ Smulyan continues push for FM chip on cellular
According to Emmis Communications honcho Jeff Smulyan, FM chips are already in most cell phones. His simple request: Activate them!
On the FM radio smartphone...