Google and Time Warner Cable at odds in KC
Google Fiber TV, the new player in Kansas City television service (launching this fall) wants to include some regional college basketball games in its...
West Palm AM changing hands
$462.5K WPBR-AM West Palm Beach FL (Lantana FL) from Omni-Lingual Broadcasting Corporation (Emil Antonoff) to Palm Beach Radio Group LLC (Samuel Rogatinsky et al)....
FCC October agenda released – yawn
As often happens when an Open Meeting is scheduled late in the month, we know what’s in the FCC pipeline for October before they’ve...
London adds to Texas TV empire
Terry London’s London Broadcasting Company is picking up seven television properties in the state of Texas from Bayou City Broadcasting. According to brokerage firm...
Cumulus reels in two KC FMs
The journey of KMJK-FM and KCHZ-FM away from and back to Cumulus was mostly a matter of paperwork – they have essentially been part...
DISH launches dishNET Broadband
Dish will launch a nationwide broadband service under the brand dishNET, hoping to add a new revenue stream on top of its pay-TV business...
Democratic PACs spend $1.25M on anti-Romney radio ad (audio)
The one-minute radio ad from Priorities USA Action and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, includes audio from a secretly taped...
The CW signs with Nielsen for online ratings guarantees
Beginning with the 2012 fall TV season, The CW Network—aiming squarely at the 18-34 year-old audience, will make Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings a major...
Stocks fall, S&P 500 still on losing streak
Stocks fell Wednesday, with the S&P 500 Index sealing a fifth day of losses, its longest such streak since July, as austerity unrest in...
Beasley names 2012 Annual Operating Awards Winners
Each year, at the company’s annual gathering of General Managers, Beasley recognizes noteworthy achievements, operating success and contributions from individual Beasley employees and radio...
Four Iowa TV stations reject political ad (video)
KCCI-TV and WHO-TV in Des Moines, WOI-TV in West Des Moines and KCAU-TV in Sioux City confirmed with the Des Moines Register they have...
Suzanne Somers returning to daytime TV
She returns to TV this month on Lifetime with a new morning show: The Suzanne Show is an uncensored peek into the life of...
House committee assignments in flux for Republicans
Unlike Democrats in the US House of Representatives, the Republicans put term limits on its committee chairs. And it looks like change is coming...
Smith wins must-carry case against TWC
A local television station has brought down a massive national cable MSO in a must-carry case that concerns communities in the eastern and western...
Unique funding project for California noncom
Like all noncommercial broadcasters, Capital Public Radio needs funding – and here’s an unusual deal that will bring in cash. It involves a charity...