NBC: “Voice” up 10% week to week
Monday Results: From 8-10 p.m. ET, "The Voice" (4.6 rating, 12 share in adults 18-49, 11.7 million viewers overall) grew 10 percent week to...
FMs sold in Flint, Roanoke-Lynchburg
$1.15M WRSR-FM Flint MI (Owosso MI) from Potential Broadcasting LLC (Edward N. Esserman) to Krol Communications Inc. (Rodney Krol, Loretta A. Krol, Stanley Krol...
Consumer spending outlook tailed off in August
Wages were basically flat last month but gasoline prices were rising rapidly, and according to Deloitte LLP, that is a perfect recipe for a...
Anatomy of an Albuquerque ACME acquisition
LIN Television is buying assets of ACME Television along with a partner, creating a cluster of four full power stations in-market along with a...
NAB asks for time out on political posting challenge
Television broadcasters were unsuccessful in getting a stay on new FCC requirements that have major network affiliates in the top 50 DMAs posting political...
Station keeps candidate/host on air with time offer — corrected
According to Midwest Communications, Pat Snyder left the air, with 8/30 being his final broadcast day. Snyder has been replaced on air for the...
Finally: young demos boost radio listening
Arbitron’s September 2012 RADAR 114 report shows radio’s audience increased slightly year over year by 249,000 persons aged 12+, representing nearly 93% of the...
The Internet Archive now has all TV news since 2009
The Internet Archive, aggregator and digitizer of data, is making more than 350,000 news programs--from CNN, Fox News, PBS, CBC, ABC, NBC and others--available...
Bill O’Reilly to debate Jon Stewart (video)
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly will debate each other about politics and the presidential candidates during a live event...
Stocks fall for first session in five
Stocks ended lower Monday for the first session in five as investors paused after a recent win streak lifted the indexes to multiyear highs....
Super PACs/outside groups hit 44% ad spend this election
Outside groups have accounted for almost half of all ad spending during this presidential general election, according to a First Read analysis of data...
Fox came in #3 on Sunday
Due to the nature of live sports, Fast Nationals for FOX from 7-8pm are approximate: With an NFL over-run and encores of its animated...
Moody’s looks at Univision debt offering
Hispanic multimedia giant Univision is looking to add to the amount of debt that will come due in 2022 in order to reduce other...
FCC grants open-ended cross-ownership waivers
The clock is ticking down, or so we’ve been led to believe, on the quadrennial review of broadcast ownership rules. And with that in...
Report: TV strong, radio challenged
It’s more than just political feeding bank accounts of television stations and groups – Wells Fargo analyst