Juan launches in Birmingham
SparkNet’s Juan format has launched in Birmingham, AL on Rivera Communications’ WQCR-AM. With a multigenerational appeal for both men and women, Juan plays what...
ABC Family greenlights three new pilots
ABC Family, the millennial-skewing network, has greenlit three additional pilots to add to its production slate -- “Terminales,” a one hour drama adapted from...
TuneIn signs 20 more broadcasters
On the heels of celebrating their 40 million monthly active listener milestone, TuneIn announced continued growth, forming strategic alliances with 20 broadcasting companies, including...
BlackRock buys Marketron
Marketron confirmed with RBR-TVBR BlackRock Kelso Capital has become Marketron’s majority shareholder as part of a debt restructuring. In a debt-for-equity swap, The Wicks...
NBC Friday results
Friday Primetime Results: At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of “Guys With Kids” is currently averaging a 1.0/4 in 18-49 and 3.3 million...
NBC: “Sunday Night Football” leads the night
Currently available fast-affiliate ratings are not time zone-adjusted and typically understate live NFL telecasts. Despite that, NBC is currently #1 for the night among...
Entercom one of the Top 500 Tech Innovators
Entercom has been named by Information Week as one of the Top 500 Technology Innovators by Information Week. Entercom, the only radio broadcasting company...
Smart Albuquerque AM sold
$225K KALY-AM Albuquerque NM (Los Ranchos de Albuquerque NM) from Jennifer Smart Foundation (Ian H. Stewart) to KD Radio Inc. (Derek Underhill, Shelia Underhill)....
TV deals in the low power lane
$85K KAKZ-LD Palm Springs CA (Cathedral City CA) from Woodwest Investment LLC (Sim Farar) to Tara Broadcasting (Clark Garen). $10K escrow, balance in cash...
Houses panel puts FCC on the hot seat
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) spent the first half of the year chasing the FCC over the LightSquared proceeding – and now, in the true...
Miami Spanish TVs get high marks from watchdog
Josh Stearns of Free Press journeyed to Miami to check the political files of a trio of Hispanic television stations. Despite the controversy associated...
Multi-million dollar deal for Chicago Class A
NRJ Holdings got its start with full power television stations, but it has already bought a large-market low power outlet, along with a troubled...
Salem buys into Greenville SC
WMUU-FM, a station with ties to Bob Jones University, is being sold to commercial religious leader Salem Communications. This is a territorial expansion rather...
Netflix, A&E may be at impasse over licensing deal
Shows like “Storage Wars” and “Pawn Stars” are at stake: Netflix licenses to stream A&E programming from A&E and History Channels are set to...
Cumulus’ SweetJack launches big push
Groupon has some fresh competition nationwide. Cumulus’ daily-deals rival SweetJack is rolling out an ad blitz for SweetJack 9/17 in 37 cities including NYC,...