Saga, Cherry Creek Radio sign group-wide with vCreative
Saga Communications and Cherry Creek Radio have adopted vCreative PPO to manage continuity and production workflow for all of their market clusters, as well...
Stocks score second week of gains
Stocks on Friday sealed a second weekly rise, still basking in the aftermath of central-bank moves. Stocks have been climbing for much of the...
American Idol 12th season judges named
The speculation can now end: When AI’s 12th season debuts in January, Mariah Carey and returning judge Randy Jackson will be joined by
WDAE’s Ian Beckles arrested
Ian Beckles, a former Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive lineman and current co-host of a WDAE-AM Tampa (Clear Channel) sports talker, was arrested 9/13 for...
Bachelor Pad finale shocks fans: Winner takes all in stunning twist
Woah, the Bachelor Pad finale this week gave me serious heartburn from all the stressful moments.
First things first. The Husband got choked up listening...
FCC degrades two more Class A TVs
KFLZ-CA San Antonio TX and KGLR-LP Lubbock TX were Class A television stations. Both failed to place children’s programming info in their public files,...
Phoenix AM headed to new owner
Force Communications filed to acquire KIDR-AM Phoenix AZ at the beginning of 2009. Now, going on four years later, it has a deal to...
Ratings matter, and slowed Disney over the summer
Walt Disney Co. is not expecting to meet its goals for its fiscal Q4, due to weaker-than-anticipated ratings for its networks. However, things are...
Presidential race is local TV spending leader
Another week, another few steps closer to the $1B threshold for local television political spending in
Radio comes into play in Virginia Senate race
The election battle in Virginia has two unusually high-powered candidates – it’s not often that two former governors face off for a US Senate...
WBAL getting new morning driver
Maryland native Bryan Nehman will host the new morning drive show at Hearst News/Talker WBAL, Baltimore after Dave Durian steps down—likely in mid-October. Durian...
NBC: “Talent” tops Fox’s premieres
Thursday Results (Fox carried NFL football in Milwaukee): From 8-10 p.m. ET, the season finale of “America’s Got Talent” (2.4/7 in 18-49, 10.5 million...
Fox Business Network gets a re-design
RBR-TVBR exclusive: On Monday, Fox Business Network will be undergoing a redesign. It’s going to a single 16x9 feed (previously, they had both an...
FM buy gives Gow a Houston combo
$5.05M KFNC-FM Houston TX (Mont Belvieu TX) from AR Licensing (W. Lawrence Patrick) to Gow Communications LLC (David F. Gow). $250K escrow, balance in...
California TVs go to esteemed buyer
$2M KBVU-DT Eureka CA and KCVU-DT Redding CA (Paradise CA) from Sainte Partners II LP (Rob Castro) to Esteem Broadcasting of California LLC (David...