101.7 Kiss FM, Tony Q score Urban Knight Radio Award
On September 18th 101.7 Kiss FM in Wilmington, DE and Tony Q (Quartarone), station owner and general manager will receive The Urban Knight Radio...
FOIA request regarding VNRs turned down by FCC
The Center for Media and Democracy wants to see documents on the FCC’s investigation into possible improper use by television broadcasters of video news...
Core advertiser gains seen for TV’s odd-year revenue trough
A survey of industry insiders from TVNewsCheck has yielded predictions for 2013 – and the story is that a 4% gain in core spot...
FTC going after radio advertiser of bedbug remedy
Cedarcide used radio to make its claims about its bedbug and head lice remedies, and the Federal Trade Commission believes they went beyond the...
“Voice” up 22% vs. last season
From 8-9 p.m. ET, “The Voice” (3.9/12 in 18-49, 11.3 million viewers overall) is up 22 percent versus last season’s initial Tuesday telecast (with...
17% of marketing, ad execs anticipate hiring in Q4
17% of marketing and advertising executives plan to add full-time staff in the next three months, according to The Creative Group Hiring Index for...
Broadcast news dominates cable in Top 10 markets
From the TVB Forward Conference ’12: Findings were unveiled from an analysis showing that viewership for early and late evening news programming in the...
Harris, Geo-Broadcast Solutions test “ZoneCasting”
Harris and Geo-Broadcast Solutions (GBS) have broken ground on the first commercial test for ZoneCasting — technology that enables targeted, over-the-air radio content transmission...
Emmis adds radio in Terre Haute
$335K WSDX-AM/WSDM-FM Terre Haute IN (Brazil IN) from Crossroads Investments LLC (Dan Lacy) to Emmis Communications Corporation (Jeffrey H. Smulyan). Cash. LMA until closing,...
News Corp. seeks FCC declaratory ruling on splitting company
We knew that Rupert Murdoch and company are considering splitting their broadcast and newspaper groups into two separate entities. It’s asking the FCC if...
David Letterman earns Kennedy Center Honors
Broadcasting the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors program will be an especially pleasurable task for CBS this time around – its own late night...
NAB makes the case for broadcast television
The video marketplace has been in flux since cable became a force to be reckoned with, and the addition of satellite, telco and internet...
New owner coming to Philly-area daytimer
WFYL-AM, a day-timer serving part of the Philadelphia market from its base in King of Prussia PA, is being sold, completing the withdrawal of...
CBS Radio flips WNEW-AM
The 1580 AM simulcast of CBS Radio/DC’s all-news WNEW-FM will become “Gov.Biz Radio 1580 AM” on 10/1. That will put it in direct competition...
Glenn Beck coming to Dish Network
14 months after Glenn Beck left Fox News for the Internet, his new online TV network “TheBlaze” is returning to TV in a new...