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...
SnapApp adds contesting to offering
“SnapApp Contests” enables companies to engage their target audience by creating and hosting contests across all of their web channels. The company, in the...
Trial in WIBW attack postponed
The jury trial for Ray Anthony Miles, charged with a 5/23/12 attack on several WIBW-TV Topeka employees after breaking in and wielding a knife,...
Dow at highest level since 2007
Stocks closed higher Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average marking its highest finish since late 2007, as traders awaited this week's key decisions...
Lexus launches new effort for 2013 Lexus ES (video)
The luxury automaker’s general market spot, “Split World,” makes its debut through mirrored images, a la a kaleidoscope. Architecture, cyclists, trees and bridges create...
FCC reaffirms five-year-old noncom deal
When Trinity International Foundation sold WMCU-FM (now WKCP-FM) to American Public Media back in the fall of 2007, fans of the then-religious noncom were...
FCC tees up FM Auction No. 94
The target date for another FCC FM CP sale is 3/26/13, when 117 allotments will be up for grabs by the highest bidder. 26...
Broadcast leads media in sluggish advertising market
Television was up 4.4% in the second quarter and radio was up 1.9%, according to a study from Kantar Media. The results are well...
NBC News dials in HD Radio
An NBC News “The Bottom Line” story dealt some frank views on the state of HD Radio and where it’s heading. The good news...