Emmis wins round in court v. preferred shareholders
An injunction against Emmis Communications sought by a disgruntled, dividend-seeking shareholder group has been
Fox came in 3rd on Thursday
Due to pre-season football, FOX is pre-empted in 19.3% of the country and Fast Nationals for FOX/ABC/CBS/NBC are inflated.
Airing encores of RAISING HOPE (1.1/4),...
NBC Thursday: “Saving Hope”
Thursday Results (local NFL preemptions on all major networks and some inconsistent start times across time zones):
· Pending updates, at 8 p.m. ET, an...
Notre Dame radio analyst pulled for comments
Notre Dame radio analyst Allen Pinkett was pulled off the Irish broadcast for the season opener against Navy and was put on the first...
Oasis Radio Group saves the day in Ft. Wayne
On 8/28, 10+ Federated Media Employees there felt the sting of corporate down-sizing when the company--the largest local broadcaster--ended their employment at WOWO-AM, WBYR-FM,...
Mancow to simulcast on WPWR Fox TV this fall
Beginning this fall, Fox-owned WPWR-TV Chicago will air a live simulcast of Talk Radio Network-FM’s Erich “Mancow” Muller’s weekday nationally syndicated morning show from...
Florida FM comes with Class A TV station
$2.75M WYKE-FM Inglis FL/WYKE-CD Inglis/Yankeetown FL from Citrus County Association for Retarded Citizens Inc. (Christopher V. Cole) to Baynet Management Inc. (Joshua Daniels, Carl...
Providence noncom shifts licensees
N/A WSBE-TV Providence RI from Rhode Island Public Telecommunications Authority (Michael B. Isaacs) to Rhode Island PBS Foundation (David W. Piccerelli et al). Changing...
FCC to review spectrum/competition issues
With the auction of airwaves in the television band in the works in the effort to increase the availability of wireless broadband to American...
Beasley looking to use AM for all-digital test
AM HD Radio hasn’t done all that well in the US, with numerous stations in markets across the country having turned off the sideband...
Playing poker with DISH Network
A novel explanation has been put forth as to why satellite MVPD DISH Network is such a difficult company to negotiate with, and it...
Details emerge on Lincoln southern Florida acquisition
West Palm Beach Radio’s acquisition of a number of CBS radio stations in the West Palm Beach market has been diminished by one courtesy...
Another FM swap for Cumulus and EMF
This pair of radio groups has swapped before in a deal involving Nashville and Mobile. This time, we’re talking Eugene-Springfield and Santa Barbara, but...
Republican National Convention Day 3 draws 21.9 million viewers
An estimated 21.9 million people tuned in to watch the third night of the 2012 Republican National Convention on 8/29. The first day of...
Google shutters AdWords for TV
In a blog post, Google VP Shishir Mehrotra says Google is shutting down the online TV ad selling service after five years. After Google...