Noncom CP has rent-to-buy potential
Sainte Gabriel Communications is buying a Storm Lake IA FM CP from South Central Oklahoma Christian Broadcasting. There is no question as to what...
Investment firm kclosing in on Dick Clark Productions
Ryan Seacrest and partners Bain and Thomas H. Lee are said to be out of the picture in the contest to acquire Dick Clark...
Salem, Arbitron offer dividends
A religious radio group with additional media assets in its portfolio and the largest ratings service in the radio business are both getting set...
ABC’s RNC coverage grows night to night
On its second night of coverage, ABC News’ Your Voice, Your Vote – 2012 Republican National Convention spiked over the prior night by double...
NBC: “Talent” is #1 for the night
Wednesday Results (preemptions for local NFL preseason coverage on NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox): Pending updates, from 9-10 p.m. ET, the “America’s Got Talent”...
FOX Wednesday: SYTYCD up +7%
FOX ranked #2 last night among Adults 18-49 and #1 in Adults 18-34 and all key female demos. FOX has ranked #1 among Adults...
A reporter’s job is never done
NBC News Radio correspondents Bob Costantini, left, and Matt DelSignore, were still toiling away in Thursday’s wee hours (2am) after other media left the...
2012 back-to-school ad themes
Ace Metrix, analytics provider for television and video advertisers, announced the top back-to-school advertisers, a list led by ads for Best Buy, Lysol hand...
Janssen Pharmaceuticals/J&J settle ad case for $181 million
NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a record $181 million settlement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals and its parent company Johnson & Johnson to resolve charges...
Station trading: Noncom Nashville FM; Raleigh debt deal
$3.35M WFCL-FM Nashville TN from Vanderbilt Student Communications Inc. (Marc J. Hetherington) to Nashville Public Radio (Robert Gordon et al). $300K escrow, balance in...
Hearst offers mobile election app
Expanding on the political coverage offered by its television stations (and pair of radio stations), Hearst Television is making mobile smartphone applications available to...
Canada calms down its TV commercials
US broadcasters are getting ready to follow the dictates of the CALM Act, which will attempt to bring the volume of commercials to par...
Dittman completes exit from Mobile radio
Iconic Mobile Rocker WABB-FM was sold early in 2012 (and since has been swapped), leaving Judith Dittman with WABB-AM in the market. Now a...
Musicians reiterate objection to Pandora-backed royalty plan
The MusicFirst Coalition is taking the occasion of a Pandora financial results release to repeat its objection to a Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) bill proposal...
Power 96.1 debuts in Atlanta
Clear Channel Atlanta has debuted WKLS-FM Power 96.1, the area’s new mainstream CHR station. It will compete directly with Cumulus’ WWWQ-FM and Lincoln Financial’s...