Liberty Media ups stake in SiriusXM
Liberty Media has raised its stake (8/28) in SiriusXM Radio to 48.8% from 48.1%, according to a regulatory filing. It bought around
Dial Global responds to TRN complaint
Dial Global announced a response to the email circulated by Mark Masters, President of Talk Radio Networks. Said Spencer Brown
CBS: Big Brother, pre-season football a win
Led by BIG BROTHER’s post-Olympic momentum and pre-season football, CBS placed first in viewers, adults 18-49 (tie) and adults 25-54, according to Nielsen live...
Dow drops on H-P; Nasdaq edges up
Blue-chip stocks sagged for a second straight session on Tuesday, while the Nasdaq Composite inched higher amid low volumes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
CC Radio renews as flagship for Seminole IMG Sports Network
Clear Channel/Tallahassee and IMG College announced Tuesday that the station has signed a two-year contract to continue as the flagship station for the 36-member...
Minor delay in auction filing costs CP winner
Failure to get necessary paperwork in to the FCC after winning an FM CP at auction can cause a licensee to lose the CP....
SBE founder John Battison passes
John Battison, the founder of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, has passed. According to SBE, he leaves behind a wife, daughter, son and a...
A look at the new Young Broadcasting
The conversion of warrants to shares has placed television group Young Broadcasting in the hands of Standard General Management LP. Here’s what the company...
Judge approves royalty deal with BMI
Two years of litigation involving 7.5M musical works and 10K radio stations is now at an end, with the
Fox scored #1 in 18-34
Averaging a 1.4/4 among Adults 18-49, FOX delivered a very close third-place finish in the core demographic last week, only one tenth behind first-place...
ESPN, MLB strike eight-year extension
ESPN and Major League Baseball have reached an eight-year, multiplatform rights extension which will significantly enhance ESPN’s TV, digital, radio and International MLB rights....
NBC Sports Radio adds more programming, talent
Dial Global and NBC Sports Radio announced the hiring of four sportscasters to round out its roster in time for the network’s launch on...
ABC’s Bachelor Pad scores
Monday: Growing by 8% and by 22% among key adult demos, ABC’s Bachelor Pad hit a best-since premiere performance in Adults 18-49 (since 7/23/12),...
NBC ties #1 in 18-49 for the week
Led by the week’s #1 telecast in adults 18-49, the Panthers-Jets “Sunday Night Football” NFL preseason game, and the #1 show in total viewers,...
EMF buys in Houston
$5M KHJK-FM Houston TX (La Porte TX) from AR Licensing LLC (W. Lawrence Patrick) to Educational Media Foundation (Mike Novak). $250K escrow, balance in...