FOX topped Women 18-49
FOX dominated the first week after the Summer Olympics with wins on five of seven nights last week (Monday through Friday), thanks to the...
ABC’s Bachelor Pad grew 18%
Monday: From 8-10pm, opposite NBC’s Olympic-promoted 2-hour debut of Stars Earn Stripes and Fox’s series debut of Hotel Hell and an original Hell’s Kitchen,...
NBC ranks #1 in total viewers for the week
Led by the week’s #1 telecast in adults 18-49, the Colts-Steelers “Sunday Night Football” NFL preseason game, and the #1 show in total viewers,...
Cross-ownership waivers on the FCC hot seat
The Supreme Court has elected not to hear any arguments about broadcast-print cross-ownership, and according to the FCC, that
FMs move in Bismarck, Terre Haute
$700K KKBO-FM Bismarck ND (Flasher ND) from Connoisseur Media of Bismarck LLC (Jeffrey D. Warshaw, Michael O. Driscoll) to Radio Bismarck Mandan LLC (Larry...
Newport, Nexstar and Mission deal details
$225,536,000 WIVT-TV Binghamton NY; WETM-TV Elmira-Corning NY (Elmira NY); WLMT-TV/WPTY-TV Memphis TN; WJKT-TV Jackson TN; KTVX-TV & KUCW-TV Salt Lake City UT (Salt Lake...
Americans more secure about personal finances
According to the results of a new survey, financial confidence ticked upward from its July level and is even more improved when looked at...
Watchdog busy sleuthing TV political files
Media-oriented public interest group Free Press is compiling information on political advertising from television public files and hopes to publish results soon. In addition...
Sunrise upgrades to combo in Wausau WI
WXCO-AM Wausau WI licensee Sunrise Broadcasting has been making a go of it as a standalone Talker, serving the Wausau portion of the Wausau-Stevens...
Michael J. Fox returning in NBC Comedy Series
The star of the 1980s NBC series “Family Ties” who downsized his career while battling Parkinson’s, will return to the network in a starring...
Apple scores patent on radio, video ad skipper
Considering the amount of folks listening to music (i.e. Internet Radio and streaming Broadcast Radio)
Shareholder suit claims Viacom overpaid Redstone
Shareholder Robert Freedman claims in his lawsuit Viacom wrongly overpaid Chairman Sumner Redstone and two top execs by more than $36.6 million from 2008...
SiriusXM to retire $681.5 million in debt early
The satcaster, in the midst of a hostile takeover attempt from Liberty Media, announced that on 9/20 it will retire in full all $681,517,000...
Stocks pare losses to close flat
Stocks closed nearly unchanged on Monday after posting six weeks of gains, as investors retreated to the sidelines ahead of housing data and the...
Melky Cabrera suspension could hurt ratings
The San Francisco Giants are one hot team in that market. Star outfielder Melky Cabrera was having a great year and just got suspended...