Thursday, June 18, 2026

FOX

FOX wins 4th consecutive night in 18-49

For the fourth night in a row this week, FOX has ranked No. 1 among Adults 18-49.  FOX also won last night in Adults...
CBS

CBS drops “Glass House” suit against ABC

CBSNot long after amending its suit against ABC for copycatting its “Glass House” reality show from

Spotify, Pandora, downloads surpassing CDs

The CD’s run as the music industry’s biggest U.S. revenue source will end this year, eclipsed by downloads and streaming services such as Spotify...
Pile of Money

Election TV ad spend tops half-billion; opportunity knocks

President Obama, Mitt Romney, and their Super PACs have dumped more than half a billion dollars on television advertising this cycle, putting the two...
Julius Genachowski

Genachowski explains thumbs up for Verizon spectrum buy

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said that the deal between Verizon and a consortium of cable companies for spectrum posed problems, but said certain commitments...

West Palm AM headed to Napoleon

$305K WJBW-AM West Palm Beach FL (Jupiter FL) from Jupiter Planet Radio LLC (Robert McAllan) to Azure Media LLC (Jhonson Napoleon). $25K escrow, balance...

New-Press & Gazette grabs Columbia MO television pair

$16M KMIZ-TV & KQFX-LD Columbia-Jefferson City MO (Columbia MO) from JW Broadcasting LLC (Gene Steinberg) to NPG of Missouri LLC, a subsidiary of News-Press...
Sold

Regional coastal NC group spins an AM

The ranks of female broadcast license owners will grow by one once a newly-filed deal for WAVQ-AM Jacksonville NC reaches the finish line. Buyer CDV...
Emmis Communications

Emmis spinning magazines

The portfolio pruning is continuing unabated at Emmis Communications. It has reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission that it has a deal at...
Tribune Broadcasting

Cablevision boots Tribune off systems

Usually in the course of a retransmission dispute an MVPD will attempt to take the high road with
Radio One

Radio One goes super in Charlotte

A third FM is headed into the Radio One Charlotte NC portfolio in a deal that also includes a non-essential AM station. The key station...
Clear Channel

Price revealed for Clear Channel WOR buy

We knew that Buckley Broadcasting was spinning WOR-AM New York to Clear Channel. Now we know the

Michael J. Fox may return to television full-time in 2013

Michael J. Fox will be returning to television screens in 2013, it was reported yesterday, after more than a decade of only sporadic guest...

Phil Cowan joins KTKZ-AM for morning drive

Salem Communications announced today that its NewsTalk station in Sacramento, AM 1380 KTKZ will be adding Phil Cowan to the lineup, 7am to 9am,...

Stocks jump on Cisco report, Merkel comments

Stocks posted their best day in nearly two weeks on Thursday, helped by euro-supportive comments from German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a rally in...