Restore our Future spends $10 million on new campaign
The pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future (ROF) is out with a $10 million TV ad buy across 11 presidential battleground states, including Colorado,...
CBS may bid on Dick Clark Productions
CBS Corp is considering a bid for Dick Clark Productions and would join other bidders including "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest, who have until...
MundoFox launches across the country
MundoFox, the new Spanish-language broadcast network from Fox International Channels and RCN Television Group of Colombia launched 8/13 with a line-up of scripted dramas,...
WOR a catch for Clear Channel, but room for improvement
What does it bring to Clear Channel’s stables to have this 50-KW directional flamethrower in The Big Apple? First of all, major coverage—not only...
Bargain days: Three deals for under $100K
$70K WFIC-AM Collinsville VA from Base Communications Inc. (Edward A. Baker et al) to Grace Missionary Baptist Church d/b/a Grace Christian School (Clyde I....
FCC sorts out mutually exclusive CP applicants
The applications for an FM station in theHonoluluarea date back to 1996. One company was said to be a mere shell formed to create...
Hubbard spins Wisconsin AM
Zoe Communications has signed a letter of intent to acquire WIXK-AM New Richmond WI. The station, which serves the area east of the Minneapolis-St....
Radio/TV combo sold north of Tampa
A local station pair – an FM and a low power digital Class A television station, are going to a new owner. The FM...
Buffalo indy wins carriage battle with TWC
There are ten counties in the Buffalo NY DMA, but Time Warner Cable carries independent WBBZ-TV in only two of them. That’s about to...
Tupelo ABC affiliate closing its doors
Southern Broadcasting has announced that it is pulling ABC WKDH-TV from the airwaves and going out of business by the end of August 2012....
Making the case to keep ads off noncom radio
In the opinion of a contributor to theVancouverSun,Canada’s public radio system should be worried about serving the needs of listeners, not the needs of...
Clear Channel to buy WOR-AM
Clear Channel Media and Entertainment and Buckley Radio announced 8/13 that Clear Channel is buying 50-kW WOR-AM NY from
Stocks lose, then gain on Friday
Stocks erased Friday losses in readying to tally another week of gains, with disappointing Chinese trade data advancing hopes for further moves to bolster...
Tears and Betrayal on Bachelor Pad 3
The highlight of this past week’s episode is that I finally figured out who in Bachelor Pad 3 reminds me of Miss Piggy. Any...
No political plans for NAB’s Gordon Smith
Oregon Republicans may miss Gordon Smith, who carried the Republican banner into the US Senate for two terms before losing a 2008 reelection bid....