ABC Tuesday night
Shooting up from its lead-in at 9pm by 50% in Adults 18-49 against the Olympics, ABC’s replay Wipeout tied its non-sports competition in the...
Fox came in second on Tues.
FOX aired two encore episodes of MASTERCHEF (both 0.9/3) from 8-10pm last night and ranked #2 among Adults 18-49 (tie) and Adults 18-34.
NOTE: usage...
Latest Romney campaign focuses on economic trust
Mitt Romney’s campaign is hitting heavy in key states across the country right now via a barrage of television ads that aim to convince...
FCC explains its rejection of plea for fine cancellation
Toccoa Falls College radio station WXTR-FM in Toccoa Falls GA was hit with a $10K Notice of Apparent Liability for a file fine omission....
Reebok writing checks to atone for false toning ads
Remember that scene in “The Jerk” where Navin Johnson is writing thousands upon thousands of checks in connection with his failed “Optigrab” invention? Now...
Bounce TV sees DeMint dereg bill as existential threat
Martin Luther King III says that new African-American network Bounce TV is off to a flying start, but a bill from Sen. Jim DeMint...
Radio ads aired in battle over political ads in general
Californians will vote on Proposition 32 this November, which ostensibly seeks to limit the influence of special interest money on politics. But California unions...
Could Cumulus, Katz, CC be in legal danger?
That’s what some are saying, referring to Jerry DelColliano’s Inside Music Media findings re:
New York Times may be selling About.com
The New York Times’ ownership of About.com may be coming to an end. The paper has been looking to get rid of the struggling...
Shuffling the ownership deck at WA FM
$1.2M KRXY-FM Shelton WA. 80% of Olympia Broadcasters Inc. from Rodney J. Etherton (80% to 0%) from Michael F. Marohn (20% to 60%), Robert...
Disney’s Iger discusses Wall Street seers, taxes
In an appearance on Fox Business Network, Walt Disney honcho Robert Iger brushed off comments by Wall Street analysts who suggested
Details filed on Shield Albany buy
The massive sale of television stations out of the Newport portfolio created a lot of new O&Os for acquiring companies, and it has also...
Oregon AM CP headed to the commercial world
The trend in station trading since Y2K has been the movement of commercial-band radio stations into the noncommercial world. But here is an example...
WRVW-FM DJ suing Nashville Predators (video)
Nashville radio personality Adam Davis, who goes by the name “Intern Adam” is reportedly suing the Predators hockey organization for injuries he suffered last...
Disney looking at fee hike for TV nets
In the company’s fiscal Q3 call, Disney CEO Bob Iger said he sees a strong environment for raising subscription fees for its networks, which...