NBC breaks Olympic records
LONDON – August 4, 2012 – Through the first eight nights, the London Olympics has set viewership records on NBC. Each night of the...
Rep. Walden eyed for a promotion
The Chairman of the House Communications Subcommittee is uniquely qualified for the job – Greg Walden (R-OR) was the owner of a small radio...
Fox hangs on as Olympics rule the ratings
Airing back to back encores of RAISING HOPE at 8:00pm (0.7/2) and 8:30pm (0.6/2), followed by an encore GLEE (0.5/1), FOX ranked fourth last...
Television drives profitable Entravision Q2
Hispanic specialist Entravision enjoyed increases in net revenue and increased profits – crediting a healthy dose of political income plus increased retransmission fees as...
WaPo TV can’t pull up other divisions
The television stations in the Washington Post portfolio enjoyed a healthy Q2, but it wasn’t enough to spare the company an overall decline in...
Viacom slips in its fiscal Q3
The non-broadcast side of the Sumner Redstone media empire suffered from box office and advertising woes, leading to a 14% loss in the revenue...
WRKO extends Howie Carr contract
Entercom's WRKO-AM Boston exercised the option on Howie Carr’s contract, keeping the longtime radio host on there for the foreseeable future. Carr, who anchors weekdays 3pm...
CBS files amended complaint against “Glass House”
Despite a judge's order in July denying an injunction for the ABC show, CBS is going forward with its copyright infringement and trade secrets...
Military Channel launching “The Brokaw Files”
From the battlefields of Vietnam and Iraq, to the fall of the Berlin Wall and Watergate, iconic NBC News anchor and best-selling author Tom...
Eurochannel launches on Android, Google TV devices
Eurochannel has expanded its reach, entering the Internet TV space with the launch of the Eurochannel app on the Play Store for Google TV,...
Americans for Prosperity readies TV campaign in Wisconsin
The independent Super PAC group supporting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says it's launching a multimillion-dollar ad campaign in several general election battleground states.
The...
Partners grab NRG Nebraska trio
$900K KHUB-AMM/KFMT-FM Fremont NE & KBLR-FM Blair NE from NRG License Sub LLC, a subsidiary of NRG Media LLC (Mary Quass) to Community First...
Buyer steps forward for Orlando noncom TV
$3.3M WMFE-TV Orlando FL from Community Communications Inc. (Jose A. Fajardo) to University of Central Florida (Michael J. Grindstaff et al). $330K escrow, $1.07M...
Spirit adds to far-flung group
A deal for WPRJ-FM Coleman MI will give noncommercial radio owner its third station in as many states. The buyer is Spirit Communications Inc.,...
Local is everywhere
RBR-TVBR has been preaching sermons, for as long as we can remember since the onset of the internet era, that broadcast’s unique selling proposition...