Manning scores Nassau Maryland properties
$6.4M WWEG-FM & WAFY-FM Frederick MD (Myersville, Middletown MD); and WARK-AM Hagerstown MD-Chambersburg-Waynesboro PA (Hagerstown MD) from Nassau Broadcasting III LLC Debtor-in-Possession (Louis f....
Michael Copps: Watchdog
When he was an FCC Commissioner, Michael Copps perhaps came as close to being a media watchdog as a commissioner possibly can. But now...
Hagerstown TV eludes political file requirement
Nobody familiar with Hagerstown MD would confuse it with a Top 50 market, yet according to Nielsen DMA definitions, it is considered part of...
Heineken to premiere “The Switch” TV spot
Heineken has debuted its new television commercial, "The Switch," following the success of the acclaimed commercials, "The Entrance" and "The Date," which are also...
Radio One back on the NASDAQ bubble
There probably is or will be a great big circle around the date January 22, 2013 on Radio One’s corporate calendar. That is its...
YouTube offering Olympics to 64 countries; not U.S.
The IOC is freely broadcasting the Olympics to 64 Asian and sub-Saharan African countries on YouTube. Ghanaians, or Indians, or Basotho can tune in,...
Star Entertainment’s Tranzistor to add advertising model
Star Entertainment Group’s subsidiary Tranzistor Systems announced plans to add an ad model to its internet radio service, delivered via Android and Apple apps....
Aereo, Auto Hop, retrans a big focus this week
SNL Kagan’s Steve Birenberg notes that handful of large media and communications companies are reporting earnings this week, along with several smaller media companies.
The...
ABC, Univision close deal on 24-hour news channel
ABC News and Univision have closed on their new joint 24-hour news channel. The two networks officially announced the channel in May. The agreement...
TheBeat 87.9 vows to keep airing without license
Nashua, NH pirate TheBeat, 87.9 FM, targeting young demos, is airing without an FCC license. “No, we don’t have one,” Antoine Anthem, owner of...
Stocks drop as Europe watch continues
There was a nice surge in trading last week, but on Monday 7/30 some of those gains were given back as Wall Street retreated...
NBC celebrates early Olympic results
The Peacock Network is fanning its feathers thanks to a high-flying edition of Olympics coverage in London. Here are some of the network’s highlights:
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Senators say Verizon cable spectrum deal bad for Maryland
Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) have written letters to the leaders of the FCC and the Department of Justice asking them...
Nielsen accused of dialing in ratings in India
According to a big lawsuit recently filed in New York City, an Indian news network says a Nielsen ratings partnership in India has been...
Another musician loves radio
British singer/songwriter Ellie Goulding kicked off her career in her native country, but she has gained “a legion of fans in the U.S.” You’ll...