Saturday, May 9, 2026

Dow up on positive blue chip outlooks

Stocks wavered Wednesday with the Dow gaining on upbeat outlooks from Caterpillar and Boeing, while an earnings miss from Apple dinged the tech sector....
Greg Walden

House leaders tried to warn FCC off Tennis Channel ruling

Prior to the decision made by an administrative law judge and affirmed by the FCC on a partisan basis, House Commerce Committee leaders Fred...
Marci Ryvicker

Political spending continues to mushroom

In the two week period encompassed by 6/24 and 7/8, spending on political television advertising increased 11%
Pile of Money

College station slammed for public file violation

Nine times out of ten, a station with a public file problem is missing the infamous programs/issues lists. In the case of an Orlando...
Clear Channel

Clear Channel launches “The Harbor” in Boston

After the purchase of Phoenix Media’s heritage Alternative WFNX-FM, Clear Channel announced the debut of 101.7 WHBA-FM “The Harbor” as the flip.  WHBA will...
NBC

“Talent” #1 for the night

Tuesday Results: From 8-10 p.m. ET, “America’s Got Talent” (2.7/8 in 18-49, 10.4 million viewers overall) delivered the #1 results of the night in...
Barack Obama

Obama launches new defensive TV ad (video)

President Obama directly addressed GOP rival Mitt Romney's repeated attacks on the POTUS's "you didn't build that" remark in a TV ad released 7/24:...
Comcast and NBCU

NBCU passes $1 Billion on Olympics ad sales

NBCUniversal has sold $1 billion of national television and digital advertising for its coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the most ever for...
Sirius XM

SiriusXM to retire $186 million in debt

Sirius XM Radio announced that on 9/1, it will redeem all of its outstanding 9.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2015, at a redemption price...

Geoff Neuhoff passes at 59

Geoff Neuhoff, President and CEO of Neuhoff Communications, passed away suddenly Sunday, 7/22.  Over a career that spanned more than 30-years, Geoff built a...
NBC

NBC News, O&O stations go social with Olympics

Just after striking a deal with Facebook to promote Olympic conversations on NBC’s Facebook page, NBC News and NBC O&O TV Stations are joining...

More Nassau: Shapiro and Goddard buy stations

$4.4M WTSV-AM/WHDQ-FM Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction NH-VT (Claremont NH); WWHQ-FM & WLKZ-FM Concord NH (Meredith, Wolfeboro NH); WSNO-AM/WORK-FM, WIKE-AM, WWFY-FM & WMOO-FM Montpelier-Barre-St. Johnsbury VT...

Netflix affection for HBO goes unrequited

Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, recently floated the idea of bringing original HBO programming to its own subscribers by striking a deal with...
Sold

News-Press moves into Columbia MO

The television side of multimedia company News-Press & Gazette has six newspapers in Missouri, and now it is adding broadcasting to its sphere of...

Salem stations join iHeartRadio

Salem Communications’ 97 radio stations will be available on the iHeartRadio digital radio platform beginning in September. Salem’s stations from 37 markets will be...