TV helps sell cars and people are ready to buy
A good website is an essential tool for a car dealer these days, but if you want to get consumers to go there, television...
Senate panel looking at retransmission consent
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) doesn’t want consumers caught in the cross-fire between hardball-playing
Another Atlantic Coast pirate rung up by the FCC
Florida has been one of the hotbeds of FM bandit activity, and the FCC has brought yet another one to justice, this one operating...
Comcast, Scripps Networks expand distribution deal
Comcast and Scripps Networks Interactive have reached a long-term agreement to expand their relationship in bringing Scripps’ networks and shows to Comcast’s Xfinity TV...
ABC #1 on Sunday
ABC ranked #1 on Sunday Night among Adults 18-49, beating CBS (with the Sunday premiere of Big Brother 14) by 27% and NBC (with...
SNL delivers its top overnights in five weeks
In Late-Night Metered-Market Household Averages for Saturday night: An encore telecast of “Saturday Night Live," with host Melissa McCarthy and musical guest Lady Antebellum...
Aretha Franklin wants to judge “American Idol”
Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” said on Saturday she’s interested in joining "American Idol" as a judge, just days after Jennifer Lopez and...
Cash for gear in LPFM deal; Epperson donates AM
$15K WMJP-LP Lake City FL from Florida Community Radio Inc. (Sylvia Watson) to Angel Ministries of Lake City Inc. (Minnie Williams et al). $2.5K...
Holiday shopping already kicking into gear
According to a new survey, a substantial number of Americans have already started buying gifts to distribute the friends and family in December. More...
Malone: Sirius will eventually be spun off
Liberty Media Chairman John Malone said his effort to take control of Sirius XM will eventually lead to a spinoff. Liberty announced plans six...
Politics is good for Gannett television
First and foremost, Gannett is a newspaper business, and newspaper is a challenged business. But its television group did quite nicely during Q2.
Gannett President/CEO...
Austin sports outlets sold
The Border Media Business Trust has spun off an AM-FM combo serving the Texas capital with sports programming in two languages.
The stations are KWNX-AM...
SKYY Vodka launches first TV campaign
SKYY Vodka, the number-one selling domestic super-premium vodka in the U.S., announced its first-ever TV campaign for the brand: "Passion for Perfection." The effort...
KUT-FM purchase postponed
The University of Texas System Board of Regents has tabled the discussion of KUT-FM plans to purchase cross-town Classic Hits KXBT-FM from Border Media...
Obama, Romney running 90% negative attack ads
President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are focusing almost all of their television ads on bashing one another. Some 90% of Obama’s...