Saturday, May 9, 2026

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...
Poll

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...
Sirius XM

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...
Gannett

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...
Barack Obama

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...
NBC

NBC gets full ownership of MSNBC Digital Network

NBC News President Steve Capus announced NBC News is now the full owner and operator of MSNBC Digital Network, which includes msnbc.com, TODAY.com, NightlyNews.com,...
Dial Global

CNBC Radio debuts NASDAQ Opening Bell Report

Dial Global announced the debut of the CNBC Opening Bell Report to its daily roster of hourly market reports. The report airs Monday-Friday at...
NBC

“Dateline” #1 in 10 p.m. hour

Friday Primetime Results: From 9-11 p.m. ET, "Dateline NBC" (1.2/4 in 18-49, 4.6 million viewers overall) grew 20 percent week to week in 18-49...
Tribune Broadcasting

Bankruptcy judge to OK new Tribune ownership plan

Now in Chapter 11 for well over three years, Tribune may finally be heading out of bankruptcy--pending approvals (including FCC).

Emily Maynard Gives Viewers Tears and Ulcers in Curacao

Seeing Arie’s sweaty face as he described to Emily how he would slowly form a friendship with Ricki before diving into full on fatherhood,...

The Emily Maynard Rumor Review and Why Ricki Should Pick Final Guy

With all of the backlash in sending Sean home this week, I wonder if Emily is second guessing her choice.  It still seems strange...
NBC

NBC: Top “Rock Center” since Jan. 23

Thursday Results: At 10 p.m. ET, “Rock Center”  (1.2/4 in 18-49, 5.2 million viewers overall) is currently reporting its highest 18-49 and total-viewer results...