Saturday, May 9, 2026

FOX

Fox scores third on Thursday

Thursday night, TAKE ME OUT kicked off the night with a 1.2/4 among Adults 18-49, the same as last week. TAKE ME OUT tied...
ABC

ABC’s “Duets” Outdraws Fox’s “Take Me Out” by 1.8 Million

ABC ranked No. 2 on Thursday night to a “Big Brother”-fueled CBS in Total Viewers (5.0 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.3/4), beating NBC (+47%/+63%)...
FCC

FCC previews August Open Meeting

They haven’t even held the July Open Meeting yet, and already we’ve been given a glimpse at the August agenda. Although the July meeting...

Got a newspaper to sell – we know who to call

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has been swimming against the tide when it comes to newspapers – his company believes they are a good investment,...
Anthony Declemente

Analyst likes prospects for AMC Networks

Barclays Capital thinks that there is more than a compensation dispute involved in the decision of DISH Network to drop AMC channels from its...
Car Radio

Record labels can’t stop loving radio

If musicians and their record labels hate uncompensated airplay so much, you’d think they’d stop

Stocks up over 1%, led by JPMorgan

Stocks rallied Friday, with the Dow and S&P 500 on track to snap a six-day losing streak, as JPMorgan Chase reported stronger than expected...

Russian MSO suspended BBC, CNN, Bloomberg

A major Russian cable operator temporarily suspended broadcasts by the BBC, CNN and Bloomberg Television, saying the channels had ignored repeated requests to obtain...

Big Bang wins last week of June

Wheel was #2, Judge Judy was #3. The battle for 4th was almost a photo finish, with Jeopardy and Two and a Half Men...

CPs sold in California State and California, Maryland

$45K AM CP Olivehurst CA from Valley Broadcasters (Carl A. Auel) to Tom F. Huth. Promissory note for full amount. CP is for Class...

New Hampshire pubcaster disaffiliates from stations

A double trio of NH television outlets – three full-power, three of the low-powered variety, are going from one non-profit entity to another, with...
Disney

Analyst sees growth parking at Disney

Wells Fargo Securities thinks Walt Disney’s stock price is poised to grow if Q2 results come in as
Money Tree

Cable organization slams Viacom

The ACA is calling on Viacom to end its DirecTV blackout, make its online programming available to those
Broadcasting Pirate

Another Miami FM bandit nabbed

A Miami DJ was running an unauthorized FM station on 92.7 MHz. One day, heading to his office suite, he ran into FCC agents...

VoX launches mobile ad campaign with Yahoo

VoX Communications, provider of wholesale VoIP telephone services and cloud based computing, has launched a campaign with Yahoo hyping the company's mobile VoIP app...