Comcast selling stake in A&E for $2.8 billion
The MSO is selling its NBCU unit’s 15% stake in A&E Television Networks for $2.8 billion, The NY Post has learned. That’s 40% more...
Stocks lower over service data, rate cuts
Stocks finished moderately lower Thursday, coming back from a steeper decline, as investors weighed poor service sector growth and central bank rate cuts. The...
KOKE-FM coming back to Austin
A new, locally owned radio station with iconic call letters--KOKE-FM--is set to sign on Sunday, airing primarily Austin- and Texas-centric country music and featuring...
Mobile picking up steam as primary device
As America transitions from desk-bound internet access to mobile access, people who relied on their desk-sited hardware are learning to use their mobile device...
NAB says it’s likely to prevail on political file case
The FCC just announced that broadcast television political advertising info is expected online as of 8/2/12, but NAB wants a stay on grounds that...
Sirius XM agrees to decree with FCC
If you are a US citizen, you should feel $240K richer right about now, thanks to a voluntary contribution to the US Treasury from...
WKQX fills last on-air slot
Lauren O’Neil has been hired to fill one of the remaining on-air positions at Merlin Media’s Alternative WKQX-FM (Q87.7 87.7 MHz, Chicago). She travels...
Talent #1 for the night; “Love in the Wild” #1 at 10 p.m.
Tuesday Results: At 8 p.m. ET, a rebroadcast “America’s Got Talent” averaged a 1.0/4 in 18-49 and 4.7 million viewers overall. From its first...
The Bachelorette is #1 with a 7-Week High
Featuring The Bachelorette and The Glass House, ABC continued to stand as Monday’s 2nd-most-watched network overall to NBC (Olympic Trials overrun/America’s Got Talent), topping...
48 Hours Mystery was #1 on Tuesday
CBS News 48 HOURS MYSTERY TUESDAY (R) was first in households (4.1/07) and viewers (6.02m), while delivering a 1.6/04 in adults 25-54 and 1.1/03...
Fox placed fourth on the 4th
NOTE: Usage was down -21% last night from 8-11pm versus the previous Wednesday. Airing a night of encores on the July 4th holiday, FOX...
MMTC spins out of Tampa-St. Pete
$1.15M WLCC-AM Tampa-St. Petersburg FL (Brandon FL) from MMTC Broadcasting LLC (David E. Honig) to South Texas Broadcasting Inc., a subsidiary of Salem Communications...
House FCC oversight session set
We knew that Greg Walden (R-OR) was planning an FCC grilling session, and now the time, date and menu have been confirmed on the...
Ohio senator applauds NFL’s modified blackout policy
Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is pleased that the NFL is taking less of a hard-line approach to television games locally when they are not sold...
Sin City AM getting religion
BusinessTalkRadio is selling its Las Vegas AM station, and in keeping with one of the dominant station trading threads of recent times, the station...