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...
Dish to Judge: Lawsuits should be in NYC
Dish Network told U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan this week that lawsuits over its service allowing viewers to watch ad-free
Advertisers, broadcasters seeing potential of connected TVs
They’re beginning to notice the potential of smart and/or connected TVs to access Internet content and bring it to the big screen, according to...
Birach looking at new site for Detroit AMs
Acreage in the southeast corner of Milford Township, MI has been pegged as a site for a cluster of AM towers for Birach Broadcasting....
Magic Johnson debuts ASPiRE network
ASPiRE, the new television network from Magic Johnson Enterprises, debuted late last month with original programming aimed at African-American viewers. The network launched with...
Hot 92.3, Rick Dees part ways in LA
The longtime SoCal morning man had been with KHHT-FM for over a year. Now, according to The Orange County Register, he’s out as of...
Stocks finish higher in short session
U.S. stock markets closed higher in an abbreviated session Tuesday before Independence Day holiday, following a rise in factory orders. The Dow Jones Industrial...