Contract filed for Orlando public TV station
The end may be in sight in the protracted effort to find a new owner/operator for noncommercial WMFE-TV Orlando. A contract has been filed...
Cabler’s unauthorized retransmission fine sticks
During a retransmission consent negotiation, Bailey Cable TV chose not to honor the demands of two television stations to be pulled from its system...
Victoria FM headed to new noncom owner
KXGJ-FM Victoria TX is changing hands, as well as a co-owned FM translator well to the Victoria station’s east. The other station is K210DF...
Solar flare triggers radio blackout
The sun fired off yet another intense solar flare 7/5, the latest in a series of storms from a busy sunspot being closely watched...
Coca-Cola details Olympics programming, sponsorship (video)
The longest continuous supporter of the Olympic Movement is giving fans a closer look at some of Team USA’s personalities. This new work combined...
Mexico court nixes Carlos Slim’s TV bid
A Mexican court has ruled against Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, in his bid to enter the country's television market, a government official...
Mancow to simulcast on TV in Chicago
TRN-syndicated Erich “Mancow” Muller will be simulcasting his morning show on WPWR-TV 50 beginning this fall. A deal is being finalized, according to The...
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...