ABC takes second on Sunday
ABC took second to NBC with its Olympic Trials (Finals for Track and Field, Swimming and Women’s Gymnastics) on Sunday night in Adults 18-49,...
FTC warns advertisers off of “up to” claims
Ads claiming a benefit “up to” some number are not generally meant to be a guarantee that the number will be reached, yet, according...
MVPDs continue to annoy their customers
The latest American Customer Satisfaction Index is out, and once again MVPDs are crowding the list
Media General tightens its operations
With its newspaper division almost entirely out the door, Media General is taking its five-region organizational chart and paring it down to two, under...
NBC wins 3rd straight night Sunday
NBC is #1 Sunday night among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49, total viewers and other key categories, with the top-scoring Olympic-trials...
California pirate pays extra for not answering door
An amateur radio licensee who should have known better was nailed for running an unauthorized FM station northwest of San Francisco-Oakland. The buccaneer only...
NBC sweeps Friday half-hours with Olympic trials
NBC led Friday among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in 18-49, total viewers and all other key ratings categories with NBC Sports’ coverage of...
Nielsen beefs up online ad measurement with Vizu buy
Vizu enables advertisers and publishers to assess and optimize online advertising effectiveness. This acquisition will build on Nielsen's online and cross-platform advertising campaign measurement...
The Weather Channel buying Weather Underground
The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC) announced an agreement to acquire Weather Underground, a leading provider of Web-based weather data. The transaction, terms of which...
Losing WODS is a big deal with listeners
CBS Radio/Boston’s Classic Hits/Oldies WODS-FM flipped to the company’s CHR AMP format on Thursday, 6/28 at noon. Since then, RBR-TVBR has been barraged with...
NBC News launches NBCLatino.com
NBCLatino.com is a new Hispanic news and lifestyle website, leveraging the resources and platforms of NBC News, including “Today,” “Nightly News,” MSNBC, msnbc.com, as...
Multicultural swaps out LA AMs
N/A KYPA-AM Los Angeles from Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc. (Arthur Liu, Yvonne Liu) to Transition Radio LLC (William B. Schutz). Putting station in trust...
Stores trump brands when consumers hunt for deals
A new survey from an online coupon provider says that consumers will search for a particular brand – but they are far more likely...
Big DMA video description rules kick in
Big Four network affiliates in the top 25 DMAs and cable systems with 50K or more subscribers are now required to insert audio description...
Two in Austin from the old Border Media group sold
One buyer will bump the ceiling on foreign ownership and the other will be looking to take another commercial FM into the non-profit zone.
The...