Fox Thursday ranked #3
TAKE ME OUT: 1.0/3, down -17% from last week
THE CHOICE: 1.2/4, down -20% from last week
Competition
ABC’s Duets (1.0/3) posted its lowest rating to date,...
ABC was #1 on Thurs.
With the Duets live show, the summer opener of Wipeout and Rookie Blue, ABC ranked #1 on Thursday night among the major nets in...
Noncom FM deals in Texas, Georgia
$45K KQFZ-FM Valley View TX from Hispanic Family Christian Network Inc. (Maria C. Guel) to Templo de Dios Inc. 1 (Eleutrio Cabrera et al)....
Media ownership rules left intact by Supremes
Broadcast and newspaper companies would like to see rules restricting local cross-ownership lifted, and television groups would
Finally: Peace for Janet Jackson’s nipple
The FCC has not tired of litigating the infamous 2004 Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction, but apparently the courts are tired of it. And at...
Texas twosome headed back to original seller
Tom, Rick and Harley Broadcasting had a plan to start a radio company in central Texas with a pair of FMs acquired from Munbilla...
TuneIn adds Entercom, Emmis, Cox
TuneIn, a service that lets people listen to music, sports, news and comedy from around the world, announced alliances with the three groups to...
Howard Stern, Gary Burbank to Radio Hall of Fame
Howard Stern, WLW-AM afternooner Gary Burbank, Ron Chapman (KVIL Dallas), SoCal DJ Art Laboe (who first coined the term “Oldies but Goodies”), Luther Masingill...
WYBN-TV launches voter registration effort
WYBN-TV Albany is launching a public service initiative promoting voter registration that will air on their over-the-air signal in Albany, Saratoga, Schoharie, Greene, Columbia,...
Southwest to air live TV on planes
Southwest, in conjunction with Row 44, is taking the next step in wireless inflight entertainment with a preview of live TV on five of...
Stocks recoup most losses
Stocks closed with mild losses Thursday as speculation of a breakthrough in Europe's efforts to resolve its debt crisis fueled a late-session recovery. After...
Universal Sports Network signs Hawaiian Telcom
Universal Sports Network announced a multi-year distribution agreement with Hawaiian Telcom Services, bringing the network’s exclusive Olympic sports coverage of qualifying, trials and world...
The CW announces fall premiere dates
The CW Network will stagger the rollout its 2012-13 season this October with the premieres of three new series, returning favorites on new nights...
Chairman Walden weighs in on the Future of TV
House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) says it is not time to find ways to regulate new entrants into the video marketplace –...
Katrina cited to support FM on cellular
A constituent of Sen. Mary Landrieu wrote her a letter countering a CTIA claim that wireless was a reliable form of communication when Hurricane...