“Saving Hope” time slot up 34% vs. last summer
Thursday Results: At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of “The Office” averaged a 0.6/2 in 18-49 and 2.1 million viewers overall, and at...
Fox ranked 2nd on Thursday
Airing the series premieres of TAKE ME OUT and THE CHOICE, FOX ranked second for the night among Adults 18-49 and won the night...
Duets rocked ABC’s Thursday
Based on Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings: In head-to-head competition from 8-10pm, ABC’s Duets outdrew back-to-back series debuts on Fox (Take Me...
Cable and radio continue to push the presidential race
Coverage was all over the map during the week of 5/28-6/3, according to the latest report from the Project for Excellence in Journalism. But...
FCC doubles down on Michigan AM
The bank account at Birach Broadcasting’s WCXI-AM Fenton MI is going to be a little lighter after the FCC discovered a few problems with...
Viamedia numbers strong in NYC DMA
Here’s an 8-quarter rate card county household count for the NYC market sent to RBR-TVBR. It’s from spot cable ad inventory rep Viamedia. Viamedia...
FCC chair said ready to end viewability rule
A major factor in the DTV transition was making sure no viewer was left behind, and a big part of that was making sure...
Bakers buy in shadow of Washington DC
The hybrid radio portfolio of the Baker family includes commercial and noncommercial stations – in this deal, the noncom Positive Alternative Radio side is...
Viacom has debt for sale
Sumner Redstone’s Viacom is looking to retire debt, and to that end, it is willing to take more debt on. It’s peddling two sets...
Wells Fargo tends to the trends
Analysts at Wells Fargo had the chance to speak with a number of broadcasters during the recent SNL Kagan event, and made use of...
Emily Maynard’s higher calling for some kissing: The Bachelorette goes to Bermuda
It was a bit of a slower episode in Bermuda, but I think that a few things that took place this week will set...
Big names involved in small southern radio deals
$200K WPJF-AM Greenville-Spartanburg SC (Greenville SC) from Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation (Nancy A. Epperson) to Iglesia Neuva Vida of High Point (Javier Fernandez et al)....
Financier says Facebook doomed to shrink
A capital company that looks for undervalued companies with upside potential believes that Facebook is exactly the opposite.
According to a US Business News report,...
Broadcast is not busting the MPVD bank
MVPDs are screaming to the high heavens about allegedly exorbitant demands from broadcaster when it comes to retransmission fees
Langer grows in the Boston ‘burbs
Alexander Langer has an AM station serving the area to the west of Boston MA. Now he has a deal to add coverage to...