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...
“Tappet Brothers” ending run on “Car Talk”
Tom and Ray Magliozzi said 6/8 they’ll stop making new episodes of their humorous National Public Radio car advice show at the end of...
CBS asks judge to stop ABC’s “Glass House”
CBS filed a temporary restraining order 6/8 against ABC to try and prevent it from airing the new reality show “The Glass House,” which...
Univision Radio signs with Marketron for Mediascape
Marketron says Univision Radio has extended its agreement with the company. Univision Radio will begin to use Marketron’s Mediascape platform, integrating it across it...
Broadcast stocks slip
The stock markets achieved and returned gains during the course of Thursday 6/7, ending slightly up or at par with the day before. But...
La Tricolor hits Palm Springs
Entravision is using 103.5 KPST in the Palm Springs market to fire up a format utilizing a variety of Mexican musical styles.
The musical mix...
FCC: All quiet on the southwestern front
The FCC will hold its June Open Meeting in its Southwest DC digs next Wednesday 6/13/12, and for broadcasters, it will be an event...
Activist group using radio to make case
ColorOfChange, which led the successful boycott of the Glenn Beck show on Fox News, is now using radio to spotlight what it considers to...
Hoak exits DISH lineups
Satellite MVPD DISH believes that television group Hoak Media is asking too much in retransmission fees. Hoak, on the other hand, believes DISH is...
SF noncoms pay big for consent decree
Non-commercial radio entities in San Francisco ran afoul of the rules, but have agreed to a deal with the FCC that will resolve the...
NBC’s Jimmy Fallon wins very late time slot
In Late-Night Metered Markets Wednesday night:
* In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.5/6; CBS's "Late Show...
FOX keeps on Dancing
Airing against NBA Playoffs on cable, FOX won the night among Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34 and Teens. FOX outperformed the #2 network...