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...
“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...