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...
Mignon Clyburn nominated for another FCC term
The FCC just managed to get back to full strength when Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai were sworn into office. And now a step...
Analyst applauds Clear Channel-Big Machine pact
Fitch Ratings says that the initial spike in costs that Clear Channel should incur per its royalty deal
4.6M watch Betty White on NBC
* At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of “Betty White's Off Their Rockers” (1.1/4 in 18-49, 4.6 million viewers overall) finished #2 in...
Four stations involved in two debt deals
$653,223 KWNA AM-FM Winnemucca NV from Ely Radio LLC (Alan R. Mishkin) to Buckaroo Broadcasting LLC, comprised of WP Media Lending, 50.2% (David Westburg...
Further details on the Nassau sell-off
Paperwork for another of the transactions that is part of the bankruptcy break-up of Nassau Broadcasting has made it to the FCC. Today’s report:...
New Tribune may keep TV, shed newspapers
The long drawn out bankruptcy saga of multimedia Tribune Company is getting closer to its final chapter, and word is out that the company...
New owner coming to Nevada move-in
KXLI-FM approaches the Las Vegas market from the northeast and has a relationship with another station in the same area. A buyer has stepped...
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum names TW Cable official sponsor
The museum announced Time Warner Cable has been named an official sponsor of Space Shuttle Enterprise’s 2012 arrival into NYC and of its Space...
G. Gordon Liddy retiring, Peter Schiff replacing
After 20 years in national syndication, G. Gordon Liddy will be retiring from his daily radio program on the Radio America network. The G-Man...