Saturday, May 9, 2026

CBS gets college hoops rights from ESPN

Already the biggest broadcaster of college basketball, CBS is adding the right to telecast 20 more games during the 2012-2013 season and 26 more...
NBC

NBC passes and sings its way out of ratings cellar

The broadcast television season is about to come to an end with Fox on top, and the experts are already picking the pecking order...
Jeff Smulyan

Smulyan and Simon invest in Emmis

Emmis honcho Jeff Smulyan and NBA Indiana Pacers head Herbert Simon are the principals of HSJS LLC are using that firm to acquire
Marci Ryvicker

Political spending picking up steam

Broadcast television has already banked a significant amount of money aimed at influencing the

NBC gives high grade to Apprentice

Sunday Results: * From 9-11 p.m. ET, the season finale of "The Celebrity Apprentice" (2.2/6 in 18-49, 6.8 million viewers overall) generated the show’s highest...

FOX animated about Sunday performance

FOX’s animated comedy finales won last night among Adults 18-34 and Men 18-49 and ranked second among Adults 18-49. * The season finale of FAMILY...

ABC claims Sunday 5/20 victory

Registering its longest winning streak on the evening in 3 years, ABC finished #1 for the 5th consecutive Sunday in Adults 18-49, overshadowing Fox’s...

Young Hispanic women want health info

A survey from Cultur Health notes that young Hispanic women in the 25-35 age bracket crave information on health care. Of interest is the...

Noncom buys three on or near TX panhandle

$33K KOGW-FM Stratford TX; KWHC-FM Clayton NM; and KOGX-FM Wheeler TX from Better Public Broadcasting Association (Dennis Burton) to Top o’ Texas Educational Broadcasting...

Receiver picking up three FMs from Magnolia

Bernay Box has been named a joint receiver, along with Bonanza Capitol Ltd., and using the name Matinee Media Corporation, the receivers are picking...

Gas prices continue to drag economy

The price of a gallon of gas has started to trend down, but a new survey says it is still siphoning consumer cash out...
Gordon Smith

NAB’s Smith defends “original” wireless: broadcast

NAB President/CEO delivered a message to Capitol Hill pointing out the immense value that broadcast television brings to the overall US economy, and suggests...
Money

California noncom fine for advertising sticks

The Cesar Chavez Foundation’s KUFW-FM Woodlake CA took a quartet of underwriting announcements over the line into the realm of advertising back in 2006,...

Greece takes the grease out of Facebook stock debut

Nobody knows if Greece will or will not continue using the euro, and the continuing uncertainty about the situation in Europe is creating skittish...
ABC

ABC #1 on the final Friday of the season

The season finale of ABC’s Shark Tank posted a strong first-place finish in the 8 o’clock hour among Adults 18-49, beating the finale of...