Local TV ads preferred by presidential candidates
During Q1, campaigns for the five leading U.S. presidential candidates—Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum—placed nearly 66,000 advertisements on...
Stocks rise despite Facebook defriend trend
Wall Street went joy-riding Monday, even though Facebook stocks have already started hitting potholes. Broadcasters enjoyed going along for the ride, with Cumulus the...
NAB asks FCC to stick to the LPFM plan
After years of push and pull, Congress finally passed the Local Community Radio Act without NAB objection, a bill designed to increase the number...
FTC holding event on online/mobile advertising
Advertising may be annoying to some, but when it’s on a digital platform, it can threaten an individual’s privacy. For that reason, the FTC...
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 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...
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
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...