It’s hard to top the election story in an election year
The 2012 presidential election remains at the top of the news coverage charts, according to the latest survey from the Project for Excellence in...
FCC consumer panel set for all-day session
This being the Genachowski FCC, it may come as no surprise that broadband will consume a good portion of the agency’s Consumer Advisory Committee...
The Moose is loose in Duluth MN market
$368.5K WKLK AM-FM & WMOZ-FM Duluth MN-Superior WI (Cloquest MN, Moose Lake MN) from QB Broadcasting Ltd. (Alan R. Quarnstrom) to Fond do Lac...
Saga Mississippi TV springs to Harker offspring
$3M WXVT-TV Greenville-Greenwood MS (Greenville MS) from Saga Broadcasting LLC, a subsidiary of Saga Communications Inc. (Edward Christian) to H3 Communications LLC (Christopher Harker,...
WFNX rebroadcaster also being sold
WFEX-FM has been sending the Alternative format of WFNX-FM Lynn MA to folks in southern New Hampshire, but according to reports, its about to...
AIM finds Freedom in Texas newspaper markets
California-based print/interactive group Freedom Communications is selling the Texas portion of its portfolio to a new company formed for the express purpose of buying...
Newspaper spin-off puts analyst in a good Moody
The announcement from Media General that it was selling off most of its newspaper assets to Berkshire Hathaway in order to concentrate on its...
GM to skip Super Bowl 2013
There were four ads for General Motors aired during the 2012 Super Bowl on NBC – if they were purchased at the going rate,...
FCC enforces letter of the radio phone call law
The indignities seem never-ending for Nassau Broadcasting. It’s not enough that it’s selling all its stations at bankruptcy auction. Now it’s been hit by...
Emily Maynard Dazzles in The Bachelorette Premiere
I think we’re in store for a great season. There. I said it. First off, we’ve got ourselves a real lady who is as...
“Pan AM” may fly again
The four major U.S. broadcast television networks unveiled their 2012-2013 program schedules this week, and about 33 series from the current season got the...
“The Mentalist” wins time period
The season finale of THE MENTALIST won its time period in viewers and key demographics while the season finale of PERSON OF INTEREST placed...
Private company optimism skyrockets
PwC has released its latest barometer of sentiment among the CEO/CFO ranks at major private companies. 21% of them expressed optimism about the US...
Candidate committees have reservations about fall TV time
The four congressional campaign committees are old hands at putting together a warchest so they can take the offensive or mount a defense of...
Nassau Maine sale is a mini-spin
The identity of the buyer for Nassau Broadcasting’s WXTP-FM North Windham ME isn’t much of a surprise. The winning bidder for the station has...