NBC: “Talent” scores season highs
From 8-10 p.m. ET, the Tuesday season premiere of “America’s Got Talent” (3.4/10 in 18-49, 10.4 million viewers overall) has scored season highs for...
NCIS finales wins for CBS Tuesday
The season finales of NCIS and NCIS: LOS ANGELES led CBS to a Tuesday win in viewers and key demographics, including its best adult...
Tully clears out another Clear Channel leftover
The inventory of Clear Channel spillover radio stations on the shelves of the Aloha Station Trust under Jeanette Tully is about to be reduced...
House panel set to take closer look at FCC/LightSquared
The FCC’s handling of the LightSquared proceeding led to the delay in seating of two new commissioners. That part of the story has ended,...
Clear Channel scores Boston FM
Phoenix Media has announced the sale of Alternative WFNX-FM in Boston to radio giant Clear Channel – which is currently operating an underweight two-FM,...
Abacast, SESAC partner on marketing, promotion
Abacast, provider of cloud-based streaming and ad management services to the radio industry and SESAC, the performing rights organization, announced a partnership to enable...
Dish CEO responds to network criticism of “Auto Hop”
Dish Network says it has “respect” for broadcast networks after executives at NBC and Fox criticized and questioned its rollout of Auto Hop, a...
GM to pull Facebook advertising; Ford to increase
General Motors will cease running paid ads on Facebook, according to The Wall Street Journal. GM execs had determined its advertising on the social...
WOWO staffer found in contempt over cell phone
Dave Wheaton, news director for Federated Media’s WOWO-AM Ft. Wayne, IN was found in contempt of court 5/15 after he was found using a...
LMAing one AM, buying another in Nashville
$665K WNVL-AM Nashville TN from Davidson Media Station WNSG Licensee LLC, a subsidiary of Davidson Media Group (Chris McMurray) to TBLC Media LLC (Mark...
Networks top must-keep TV survey
It seems the oft-predicted demise of broadcast television remains highly exaggerated. According to a survey, if television viewers were limited in the number of...
College station nailed for missing lists
Stations of all types are routinely cited for public file violations, but the problem can be particularly acute at stations licensed to colleges or...
Emmis secures its spot on NASDAQ
After successfully keeping the head of its stock above water for the requisite number of days – with above water defined as trading at $1.00...
Dow closes near 4-month low
Stocks declined Tuesday as economic reports failed to deflect the latest breakdown in Greece's attempts to form a coalition. The Dow industrials fell 63.35...
WQAM re-ups with Univ. of Miami Radio for another five
Hurricane Sports Properties (HSP) announced that Beasley’s WQAM-AM Miami will remain the University of Miami’s radio flagship partner for the next five years.
WQAM has...