Radio 92.9 EarthFest on Saturday

Greater Media’s Alternative WBOS-FM Boston will hold its 19th annual Radio 92.9 EarthFest Saturday, May 19. The musical lineup will include Third Eye Blind,...
ABC

ABC scores second place for 4th week in a row

Overall: During the week of 5/7/12, for the 4th week in a row, ABC qualified as the 2nd-most-watched television network to CBS, outdrawing Fox...
FOX

Fox #1 in 18-49 for 5th straight week

FOX ranked No. 1 among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens for the fifth consecutive week, thanks to the strong season finale of NEW...
NBC

NBC: “Talent” ties for #1 from 8-10 in 18-49

Monday Results: From 8-10 p.m. ET, the seventh season premiere of "America’s Got Talent" (3.6 rating, 10 share in adults 18-49, 10.3 million viewers...
CBS

CBS tops the week

CBS placed first in viewers, adults 18-49 (tie) and adults 25-54 for the second consecutive week with eight of the top 10 scripted programs,...
FOX

FOX: House up 5% on Monday

FOX aired the BONES season finale and an original HOUSE last night. It scored 1.9/5, the same as last week and up +1% in...

FMs sold in Florence AL, Visalia CA

$800K WYTK-FM Florence-Muscle Shoals AL (Rogersville AL) from Shoals Broadcasting Corporation (Mark A. Pyle) to Valley Broadcasting  Inc. (Gregory H. Thornton). $700K cash at...
Sold

Carolina noncom picks up Epperson station

When true radio professionals think Epperson they think more than the family’s long-time connection to Salem Communications – they also think  of the family’s...

New commissioners speak

Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai are the newest FCC commissioners, and in both cases they are honored, privileged and looking forward to working with...

ACA resists MVPD status for online competitors

The American Cable Association believes that conferring full MVPD status on pure-play online distributors would be disruptive and unreasonable – it called on the...
SBG / Sinclair Broadcast Group

Sinclair, Fox agree to affiliation terms, purchase options

Television group Sinclair has secured rights for 19 owned-or-operated Fox affiliates through the end of 2017, and has the option to

Radio/BMI deal under judicial review

A tentative agreement on rights fees has been forwarded to the Federal Rate Court for approval. If it flies, it will be retroactive to...
SBS / Spanish Broadcasting System

SBS Q1 up 4% (audio)

Spanish Broadcasting System’s net revenue was $32.1 million compared to $30.8 million for Q1 2011—an increase of $1.3 million or 4%. Radio net revenue...
Dish Network

Networks not a fan of DISH’s “Auto Hop”

During the NBC’s upfront presentation 5/14 at Radio City Music Hall, NBC Broadcasting Chairman Ted Harbert told the audience that Dish's new DVR commercial...
ABC

ABC to launch 10 new programs for 2012-13

New series for the 2012-13 season are “666 Park Avenue,” “The Family Tools,” “How to Live with your Parents (For the Rest of Your...