NBC Friday: “Grimm” scores second
At 8 p.m. ET, “Who Do You Think You Are?” averaged a 0.8/3 in 18-49 and 4.8 million viewers overall. From its first half-hour...
Cable once again propels election coverage to #1
News directors delivered a split decision on news coverage during the week of 4/30-5/6 – and according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism,...
FCC to convene LPFM/translator forum
Parties interested in the next regulatory steps for LPFM and FM translator licenses may want to put Wednesday afternoon 5/16/12 on their calendar. The...
PA radio owner buys into MD
A trio of radio stations in the far western edge of the Maryland Panhandle are going to Broadcast Communications Inc., which already owns three...
Meredith shares the wealth
Multimedia corporation Meredith says it has two streaks going – 65 years of paying dividends and 19 years of steadily increasing them – and...
FCC refers cable carriage dispute to ALJ
The FCC has determined that GSM (formerly the Game Show Network) has made enough of a showing in a dispute with Cablevision over how...
Anatomy of a studio waiver request
Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls is applying to acquire a station far away from that Idaho community, but it wants to run the station...
Woman who stalked Tampa DJs is sentenced
Patricia Immendorf, of Dunedin, FL (Tampa/St. Pete area) was sentenced to a year in the county jail and nine years’ probation after pleading no...
Local TV broadcasters’ digital political ad opportunity
Industry experts and market watchers agree: The 2012 elections promise to set new records for ad spending, with broadcast television leading the field of...
Starcom/Tapestry signs “Forefront” deal with Univision
Starcom USA and its multicultural agency Tapestry have finalized its first 2012-2013 upfront deal with Univision. It’s the largest single-agency upfront deal ever conducted...
Grey’s Anatomy top drama on Thursday
Gaining week to week in the 8 o’clock hour, against the season’s penultimate episode of Fox’s American Idol-Thurs and CBS’ comedies (season finale of...
“The Office” tops men 18-34
At 8 p.m. ET, “Community” (1.4 /5 in 18-49, 3.1 million viewers overall) is currently matching the prior week’s 18-49 rating and is equaling...
Georgia AM headed for new owner
$150K WHBS-AM Moultrie GA from Christ in You the Hope and Glory Church (Franklin Walden Jr.) to Lataurus Productions Two LLC (Warren Lee, Robert...
Gray strikes again in the low power zone
$36K W18DR-D Panama City FL from MIK LLC (Michael Dagen) to Gray Television Group (Hilton H. Howell Jr., Robert S. Prather et al). $4K...
Fox gets FCC rep waiver for MundoFox
No surprise here – stations are not supposed to be repped by their own networks, but the restrictions have been routinely waived for providers...