Reader thinks radio on cell is no-brainer
RBR-TVBR reader Bruce N. Goren used to wonder why there wasn’t a telephone built into MP3 players, and he is also mystified about the...
Emmis faces the future with tight station lineup
Jeff Smulyan noted the painful loss of assets over the recent past, and proudly announced the retirement of a great big pile of debt....
Envision Radio Networks launches “Paranormal 60”
Envision says Paranormal 60 is their new daily :60 second exploration through the realms of the unexplained. Paranormal expert Dave Schrader takes listeners on...
Time Warner Cable Sports sets regional nets’ launch
Time Warner Cable Sports unveiled launch plans for the company’s two new regional sports networks debuting on 10/1 to serve SoCal sports fans. The...
ABC takes second place on Wednesday
ABC took second place on Wednesday to Fox with a 2-hour Idol among Adults 18-34 and also qualified as the #2 broadcast net with...
CSI season finale wins time slot
The season finale of CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION won its time period in viewers and key demographics with week-to-week growth in both measures while...
Idol tops Wednesday
Last night, the AMERICAN IDOL Top 4 performance show won the night among Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34, Adults 25-54, Teens, and all...
NBC: “Off Their Rockers” sees 14-week slot high
Wednesday Results: At 8 p.m. ET, “Betty White's Off Their Rockers” (1.5/5 in 18-49, 5.6 million viewers overall) is up week to week by...
Cumulus uses move-out FM to bring in Pensacola pair
WABD-FM has to exit Pensacola FL and enter Mobile AL to clear the way for the acquisition of a pair of Florida FMs by...
AM deals in Alabama, North Carolina
$40K WYEA-AM Sylacauga AL form Spirit Broadcasting Company Inc. (John H. Vogel) to Marble City Media LLC (Frank Lee Perryman). $20K deposit, balance in...
Gray day for Virginia Class A
$66K WAZM-CA Harrisonburg VA (Staunton-Waynesboro VA) from Jones Broadcasting LLC (Gregory S. Jones) to Gray Television Group (Hilton H. Howell Jr., Robert S. Prather...
Cars that need a marketing boost
An online automobile website says there are some automobiles out there that it believes should be “flying off dealer lots,” but for some reason...
FCC chair mum on News Corp. TV licenses
At a Senate subcommittee hearing, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski was touting the benefits his agency provides to the nation’s financial coffers – and he...
Format flips dent Entercom Q1 results
The radio stations in the portfolio of Entercom turned in less revenue in Q1 2012 than during the comparable period of 2011, but they...
Britney Spears signs with X Factor
After months of negotiations, the pop star has signed her contract to join Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid as a judge on Fox’s The...