Senate schedules FCC oversight hearing
Just after the full Senate voted to approve the nominations of Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai to the FCC, the Senate Commerce Committee under...
Lugar unloads on out-of-state PACs
Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) has been ousted by Republican voters in his state in favor of Richard Mourdock, a Tea Party backed candidate. He...
Group said to be interested in Orlando noncom TV
Word is out that a buyer may be stepping forward to make an offer for non-commercial WMFE Orlando, after a deal to sell it...
Johnson & Sekin launches radio effort for Caliber Collision (audio)
Johnson & Sekin, the full-service agency owned by industry veteran creative team Kent Johnson and Chris Sekin, launched a radio campaign for Caliber Collision,...
NCIS scores win for Tuesday
NCIS won its time period in viewers and key demographics while NCIS: LOS ANGELES topped its reality competition in viewers at 9:00 PM, leading...
Glee up 4% from last week
FOX aired an original GLEE and the Season 1 finale of NEW GIRL on Tues. Highlights:
· GLEE: 2.6/8, up +4% from last week
o GLEE...
Last Man Standing came in 2nd on Tuesday
At 8pm, opposite CBS’ NCIS, ABC’s season finale of Last Man Standing stood as the 2nd-most-watched TV show, outdrawing the opening half-hour of Fox’s...
mun2: #1 Hispanic cable net in first week of May
mun2, the leading bicultural cable network, was the #1 Hispanic cable network for the first week in May across all key demos in prime...
“Voice” up 16% vs. last year’s finale
Week to week, the Tuesday “Voice” is up 39 percent in 18-49 (4.3 vs. 3.1) and 30 percent in total viewers (11.596 million vs....
NBC signs four new producer deals
NBC has beefed up its growing Alternative production team with new overall development deals with reality producers including Jason Ehrlich (“The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette”),...
NAB renews call for spectrum inventory
The formation in Congress of the Federal Spectrum Working Group has inspired NAB President/CEO Gordon Smith to press the case for a full inventory...
Another sad tale of radio station value lost
When Telecom 1996 opened up the radio station trading market and led to the creation of radio juggernaut groups with stations in the hundreds,...
mike’s hard lemonade launches multimedia effort
mike’s hard lemonade’s new campaign delivers the message: different is refreshing in life and in a beverage. The brand’s new multi-million dollar campaign includes...
Connoisseur spins out of Huntington-Ashland
$1.3M WMGA-FM & WXBW-FM Huntington WV-Ashland KY (Kenova WV, Gallipolis OH) from Connoisseur Media Inc. (Jeffrey D. Warshaw, Michael O. Driscoll) to Fifth Avenue...
Delaware low power station sold
$150K W14DK-D CP Dagsboro DE from Ocean Broadcasting LLC (Scott Boatman) to Blue Bird Broadcasting LLC (Charles Bennett). $30K deposit, $75K advance payment, $5K...