ABC says bye to Oprah, hello to better margin
Operating revenue at Walt Disney Company’s broadcasting segment was only up 2% in its fiscal Q2, which ended 3/31/12. But a drastic reduction in...
Changing of the guard at Post-Newsweek stations
The Washington Post Company has announced that Alan Frank, the President/CEO of its broadcast division, will be retiring at the end of the year....
Entravision’s Q1 was up $2.5 million
Entravision’s net revenue for the quarter increased to $46.5 million from $44.0 million in Q1 2011--an increase of $2.5 million. The increase came from...
DSCC takes time in battlegrounds
The Democratic Party is interested in maintaining its control of the US Senate, and to that end, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has made...
Citizens want radio-receiving cell phones
The NAB was excited by a new Harris Interactive poll that showed support for terrestrial radio capability in cell phones is picking up. 81%...
Compass unveils 2012 College Football schedule
Compass Media Networks announces full coverage of college football with over sixteen compelling games starting September 1st and culminating with exclusive coverage of the...
FOX had 3 of the Top 20 programs in Adults 18-49
For the fourth consecutive week, FOX ranked No. 1 among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens. Powered by its Tuesday comedy block, two nights...
CBS wins in Adults 18-49, 25-54
CBS placed first in viewers and key demographics during the first full week in May led by the Network's top-rated comedy block, THE BIG...
ABC finishes in 2nd place for the week
During the week of 4/30/12, ABC finished as the 2nd-most-watched network to CBS for the 3rd week running and beat out Fox by 13%. ...
Saga Q1 revenue up 4.3%
Saga reported Q1 free cash flow increased 23.8% to $4.0 million compared to the $3.2 million for the same period last year. Net operating...
“ABC World News” narrows weekly viewing gap
For the week of April 30, 2012, “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” averaged 7.03 million Total Viewers and a 1.5 rating/6 share/1.85 million...
NBC: “The Voice,” “Smash” deliver the goods
“The Voice” and “Smash” have led NBC to the nightlong ratings win among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49 and other key...
Franken wants Comcast under FCC investigation
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) was opposed to the Comcast/NBCU merger from the get-go on anti-competitive grounds, and now suspects his fears were well-founded. He...
Harker hankers for Mississippi TV market
Saga Communications is mainly known as a radio group, and will be even more so as it sells off its WXVT-TV in the Greenville-Greenwood...
Radio Talkers descend on DC
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has been sponsoring Hold Their Feet to the Fire to press views on the topic on the...