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...
CP sales filed in Georgia, Nebraska
$10K WKIH-FM CP Vidalia GA from Edgewater Broadcasting Inc. (Clark Parrish) to Middle Georgia Community Radio (Vern Egli, Richard Anthony Sasser, Victor M. Vickers)....
Nexstar shines bright in Q1 2012
Nexstar’s Perry Sook has reason for optimism moving forward into 2012 – and he can also point with pride to the quarter already on...
New Orleans FM finds a partner
Fleur de Lis Broadcasting owns and operates WTIX-FM Galliano LA, serving the New Orleans market. Now one of its principals, Michael A. Costello, had...
SiriusXM expands MLB play-by-play online
30 new MLB team-branded channels are available to all SiriusXM subscribers on SiriusXM App and online starting 5/8.
On Opening Day, SiriusXM began streaming live...
Radio-Canada to amend code of conduct
Radio-Canada announced it will amend its new code of conduct to remove the requirement that the state broadcaster's journalists support ministers in their accountability...
Has Axelrod decided Obama toothpaste comes in many flavors?
The Obama re-election effort is likely dropping a heck of a lot of ad money—and soon. We are hearing
Sports USA releases NCAA College football sked
The 2012 season will kick off 8/31 with the defending Big Ten Legends Division Champion Michigan State Spartans hosting the Boise State Broncos. Defending...
NBC orders “1600 Penn,” “Animal Practice”
NBC has picked up its fourth and fifth comedy series for the 2012-13 TV season, ordering 13 episodes of “1600 Penn,” a White House...
Rockefeller not likely to get UK help on News Corp.
The battle between News Corporation and the government of the United Kingdom has been going on for upwards of a year now, and News...
FCC filled up on unanimous Senate vote
As expected, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) wasted no time putting the nominations to the FCC
Cumulus accumulates massive growth
When you assimilate a large number of large-market stations into your portfolio, the affect on a broadcast