Jelli launches social ad platform for terrestrial radio
Jelli, an online social music service, has unveiled a new advertising platform that combines the reach of terrestrial radio with the engagement and measurement...
Radio One turns the corner
Radio revenues were up in Q1 for Radio One, reversing the decline in Q4. With TV One consolidated, now that Radio One is the...
Broadcasters win on a gloomy day
The privately compiled ADP National Employment Report put private sector job growth at 119,000 for April, which was below expectations and cast a cloud...
Tribune Company in production deal with Media General
The Daily Press Media Group (DPMG), the Virginia newspapers owned by Tribune Company, announced a deal to have production handled by Media General.
Media General’s...
More gains ahead for Gray Television
As good as Q1 was for Gray Television, this election year is just beginning. What does the company see ahead?
“Based on our current forecast,...
FTC sets up workshop on online ads
The Federal Trade Commission’s set of rules on online advertising,, known as Dot Com Disclosure, is 12 years old and in need of revision....
Wright expands Terre Haute radio cluster
$1.3M WBOW AM-FM Terre Haute IN from Crossroads Investments LLC (Dan T. Lacy, Mike Peterson) to Midwest Communications Inc. (Duey E. Wright). $50K escrow,...
Regional Reps signs The Montana Radio Company
Regional Reps Corp., the country’s oldest and one of the largest independent sales representatives specializing in small and medium market stations, has signed an...
A look inside YMF Media
You know that two Yucaipa funds and two Fortress funds which own the senior debt of Inner City Media won the bidding to acquire...
Close encounter south of Kansas City
The Bott family works both sides of the commercial/non-commercial divide, and it’s the latter wing that has taken possession of a CP for an...
Watchdog attacks responsibility message in alcohol ads
Alcohol Justice says that companies using the “Drink Responsibly” message in advertising their products are doing so cynically and ineffectively, using it more to...
CREW wants News Corp. stripped of its FCC licenses
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington also want hearings into the character of Rupert and James Murdoch held
Sinclair beats the Street in Q1
Television group Sinclair has closed on two multiple-station acquisitions so far in 2012. And it was also expected to have a good first quarter,...
Inner City buy puts Magic in six markets
The credit bid that is putting the bankrupt Inner City group into the portfolio of YMF Media will add 15 stations to a portfolio...
Michael Patrick Shiels returning to Michigan radio
He’ll be back on the air in the Great Lakes State 5/7 with a syndicated three-hour talker on TV as well as on radio....