FCC approves online TV files on split vote
Big Four affiliates in the top 50 Nielsen DMAs will be the guinea pigs for online public files, including political advertising data, on a...
Stocks hold winning streak to 3rd day
Stocks rose Thursday, as hopes for more stimulus from the Federal Reserve overshadowed concerns about mixed corporate earnings. The Dow Jones industrial average was...
Grassley may be relenting in FCC nominees
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has been probing the FCC’s dealings with LightSquared, and to express his displeasure with what he sees as the FCC’s...
Price revealed for Buckley Visalia FM
We knew Buckley Broadcasting had a deal to sell KIOO-FM Porterville CA, part of the Visalia CA Arbitron market, to the owner/operator of an...
FCC studies charitable fund-raising by noncoms
Pile of MoneyAs we suspected, an agenda item scheduled for the April Open Meeting was removed
Local drives Q1 gains for Belo
National advertising fell 5% during Q1 2012 for the television stations of Belo Corporation, but local was up 4%, and that was enough to...
KISS FM, WBLS-FM to “merge”
After ESPN Radio's announcement that it is leasing Emmis’ 98.7 frequency in NYC--Urban AC WRKS-FM NY (KISS FM), KISS and Inner City Broadcasting’s Urban...
Nightline downs late-night talkers again
In Late-Night Metered Markets Wednesday night:
* In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.7/7; CBS's "Late Show...
Betty White grapples with Idol for NBC
* At 8 p.m. ET, “Betty White's Off Their Rockers” (1.6/5 in 18-49, 5.8 million viewers overall) matched its 18-49 rating of the prior...
ABC repeaters hold their own
Despite airing repeat comedies during the first 3 half-hours of the evening, ABC beat out NBC’s all-original schedule on Wednesday by strong double-digit percentage...
If it’s an American Idol night, it’s Fox #1 night
AMERICAN IDOL gave FOX a Wednesday victory among Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34, Adults 25-54, Teens, and all key demos. FOX beat the...
LPFMs in Oklahoma, Alabama transferred
N/A KZPY-LP Marlow OK from James Allen Educational Association (F. Davis) to In the Zone Radio Inc. (Richard McPherson et al). Transfer for no...
Low power Plums move in bankruptcy deal
$1.17M KSVX-CD Hailey ID, KSVT-LD Ketchum ID, KSZG-LD Aspen CO, K23KG-D CP Telluride CO and K30KO-D Vail CO from license companies of Plum TV...
Alpha women seen heading back to the stores
Ginger Consulting has been keeping track of what trend-setting women are doing – it calls them Alpha Women – and what it has found...
Print drags down Journal’s positive broadcast results
Revenues were up 5.4% at Journal Communication’s broadcast properties, and operating earnings