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
Today on top but GMA bragging
After a brief sojourn in second place, NBC waker-upper Today returned to the top slot of the network AM show ratings heap. But ABC...
Hennen hoping to go far in Fargo with WZFG
Conservative talker and veteran broadcast executive Scott Hennen and partner Gary Emineth are betting almost $1M that they can make a go of it...
Spotify may soon challenge Pandora in the states
Spotify, the UK-based online music provider, is developing a U.S. Internet radio service that would directly challenge Pandora, according to Bloomberg. Spotify’s current service...
The Tacher Company signs Sierra Radio
The Tacher Company announced an exclusive national rep deal with Sierra Radio, which O&O’s has six stations in northeastern California. Sierra Radio includes:
KMYC AM,...