CWA asks FCC to stop clock on Verizon spectrum buy
Communications Workers of America says that there is already ample evidence that the deal under which Verizon will acquire spectrum from a consortium of...
Noncoms said to be leery of political ads
The Boston Globe did a small survey of noncommercial broadcast outlets in the wake of the Ninth Circuit Court’s finding that political and issue...
Hollywood TV scripts depict reality of drug use
Fiction writers working on prime time television programs were found by a new study to have a remarkably accurate sense of the state of...
FCC set to take advance online TV public files
The FCC would like to move broadcast public files out of file cabinets in a dusty back room
Wall Street enjoys a Big Mac
McDonald's was among the companies reporting strong earnings on Friday, helping to drive stock prices higher. Wall Street also liked the report from GE,...
“Cornbread Morning Show” producer gets a show on Nickelodeon
92.3 WIL-FM St. Louis’ Judi Diamond – Producer of “The Cornbread Morning Show” – has scored a show on NickMom, the nightly TV block...
102.5 The Bone names full talk lineup
Cox Media Group (CMG) Tampa announced last week that its WHPT-FM 102.5 The Bone Tampa Bay will drop Classic Rock and evolve into the...
AdSafe to integrate media data into Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings
Nielsen and AdSafe Media will integrate AdSafe’s ad safety ratings, contextual analysis and viewability measurement into Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings. Nielsen will use AdSafe...
Twists and turns in the sale of South Bend FM
$816K WHFB-FM South Bend IN (Benton Harbor MI) from WHFB Broadcast Associates LP (G. Woodward Stover II), related to Wincom Communications Inc., to Douglas...
It’s a Gray day for LPTV in Marietta OH
$66K WVEX-LP/WWVX-LP Parkersburg WV (Marietta OH) from Wood Investments LLC (Anthony F. Serreno) to Gray Television Group (Hilton H. Howell Jr., Robert S. Prather...
Gray files for LPTV in 3rd market
WJHG-TV is doing heavy lifting for Gray Television in the Panama City FL DMA, and now Gray is moving to bring it some low...
Mel Karmazin can afford to be charitable
SiriusXM Radio CEO Mel Karmazin has begun exercising options and selling the shares to fund his charitable endeavors, as announced last month. The pot...
Report suggests Republican tiring of Grassley FCC blockade
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has been battling the FCC over its dealings in a proceeding involving LightSquared, and has been expressing his displeasure with...
Mapleton unable to duck FCC file fine
Mapleton License of San Luis Obispo LLC does not dispute that its public file for KXDX-FM Templeton CA was missing some required issues/programs lists....
Bud Light, Subway integrate with “Corazon Valiente”
Telemundo Media signed Bud Light and Subway restaurants to the latest branded entertainment activations in its newest action-packed, original primetime telenovela "Corazón Valiente" (Fearless...