Sunday, May 10, 2026

Stocks Retreat, TV Doesn’t Get the Memo

But radio sure did – although a large part of the loss registered by the radio companies we follow could be blamed on an...

Broadcast Stocks Move Up

Most of them did, anyway. But that said, they didn’t move up all that far, coming in less than a percentage point better at...

Down Day for an Up Month

Apparently stock shoppers have not been unduly impressed with earnings reports and it cost the markets some Friday value, but the month still ended...

Stock Market Mixed, Radio Down

A slew of general economic indicators pointed in different directions, and oil stocks were down, leading to mixed trading in the markets. The TV...

Dow Up; Nasdaq Slips

The Dow eked out a record high, while the Nasdaq slipped a point.  Radio followed behind The Dow by a point and TV fell...

Upbeat Stock Day Doesn’t Help Broadcast

Janet Yellen told Congress that the Fed is patient, and the European community said it would work with Greece, and stocks were said to...

What’s All the Yellen About?

Actually, Fed honcho Janet Yellen is about to speak, which helped the market overcome weakened oil stocks. But although TV skated on the plus...

Radio Doesn’t Get the Memo on Up Market

Stocks were said to increase in the US based on good news from Europe, but most of the radio companies we follow went in...

Broadcasters As Flat As You Can Get

That is, without actually being flat – our RBR Radio Index can home at minus 0.1% and the TVBR TV Index was plus 0.1%....

Fed is in Holding Pattern

And apparently that threw US stocks into a dropping pattern, but the sudden influx of gravity didn’t overly affect broadcast stocks, which on average...

Stocks Rise on Another Greecy Day

For the record, there’s no way to do a play on Greece and greasy that spell checker likes – but as Greece’s day went,...

Energy Sector Energized Stock Trading

The question is, were broadcasters able to tap into the energy created by a comeback for energy stocks? The answer: Oh my, yes. In...

From Russia with Stock Price Increases

Oil rebounded, and there was good news regarding Russia and Ukraine which bolstered US stocks. Radio did a great job of glomming on to...

Radio/TV Stocks Mirror Images – Almost

With all eyes apparently on Greece for yet another day, American stocks were said to have an up and down day that came to...

Radio rises, TV static

The Wall Street headline writers are all fixated on Greece again, this time positively, and the market went up. So did radio, especially iHeart...