Sunday, May 17, 2026

Bouvard: Pandora is No Netflix

The experts agree – according to Westwood One’s Pierre Bouvard
Newspaper

Neutral Rating for Newspaper Buy

Dispatch Printing is selling off its print business

Raycom Kicking Tires in Texas?

Television group Raycom may be on the verge of striking the biggest acquisition
Saga Communications, Inc.

Saga Invests in Asheville Import

Talk about moving parts: a CP for change both the frequency and the city of license
Closed

FCC, Congress Agree to Scale Back Office Closures

The FCC had planned to go from 24 to eight field offices
Broadcasting Pirate

Congress to FCC: Bust the Bandits

33 members of the congressional delegations from New York and New Jersey
US Congress

Reps Oppose De Facto Ad Tax

A bipartisan group of US reps fired off a letter to John Boehner (R-OH) and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

LPTV Activist Promising Delayed Auction

According to the LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition, Congress wrote a sentence
Stock Market

Stocks Get Off to a Good June Start

The vast majority of broadcast stocks followed by RBR+TVBR had a good or even a great week
Democrat and Republican

Big Political Flight Side-Stepping Broadcast

A North Carolina entrepreneur is solidly in the Republican camp on most issues
Files

The Perils of Floods and Student GMs

Is your station’s public file out of whack?
Sold

Bankruptcy Buy Results in Big ROI

An FM station in the Flagstaff AZ Nielsen Audio market was bought out of receivership
John Thune

Thune Weighs in on Effective Competition

John Thune (R-SD) has stated his opinion on the FCC’s recent move
SBG / Sinclair Broadcast Group

Sinclair Clarity in Operational Strategy

It’s been 20 years since Sinclair Broadcast Group went public

Dollars for Dads

It’s not the biggest spending occasion of the year