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The $88.3M in revenue pulled in by Gray Television in Q3 2013 was $14.6M dollars, or 14% less than it made the prior Q3, and it was hardly surprise, given the precipitous drop in political for the group. All in all, results were better than expected, and the group has considerable near-future upside potential.

Entravision’s net revenue dropped to $57.8 million in the quarter, from $58.5 million in Q3 2012, a decrease of $700K or 1%. Of the overall decrease, $1.2 million was from the television segment and was blamed on political ad comps, partially offset by increases in local ad revenue and retransmission fee dollars. This decrease also offset by a $500K increase (3%) in the radio segment, which saw an increase in local ad revenue, even though political ad comps were down as well.

Net revenue was $118.4 million, up 7.7% from Q3 2012. The comp was $109.9 million in Q3 2012. Station

The numbers look good at CBS – very good – and it has company leaders Sumner Redstone and

Rapidly growing Nexstar Broadcasting Group is picking up seven television stations in four

Acquisitive television group Nexstar swam against the political off-year tide by having more stations contributing to its bottom line, and

21st Century Fox added more than a billion dollars in revenue during its fiscal Q1, with gains in four major categories. But results were mixed when it came to OIBDA, with difficult filmed entertainment comps suppressing the bottom line.

He’s a 28-year marketing vet who has spent the last 16 years at Nielsen building its core

Net revenues in the quarter increased 23% to $163.1 million, compared to $133.1 million in Q3 2012. Local revenues, which

The numbers weren’t particularly good for radio group Entercom as it watched most important metrics decrease comparing YOY Q3

Gary Duff is in radio, and he has an opinion on why so many aged 18-30 are no longer in the audience – he says radio has failed to develop the talent in that age group necessary to communicate with them.

James-Crystal Enterprises’ WMEN-AM (”640 Sports”) West Palm Beach-Miami has fired host Dan Sileo

Mediaite has learned that CNN’s sister network HLN (Headline News) is preparing for “a significant

Financial services firm Edward Jones is getting contradictory results in its analysis of this year’s holiday

One way to increase revenue in a political off year is to increase the number of stations you own and/or operate, and that has definitely been the modus operandi for Nexstar Broadcasting Group. On top of that, it was able to beat expectations.