Due Diligence – A Not Too Technical Guide (Part 1)
By Garrison C. Cavell and Erwin G. Krasnow, Esq.
So you’re going to buy a radio or TV station. Although there’s a lot of money...
Advice from a radio outsider you’ll probably ignore Part 2
In this second part of my 4 part series I provide some specific advice to save the medium. Radio will probably ignore this advice...
Advice from a radio outsider you’ll probably ignore Part 1
Radio leaders are sure to ignore all this because their media is doing so well right? Not so much. According to the RAB, radio...
Peer-to-Peer Financing, Part II
By John R. Brooks and Erwin G. Krasnow, Esq.
In “Peer-to-Peer Investing, Part I,” Radio & Television Report, January 31, 2013, we wrote about on-line...
Powerful press conferences steps
You decided that you have newsworthy information and have made a decision that you are going to hold a press conference. Now you’re saying...
Bargain Basement? Purchasing Out of Receivership or Bankruptcy
By John M. Pelkey, Garvey Schubert Barer
Buying a broadcast station from a receiver or a trustee in bankruptcy is a little like trying to...
Covenants not-to-compete: How to tie them down!
In my last article, I discussed covenants-not-to-compete from the employee point of view. But, really, that was only half the story. Good broadcasters know...
Peer-to-Peer Investing Part I
By John B. Brooks and Erwin G. Krasnow, Esq.
Small deals are the bane of lenders’ and investors’ existence. “Small” can be defined as under...
Covenants not-to-compete: Can you go, When to go, what to take!
Several recent cases have again placed the spotlight on the broadcasting employee relationship and management efforts to lock in the employee with the use...
Emerging digital marketing trends in 2013
In the New Year, we look ahead with optimism and energy to all of the new opportunities we plan to take advantage of. In...
Steps to Take Before Agreeing to Buy an FM Translator: Part 2
By John M. Pelkey, Garvey Schubert Barer
As the date for the opening of the LPFM filing window approaches, the time may soon be here...
2013 Forecasts: Keeping the momentum, post-elections–Part III
In this, our ninth yearly forecast from the RAB, TVB, CAB, IAB, NAA, SNTA and OAAA, RBR-TVBR asked
2013 Forecasts: Keeping the momentum, post-elections – Part II
In this, our ninth yearly forecast from the RAB, TVB, CAB, IAB, NAA, SNTA and OAAA, RBR-TVBR asked
2013 Forecasts: Keeping the momentum, post-elections – Part I
In this, our ninth yearly forecast from the RAB, TVB, CAB, IAB, NAA, SNTA and OAAA, RBR-TVBR asked
Steps to Take Before Agreeing to Buy an FM Translator: Part 1
By John M. Pelkey, Garvey Schubert Barer
With the FCC on the cusp of accepting applications for new LPFM stations, even less spectrum will be...