Candidate Political Ads libel Claims: Truthfulness in Political Advertising
Truthfulness in Political Advertising: It always happens around campaign season. A candidate runs an ad criticizing the opponent. The opponent’s campaign lawyer issues a...
The Do’s of Doing Financial Due Diligence
By John R. Brooks and Erwin G. Krasnow, Esq.
It should go without saying that the most crucial aspect of buying a radio or TV...
Equal Opportunities 101: What Triggers Equal Time
The general election campaigns are underway and very close to Election Day. The claims and counterclaims, attacks and retorts are getting hot and heavy. ...
What is Reasonable Access?
Or, Do I Really Have To Let That Son Of A…(Gun) Use My Station?: A question that comes up again and again every political...
Indecency: Where do we go from here?
In two recent articles, I discussed the Supreme Court indecency decision in the Fox case and the disappointment of the communications bar and of...
Making Silence Golden: Stifling the Gift of Gab
The broadcast industry runs on rumors and repeated conversations. Whether it is employee lounge gossip that the number 1 station in the market has just discarded one of the members of its morning team or that a “rim shot” station has decided to buy a little market share by undercutting everyone else’s rates or that a longtime local broadcaster finally has decided to retire and move to Florida, the industry thrives on rumor.
Marry your Listeners! Build a winning franchise and increase TSL
RBR-TVBR exclusive: Radio is an art form but also a business. Producing great radio involves both commerce and art. But more than art &...
Five Tips on Raising Start-Up Money from Family and Friends
By Erwin G. Krasnow, Esq. and John R. Brooks
Many owners of broadcast stations received start-up capital from close friends, relatives or business associates who...
Emergency preparedness in the traffic department
Emergency preparedness is a big deal when you are a Traffic Manager in an earthquake prone environment. Even if you are not in an...
Tips for Broadcasters: How (and why!) to Build the Perfect Mobile Database
For today’s broadcasters, revenues are directly tied to one key metric – tune ins, or the number of listeners and viewer who tune in...
To Purchase or Not to Purchase?: How to Answer a Towering Question
By John M. Pelkey, Garvey Schubert Barer
Previous articles in the Intelligence Briefs series, such as “How to Turn Steel into Gold: Monetize Your Tower,”...
How To Get Money From Uncle Sam
By John R. Brooks and Erwin G. Krasnow, Esq.
Spurred by the deep freeze in the credit markets that has closed the financing window to...
Don’t Let Interference Interfere With Your Tower Revenue
By John M. Pelkey, Garvey Schubert Barer
As much as a broadcaster might be tempted to rent out space on its tower to all comers,...
Confidence continues to edge upward
The latest BIGinsight economic soundings found consumers feeling slightly better about things in August 2012 than they were in July 2012, and they felt...
Tower Lease Agreement Schedules: Don’t Lease a Tower without Them
By John M. Pelkey, Garvey Schubert Barer
In “How to Turn Steel into Gold: Monetize Your Tower,” Radio and Television Business Report, June 27, 2012,...