KSL-AM, FM & TV going its own way
Deseret Management Corp. (DMC), the company through which the Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) owns its media properties, is...
Media comes together to fight obesity
Broadcasters are joining with the Ad Council, Warner Brothers Pictures and the Department of Health and Human Services in an extension of the campaign...
Chamber puts another issue in play
The US Chamber of Commerce does not want the government to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency or anything like it, and is prepared to spend some money to build opposition to
Deconsolidation Right Around the Corner – Don't Believe It!
Coming into 2009, a great many media pros including brokers, attorneys and many of us who cashed out of radio a decade or more ago predicted a tsunami of bankruptcies due to the massive hangover of LBO debt
September opens with scattered coverage
Health care was the #1 story during the week of 8/31/09-9/6/09 because radio and CATV said it was, according to the Project for Excellence...
NY Times reporter freed in Afghanistan
The New York Times and other news outlets in the know had kept quiet about the capture of Stephen Farrell four days earlier by...
FTC on CVS: Guilt by association
The FTC had already acted on what it said were unproven claims by Airborne Health Inc. about the effectiveness of one of its products....
Value radio before taxing it
A programmer in Cleveland is more than a little bit annoyed that supporters of the Performance Rights Act aren’t making the slightest attempt to figure out what the value of free radio
Auto ought to pick up
Cash for Clunkers did wonders for many automakers, but of the three big US companies, only Ford was able to effectively cash in. And it was very effective, enjoying a 17% gain in sales over August 2008
Watchdog calls for more public funding
Free Press’s Craig Aaron thinks public broadcasting gets short shrift in the US, and is calling on a Democratic White House and Congress to...
The Beck/Heinz connection
Heinz famously has 57 products, and now Glenn Beck’s Fox News Channel program is said to have lost 57 advertisers. FNC says that the...
Obama strikes again on 9/9/09
President Barack Obama is addressing a joint session of Congress next Wednesday in primetime, the second of his presidency, plus four other prime time events. Once again, network news departments
Broadcasters Foundation building awareness
You may have already noticed the public service ads on RBR/TVBR. The Broadcasters Foundation of America (BOFA) has recently launched a campaign to increase...
Moody’s watching Clear Channel to see what develops
Moody’s Investors Service has issued a new ratings notice for the $21 billion of rated debt at Clear Channel Communications. But the minor change is only temporary – while Moody’s waits to see
Even in recession, digital devices are hot
Americans are still buying high-tech products, with High-Def TVs and home broadband networks among the most popular, according to an annual survey by Forrester...