Adelstein still on the warpath over PPM and VNRs
His time remaining at the FCC is short, but Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein is not coasting – far from it. The DTV transition is keeping...
Adelstein makes the Vegas scene
FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein unveiled the Commission’s new, enhanced website dealing with the DTV transition – showing off the consumer-friendly site Tuesday at the FCC’s NAB Show booth
Early impressions of the NAB Show
Given the economic downturn, no one was expecting attendance at the 2009 NAB show to match last year. Even so, the turnout and atmosphere are not a worst case scenario
Capitol Hill tees up newspapers
John Conyers (D-MI) is used the House Subcommittee on the Courts and Competition Policy and the Internet, and John Kerry (D-MA) is using the...
Wells Fargo Foothills makes a withdrawal
To all appearances, the low- to mid-cap Media & Communications operation at Wells Fargo Foothills is getting out of the lending business, and RBR...
NABOB plans spring meeting
The National Association of Black-Owned Broadcasters will confab in the Caribbean from 5-15-09 through 5-20-09. Chiefly on the organization’s mind? PPM, PPM and PPM....
Bureau closings worry DC reporters
Panelists for Tuesday’s NAB/RTNDA joint super session on the changes taking place in Washington expressed worries that the quality of reporting will suffer with many news outlets closing their DC bureaus
Mary Tyler Moore honored in Las Vegas
An emotional Mary Tyler Moore thanked broadcasters for honoring her with the NAB Distinguished Service Award. She also praised radio and TV stations for...
Broadcasters told to put on a happy face
“It’s not so glum. Everything’s going to be OK,” said Kelsey Grammer as he received an award at the NAB Show and suggested that the directors whose photos had been put up on the big screen
Rehr sees opportunities for radio and television
We are taking control of our future,” declared NAB President and CEO David Rehr as he officially opened the 2009 NAB Show in Las...
TV news sheds staff, salary
But it’s not shedding a significant number of participants, according to a RTNDA/Hofstra University survey. Most television stations are cutting back, not cutting completely. Give and take on the radio side kept
Banks are a drag
So Bank of America actually posts a profit, and still the Wall Street herd goes stampeding south in terror, dragging the rest of the...
CC suffers decline, linked along with Univision to b-word
In a filing, Clear Channel Communications parent CC Media Holdings Inc. said the company experienced at 23% loss in revenue during Q1 2009 compared to the same quarter last year, dropping
Outrage at Saberi conviction
An Iranian court has convicted American journalist Roxana Saberi of spying for the US and sentenced her to eight years in prison. The harsh...
Fisher goes Hyper-Local
Seattle-HQ'd Fisher Communications is using the power of the internet to protect its local franchise in the market, where it operates both television and radio stations, and will also use it in other