Rock radio is not dying
Last week, in the wake of the CBS flip of WYSP to Sports, you ran a story essentially declaring that rock radio was in...
CCME taps Tim Spengler for multiplatform role
Clear Channel Media and Entertainment has named the former Magna Global CEO to the newly created position of President of Content Marketing and Revenue...
Conference Board concurs that confidence is flat
Consumers have elevated their level of confidence over its position in the middle to later portions of 2011, but after getting to a certain...
Broadcast leads media in sluggish advertising market
Television was up 4.4% in the second quarter and radio was up 1.9%, according to a study from Kantar Media. The results are well...
Salem beats expectations
Salem communications reported that Q2 revenues were up 3.4% to 60 million bucks, beating the Thomson/First Call analysts' consensus by about a million. Same...
NASDAQ Confirmation For iHeartMedia Comes With New IR Head
The nation's No. 1 owner of radio stations has a new individual charged with managing its relationship with the investor community. But, the bigger headline may be the confirmation that a reconstituted iHeartMedia will see its stock soon traded on the NASDAQ exchange.
Election results are in for the NAB board
The votes have been tallied and a lot of familiar faces will be returning to the NAB Joint Board of Directors when 11 newly...
Entravision Q2 was up 9% on World Cup
Net revenue increased to $61.8 million for the quarter from $57.0 million in Q2 2013, an increase
Watchdogs petition court for free speech rights
The FCC just revived interest in the Janet Jackson CBS v. FCC case at the Third Circuit; now a pair of watchdogs are teaming...
‘Editorial Privileges’ Clipped For FCC Bureaus
"Substantive edits" of proposals and orders drafted by the Commission's various bureaus and offices are now nixed
Univision gets a downgrade
Moody’s Investors Service has lowered its ratings on the debt load of Univision Communications following the radio and TV company’s announcement of Q2 revenue...
Not so equal suffering at Journal
Radio and television revenues for July 2008 were both off about 3% compared to the same month in 2007 – the percentages for the two sectors were within a tenth of a percent of one another
Who do you love? Campaigns sparring over coverage
The period between cessation of primary hostilities and the onset of the national political conventions is supposed to provide at least somewhat of a...
Coalition renews appeal for FCC action on diversity
Diversity and Competition Supporters is a group of interested parties seeking to increase the levels of minority and female
FCC shaking off the rust
Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn is playing catch-up and getting the Commission back up to speed. The October Open Meeting has already been rescheduled...