Political Advertisements: A Quick Review of Broadcasters’ Obligations
Are issue ads entitle to lowest unit rate? Is the broadcaster exempt from liability for false statements? Must the broadcaster
Old story causes new trouble
Shares of United Airlines parent UAL Corp. fell 75% at one point yesterday before Nasdaq halted trading so information about the company could be...
Barter firm offers alternative income
There is an option available to companies with availabilities that are going unclaimed due to tough times in the advertising community. Instead of plugging...
McCain maps the battlegrounds
The conventions have come and gone, and it is still looking like a wider map is in play for the 2008 presidential race than in either of the last two elections. The campaign of John McCain
The Old Days
First, I am not one who always is looking back on the “good ole’ days” but I am one who has gone from playing scratchy 45’s* to music on hard drive. Spots on carts that would jam
Scholarship award
Spanish Broadcasting System and Mega TV announced the winner of the “Tu Mega TV 2008 “contest awarding the annual Raúl Alarcón Broadcasting & Communications...
Top 20 broadcast political donors
As we noted Friday 9/5/08, broadcasters are much better at collecting money others have donated to politicians than they are at giving it to...
Say it ain’t so
We are troubled to report that we are already hearing speculation about the presidential election. The one scheduled to go to the voters for...
Tribune tries to grab young readers
The Chicago Public Schools this week began distributing the first issue of TheMash, a weekly newspaper mostly written by students, but with training and...
On the HD Radio Alliance’s three-year achievement anniversary announcement
From Jerry Smith, FLA-based Broadcast Technical Consultant "It’s a testament to what broadcasters can achieve when the industry
Roger Ebert’s letter to Radio … sort of
Last week on his website RogerEbert.com the famous Chicago Sun-Times movie guru gave former colleague Jay Mariotti a few turns on the barbeque spit. You may know Mariotti as
Broadcasters split on the election
If electoral preferences are measured in terms of dollars donated, then companies in the business of operating radio and television stations are split right down the middle this year. Just under $4M had been
Stop the world, I wanna go to Denver
During the week of 8/25/08-8/31/08, there were practically only two places of journalistic interest on the face of the Earth, according to the latest...
Tales from the campaign trail
Barack Obama has agreed to appear on the Fox Network with Bill O’Reilly, even as John McCain pulled out of an appearance on CNN with Larry King. Meanwhile down ticket, the
Tribune sells CareerBuilder piece to Gannett
Gannett is now the majority owner of CareerBuilder – but just barely at 50.8%. It paid $135 million to buy 10% from Tribune Company, which still owns 30.8%. “This transaction offers us