Broadcaster in a fix
I'm in the middle of an equal time dilemma and wondering if any one has any ideas. My program director is currently the president of the local school board. He is running for reelection
GfK won’t pursue TNS
GfK says it has not been able to find financing on satisfactory terms to make a buyout bid for TNS, so it is walking...
Gas taking the fire out of back to school
The high price of gasoline is coming right out of household back-to-school budgets, according to a report from online research outfit Zoomerang. Parents and...
When the Traffic Audience Leaves
This is going to be painful. Watch as the only recurring element in radio programming that the audience can immediately respond to moves to cell phones. Traffic reports are a radio industry
Five still chasing the Cubs
Tribune Company CEO Sam Zell confirmed that five bidders remain in the running for the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field and he hopes to have a deal by the end of the year. Zell didn’t identify any of the bidders
Nasdaq approves Radio One move
Radio One says it has gotten approval from the Nasdaq Stock market to move its lightly traded Class A stock from the Nasdaq Global...
July another downer for the NY Times Co.
Ad revenues dropped 17.9% in July to $119.9 million for the News Media group at the New York Times Company, which includes the newspapers,...
Taking issue with research
I totally agree with Bob Harper about perceptual research being the most important research for programming a radio station, but I could not disagree...
Election resurfaces immediately
The Georgia/Russia conflict briefly knocked Campaign 2008 off the top of the Project for Excellence in Journalism media coverage chart, but it was right...
Payola And Plugola (FCC Fines Made Easy!)
Can You Be On The Take? Sure, But ... Let's Review In Case You Forgot. So, the record promoter comes by the station and offers you two box seats
Employees to buzz from Bee
Just how bad will the ad fall-off for newspapers be? McClatchy’s Sacramento Bee can’t even predict that, so the newspaper isn’t even saying how...
Wegner gets a Nasdaq notice
It may not be much consolation to broadcasting companies who have seen their stock price drop below a buck, but they are not along....
Harris boosts its dividend
It seems business is good for Harris Corporation. The electronics equipment maker has boosted its quarterly dividend by 33% to 20 cents per share....
Democrats extend lead in battle for Senate
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee started Q3 with an edge over its counterpart, the National Republican Campaign Committee, and managed to extend its lead...
Fitch sees Tribune default a “real possibility”
You can bet that Tribune CEO Sam Zell will get some questions in his quarterly conference call today with lenders and bond analysts about...