Wednesday, June 24, 2026

FCC’s Day 2 Wilmington calls mirrored Day 1

Problems getting a converter box hooked up properly and consumers missing out on reception of Wilmington signal accounted for over half of the consumer phone calls the FCC received

CBS Sports to stream entire 2008 SEC Football sked

CBS Sports, the exclusive national over-the-air broadcaster of Southeastern Conference home football games, will stream its entire 2008 SEC college football schedule live on...

Results coming in from Wilmington

FCC Chairman Kevin said that the Commissions received about 800 calls from consumers having problems when analog television service was shut down and replaced with digital 9/8/08

Oprah to the Emmys

ABC is calling the September 21st appearance on the “60th Primetime Emmy Awards” by Oprah Winfrey “a very special guest appearance.” Officials of both...

Michigan broadcasters enlist the National Guard

Television stations transitioning to DTV in Michigan will be getting a helping hand from no less than the National Guard. The Michigan chapter will...

Quiet Wilmington DTV transition

We’re still waiting to get numbers from the FCC, and we’re also waiting for a poll of Wilmingtonians conducted by the NAB. But to...

NBC string continues

This time it was two nights of football that powered NBC to its 5th straight weekly win in the Nielsen ratings - a special...

MSNBC reworks election anchoring duties

MSNBC is rebuilding the wall between punditry and journalism by pulling Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews out of the anchor chairs they occupied during...

Danny Bonaduce returns to the ring to fight for his honor

Danny Bonaduce is undefeated and now he steps in the ring for his next challenge against Rev. Bob Levy. The match came about when...

Russia in legal bid to ban South Park

Reuters reports prosecutors in Russia want to ban South Park, calling the series "extremist" after receiving viewer complaints. Basmanny regional prosecutors office spokeswoman Valentina...

Ticket to ride

CBS’s David Letterman has a high profile guest this week – Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) will appear on his show Wednesday 9/10/08....

DTV up and running in Wilmington

The question, of course, is whether or not it’s being received – and the standards for a passing grade are very high in this...

Nielsen closely monitoring the DTV change in Wilmington

As stations in Wilmington, NC shut down their analog transmitters yesterday and went digital-only, Nielsen was checking its own preparedness with a

Ed McMahon on Rachel Ray’s bus

Seldom seen since his March 2007 injury, Ed McMahon will be guest staring as emcee on today’s season debut of “Rachael Ray.” The daily...

NEP Broadcasting acquires CBS contracts from NMT

NEP Broadcasting and National Mobile Television (NMT) announced NEP has acquired certain assets and CBS contracts from NMT. NEP and NMT are two of...