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Stocks decline after Kerry addresses Syria 27 Aug 2013 | 02:06 am
Stocks declined on Monday, erasing modest gains, after Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would hold Syria accountable for using chemical weapons. The Dow fell 64.05 points, or 0.4%,...
Anatomy of an LPFM denial 27 Aug 2013 | 01:15 am
Dillingham Christian Radio was on its way to getting an LPFM pursuant to the 2000 filing window when it was required to register its proposed antenna with the FAA. This it failed to do. The FCC has re...
Pittsburgh Class A cluster in pricy FCC settlement 27 Aug 2013 | 01:14 am
WBGN-CD Pittsburgh is the in-town outlet of a ten-station Pittsburgh-centered group of Class A television stations owned by Bruno Goodworth Network that were rung up by the FCC for children’s program ...
Ingstad makes strong investment in local radio 27 Aug 2013 | 01:12 am
Jim Ingstad is doing more than just talking about local radio – he is weaving it into the DNA of his newly-acquired station cluster in Yakima WA. Ingstad says that strong local content is the key to s...
The Walk flips in Atlanta 27 Aug 2013 | 01:05 am
Cumulus’ W255CJ-FM 98.9 Atlanta has flipped from Christian AC/Country “The Walk” to Oldies as “Oldies 98.9.” The station’s current facility was a move-in in 2011. Previously, it was most recently prog...
Piolin sues former staffers over extortion 26 Aug 2013 | 11:58 pm
Former Univision Radio-syndicated Spanish-language star Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo filed a civil extortion lawsuit 8/26 against six former Univision employees and their LA attorneys for attempting to “shak...
Univision tops for TV spots 26 Aug 2013 | 11:41 pm
Last week in the TV SPOT TEN, UNIVISION climbed back into first place with 20,592 spots. MCDONALD’S slipped back to #2 airing 20,167, while the ABC TV NETWORK was solid at #3 airing 18,843 spots. NISS...
Tennis Channel goes TV Everywhere 26 Aug 2013 | 10:08 pm
Tennis Channel and distribution partners Verizon FiOS TV and the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) are introducing the network’s first TV Everywhere app 8/26, in conjunction with the first ...
NBC scores Sunday night win 26 Aug 2013 | 10:05 pm
NFL preseason football wasn’t the top program of the night – that honor went to Big Brother on CBS – but it was more than enough to give NBC the win while CBS settled for #2. Fox was a bit behind in 3...
Premiere launches “The Breakfast Club” 26 Aug 2013 | 10:02 pm
One of the top-rated Urban morning radio programs in New York on Power 105.1/WWPR-FM, The Breakfast Club is now available to Urban radio stations for air Monday-Friday from 6 to 10 a.m. local time. T...
