Chicago

Revenue headwind in the Windy City

Here’s something you can expect to see when radio companies start releasing their financials for Q4 and 2014 as a whole:
Broadcast Tower

Intrigue and CP cures in North Dakota

The winner of an FM CP for Medina ND found its victory challenged...
Radio One

Radio One moves on an even keel

Urban media specialist Radio One has a new credit agreement...

US CEOs optimistic, others not so much

We’ve been reporting strong levels of positive thinking about the US economy for 2015...
Michael O'Rielly

FCC Commissioner: Stop dissing broadcasters

The idea is to get the incentive auction done right, not ASAP.
Sold

Alpha Frisco buy is the deal of the year!

Nobody – not another radio group, not even a large M&A hungry television group – has spent as much money.
Pile of Money

Nexstar notes its acquisition payoff strategy

There are pending television station acquisitions on Nexstar Broadcasting Group’s plate.
Chart

Q4 a downer for TV revenue

It can’t be good when a research firm labels a medium’s advertising revenue as “paltry”

Billboard: Radio and records still entwined

One of America’s leading music industry scorekeepers recently held a roundtable...

Viacom and ESPN slammed for EAS abuse

The embedded emergency alert signal that was sent out over Viacom and ESPN pipes...
NAB / National Association of Broadcasters

NAB wants FCC to stick to Congressional design

NAB states that the FCC is going beyond the law in its design for the incentive auction.
Larry Wilson

Alpha hits a triple in San Francisco area

The deals keep on coming for Larry Wilson’s Alpha Media...
Chart

We aren’t sure what broadcasters were doing…

But we are sure that they weren’t filing station transactions with the FCC in any great numbers.
Sold

Alabama tweener station sold

WHPH-FM Jemison AL is clearly much more of a Birmingham than a Montgomery station...
Townsquare Media Group

Townsquare finishes 2014 with a bang

Radio-based multimedia outfit Townsquare isn’t quite ready to formally release its latest financial results...