Radio Wasteland
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Ex-WTWO employee held in shooting incident
Farmersburg, IN State Police arrested a western Indiana man who they say fired gunshots at Nexstar’s WTWO-TV Ft. Wayne (NBC) where he was formerly...
Cumulus to flip WYAY-FM to all-News (audio)
Cumulus will debut Atlanta’s first all-news station (on AM or FM) in mid-May, on 106.7 WYAY-FM
Hulu, Fox moving to streaming authentication model
As part of the TV Everywhere initiative, Hulu is reportedly looking to change its free streaming model to one where viewers will have to...
Gas prices affecting new car purchases
With prices up at the pump, new car shoppers are increasingly cautious about the fuel efficiency of vehicles under consideration. Also, consumers are not...
Americans for Prosperity ad targets President Obama (video)
The Americans for Prosperity group, backed by the Koch Brothers, is launching a $6.1 million TV campaign that attacks President Barack Obama’s “wasteful” energy...
Westerkirk Capital buying Vista, Haliburton Broadcasting Groups
Westerkirk Capital has agreed to purchase all of the shares not owned by management of Vista Radio's parent. Vista Broadcast Group. Together, Westerkirk and...
David Sklaver, President/KSL Media on the upfront (audio)
David spoke with RBR-TVBR about the upfront, media inventory and costs during the 2012 Election and how they differ from the past for broadcast,...
Car Preferences of the Older Radio Audience
We now have arrived at the third and final installment of our report on radio formats and car purchasing. As a general rule, according...
Vevo holds NewFront in NYC
As this week keeps rolling out called the Digital Content NewFronts from destinations such as AOL, Digitas, YouTube and Yahoo VEVO, the premium music...
Deal Tips: Forcing the Seller to Sell
By John M. Pelkey, Garvey Schubert Barer
Picture the following: After much effort, the owner of a cluster of stations in a market finds exactly...
Car Preferences of the Middle-Aged Radio Audience
In our first installment of this report we looked at the youth movement – in particular, what young-skewing radio audiences want to drive when...
How PPM can rescue radio
ROI modeling requires better audience measurement: I’m not one to worry about the far off future. Remembering to pick up my laundry is challenge...
YouTube largest source of mobile video traffic
While many have said Netflix is the largest internet bandwidth hog in the world, not so with mobile video traffic. YouTube takes that crown,...
Political Broadcasting on Public Television
By Gregg P. Skall, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP
On April 12 the 9th Circuit United States Court of Appeals rocked the public broadcasting...