http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-07-24T20:21:09-05:00 http://www.rbr.com/radio/clear_channel_buyout_approved.html 2008-07-24T17:21:00-05:00 2008-07-24T17:21:00-05:00 Jack Messmer The vote was overwhelming at today's special shareholders meeting in San Antonio. A preliminary count shows more than 74% of the total shares were voted http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio_transactions/8911.html 2008-07-24T16:42:00-05:00 2008-07-24T16:42:00-05:00 Dave Seyler $26M KHTB-FM Salt Lake City UT (Provo UT) from 3 Point Media – Salt Lake City LLC (Christopher F. Devine) to Citadel Broadcasting Company (Farid http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/markey_looking_for_language_in_case_of_fcc_tie_vote.html 2008-07-23T01:40:00-05:00 2008-07-23T01:40:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Democrats in the House, including Ed Markey (D-MA), are worried that companies with pending issues may play for time. They would be hoping that Deborah http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/goldman_values_xm_at_5_per_share.html 2008-07-23T06:27:00-05:00 2008-07-23T06:27:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Trading at around $9 per share, XM Satellite Radio is well down from the price it once enjoyed in the 40s, but Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Wienkes thinks it’s still too expensive http://www.rbr.com/features/viewpoints/taking_care_of_business_in_washington.html 2008-07-23T11:36:00-05:00 2008-07-23T11:36:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Among the many hats worn by broadcast veteran Larry Patrick, one of the most important is that of Chairman of NABPAC, the organization responsible for http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio_transactions/8890.html 2008-07-23T16:39:00-05:00 2008-07-23T16:39:00-05:00 Dave Seyler $1.425M KINY-AM/KSUP-FM Juneau AK from Alaska-Juneau Communications Inc. (Dennis Egan) to Juneau-Alaska Communications LLC (E. Roy Paschal, Jason Paschal). $50K deposit, $66,250 further deposit, balance http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/close_encounter_in_tucson.html 2008-07-23T16:39:00-05:00 2008-07-23T16:39:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Journal Communications has just gotten bigger in the Tucson AZ DMA, creating a television duopoly and adding to a TV/radio cross-owned cluster. The group has http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio_deals/siga_gets_replacement_station_in_dfw.html 2008-07-23T16:38:00-05:00 2008-07-23T16:38:00-05:00 Dave Seyler It’s been two months since SIGA Broadcasting Corporation filed a $2.8M deal to sell its Dallas-Forth Worth outlet, KFJZ-AM, to Pacificstar Media Corporation. It now http://www.rbr.com/media-news/watchdogs_applaud_third_circuit.html 2008-07-22T11:47:00-05:00 2008-07-22T11:47:00-05:00 Dave Seyler TV Watch was predictably enthusiastic about the court decision shooting down the FCC’s $550K fine against CBS for the infamous Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction – http://www.rbr.com/media-news/advertising/8837.html 2008-07-22T00:58:00-05:00 2008-07-22T00:58:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Excerpts from the recent Carat Insight report: By February 17, 2009, all US broadcast TV stations must convert their transmissions exclusively to a digital signal