http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-10-07T21:47:38-05:00 http://www.rbr.com/radio/now_it_s_up_to_the_fcc_to_decide.html 2008-10-07T00:08:00-05:00 2008-10-07T00:08:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Reply comments are in for the FCC’s docket proceeding on whether it should launch an investigation of PPM. Very few of the filings, however, addressed the key issue – whether the FCC has any authority http://www.rbr.com/media-news/somebody_still_has_some_money.html 2008-10-07T05:07:00-05:00 2008-10-07T05:07:00-05:00 Jack Messmer If you assumed that private equity has dried up because of the current turmoil in the financial markets, think again. Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst reports that US private equity firms raised $222.6 billion http://www.rbr.com/radio/arbitron_sues_new_york_attorney_general.html 2008-10-06T10:24:00-05:00 2008-10-06T10:24:00-05:00 Jack Messmer They say the best defense is a good offense – and Arbitron went on the offensive yesterday. The company filed suit in federal court against New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who had threatened http://www.rbr.com/radio/arbitron_accelerates_cell_phone-only_sampling_for_diary_markets.html 2008-10-02T06:04:00-05:00 2008-10-02T06:04:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Arbitron customers in some diary markets won’t have to wait until the Fall survey next year to get what PPM markets already have – people http://www.rbr.com/media-news/2009_advice_keep_overhead_low_and_hang_on.html 2008-10-04T20:43:00-05:00 2008-10-04T20:43:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Don’t look for a recovery in 2009. Rather, Wachovia Securities bond analyst Bishop Cheen told RBR/TVBR in a recent interview, 2009 is going to be http://www.rbr.com/features/ideas-working-now/10467.html 2008-10-06T23:41:00-05:00 2008-10-06T23:41:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Election day, November 4, 2008, is only five weeks away. If the past is any teacher, as we drill down to E-Day, the fury of last minute attack and response political advertising will increase http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio_transactions/10496.html 2008-10-07T15:53:00-05:00 2008-10-07T15:53:00-05:00 Dave Seyler $265K KYTM-FM Lufkin TX (Corrigan TX) from Tammy L. Pearce to Family Worship Center Church Inc. (Jimmy Swaggart). Promissory note. Buyer is non-profit entity. [FCC http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio_deals/new_empire_for_power_broadcasting.html 2008-10-07T15:53:00-05:00 2008-10-07T15:53:00-05:00 Dave Seyler A buyer has been found for another station at another troubled company. The restructuring of On Top Communications will take a big step forward with http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/second_little_rock_tv_for_sook.html 2008-10-07T15:52:00-05:00 2008-10-07T15:52:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Equity Broadcasting Corporation has managed to liquidate some more property, finding a ready buyer in Perry Sook’s Nexstar Broadcasting Group for KWBF-TV, the MyNetworkTV affiliate http://www.rbr.com/media-news/ban_bonanza_in_california.html 2008-10-07T15:51:00-05:00 2008-10-07T15:51:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Proposition 8 is hot. Real hot. The California ballot initiative seeks to limit marriage to a union between a man and a woman, or in