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Don Gillis dead at 85
WCVB-TV Boston reports the death of retired sportscaster Don Gillis, who was Sports Director of the station from 1972 to 1983. He also hosted its ...
More Solid quarter for Scripps
CEO Ken Lowe was no doubt happy to use the term “solid quarter” with so many media companies struggling. Scripps saw Q1 revenues rise 6.8%, ...Dissidents win Media General election
AFTRA postpones talks with AMPTP negotiations
AFTRA announced yesterday it will oblige an Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP) request to delay the start of negotiations by a week ...Mega TV adds new program to Sundays
Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) announced today its MEGA TV Channel 22 Miami/DirecTV Channel 169 Puerto Rico and DirecTV Channel 405 in the rest of the ...Woodruff gets green assignment
ABC News Anchor Bob Woodruff will anchor a weekly series for the new Planet Green cable channel, being launched June 4th by Discovery Communications. The ...NBC sticking with hockey
NBC Sports has exercised its option to keep airing the National Hockey League through the upcoming 2008-2009 season. In announcing the renewal, NBC noted that ...Oxygen to rebrand
NBC Universal’s Oxygen cable net is getting a new logo geared at “Generation O,” defined as the 18-49 demo with a hyper focus on women ...Meredith Q3 net earnings per share up 5%
Meredith Corporation reported fiscal Q3 net earnings per share of 0.97, compared to 0.92 per share in the prior-year quarter. Earnings per share from continuing ...NC Dem debate pulled from schedule
Technically, although the date 4/27/08 had been circled in pencil, there never was a debate in the works, since only Hillary Clinton (D-NY) ever agreed ...
- Price revealed in Texas TV transfer
- Journal adds to Boise operation
- London bursts out of Tyler-Longview
- Trinity adds Columbus
- Equity sells RTN, but may buy it back
- Louisiana station brings $10M
- Media General finds buyer for soon-to-be ex-CBS station
- Sinclair builds virtual duop in Richmond
- Microsoft acquisition eyes TV biz
- FCC clears Fox to Foxco TV deal
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Dave Garland
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02 July, 2008 08:00:25
Mischief...you bet!
There will be someone or some entity that will see this as a possible revenue generating source. They will front buyers to file ...
Pocket Radio
on
27 June, 2008 09:43:35
"HD Radio spinners claim a breakthrough year: Pulling a fast one"
"According to a press release from the Alliance 330,000 HD receivers were sold last year. ...
Frenchy McGruder
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25 June, 2008 11:44:00
AM HD radio is DOA. It will eventually be written in broadcast history books as perhaps the most overrated, unneeded and underperfoming "advancement" in the ...
Pocket Radio
on
25 June, 2008 09:21:48
"Germany flicks off-switch on DAB"
"Part of the problem is that analogue FM never went away and most people didn't seem to care for the clear ...
Pocket Radio
on
25 June, 2008 09:11:05
"Editorial: More Than Half Full"
"AM-HD continues to fight uphill. Several manufacturers showed impressive new transmitter models designed to optimize and maintain HD performance. Yet the ...