TV season turning into a real horse race
Is “American Idol” going to be strong enough for Fox to hold off a challenge from CBS to win the coveted 18-49 demo victory...
Selling without ratings: 2nd in a series (audio)
RBR-TVBR previously spoke with a Market Manager whose stations don’t subscribe to Arbitron ratings in a diary market. But is that a viable option...
Study finds ways to grow fast food business
Hispanics are more frequent visitors to quick service restaurants (QSR) than the general population. So it makes sense that QSRs can grow their business...
FCC’s Motive for Demanding Copies of TV Station Public Files Confirmed
By Scott R. Flick, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Late last month I wrote about a strange occurrence at a number of TV stations...
NHMC keeping the pressure on Clear Channel (audio)
Alex Nogales, President and CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, has been leading an effort to have “The John and Ken Show” taken...
A new format idea for FM
We’ve heard of some Indie Rock HD multicast stations like 98 Rock’s Indie 97.9 (WIYY-HD3 Baltimore) and some stations that highlight indie and local...
2012: 10 Habits of Profitable, Local News Sites
We monitor a variety of local media websites in markets large & small. They’re a mix of Newspaper, TV, Radio, Hyper-local, and other local...
Push buttons on a car radio…and the social media
In the 1970’s and 80’s radio stations believed that to do well with in-car tuning they would have to occupy a preset button on...
Your viewers are tuned in to online video ads, are you?
It’s no secret TV viewers are not only time-crunched, but also multi-tasking across multiple devices while watching their “must see” programs. In fact, according...
Dean Goodman makes the biggest radio buy of 2012 (audio)
With his $50 million deal to buy the CBS Radio cluster in West Palm Beach, Dean Goodman has made it clear that he’s bullish...
Don’t Let Them Shop’Til They Drop (You)
John M. Pelkey, Garvey Schubert Barer
The acquisition of a broadcast property is a complex process with numerous business and regulatory considerations to take into...
Domino’s CEO Patrick Doyle on marketing and radio
Detroit Radio Advertising Group’s Board of Directors welcomed Patrick Doyle, President and CEO at Domino’s Pizza to their breakfast meeting on 4/4. In attendance...
Effective coaching helps “Push” business success
Put Me in, Coach! I’m Ready to Play: If you’re not getting better, you’re falling behind. In today’s multi-media world, you need to “take...
Major split in network radio
RBR-TVBR Exclusive: One publicly-traded company and a major radio network are going to end their relationship…we’ve got the details--and the quotes from the players....
Dickey responds to American Spectator story
John Dickey, Cumulus COO, has responded to The American Spectator’s story that Cumulus Media Networks’ Mike Huckabee on 4/9 hosted his first call ever—a...