American Idol

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...
Wayne Leland

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...
Scott Flick

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 / National Hispanic Media Coalition

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...
News

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...
Car Radio

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...
Online Video

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

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...
John Pelkey

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...
Help

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....
Mike Huckabee

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...