ACLU decries FCC nanny play
The 1.4M+ the FCC is billing broadcasters for a 2003 episode of "NYPD Blue" has been roundly criticized by the American Civil Liberties Union,...
All night long
"We are considering requiring that licensees maintain a physical presence at each radio broadcasting facility during all hours of operation." So says the FCC...
Analyst raises Saga estimates
Saga Communications gave Wall Street an early look at what to expect in its Q4 results and caused CL King analyst Jim Boyle to...
Malone-Diller battle gets down and dirty
The lawyers are having a field day with what is now a fight over control of IAC/InterActive Corporation. John Malone’s Liberty Media has sued...
Analyst ranks thinned again
No, we’re not recycling a story from yesterday. Today it’s Credit Suisse that has dropped coverage of broadcasting stocks, bidding farewell to John Klim....
Clear Channel reiterates Q1 closing
The statement that the going private buyout is “expected to occur in the first quarter 2008” was repeated by Clear Channel yesterday as it...
Main studio, schmain studio
As part of the FCC's large-scale look into improving the localism of broadcast stations, it says it shares the concern of commenters "that licensees...
ICBC hangs out a new shingle
ICBC, better known as Inner City Broadcasting Corporation, has been running broadcast facilities for a long time, and must be hugely popular in regulatory...
FCC tells ABC: No ifs, ands or butts
An episode of NYPD Blue first aired in February 2003 has resulted in an FCC fine meted out to 52 ABC-affiliated television stations. Language...
Hedge fund names nominees
We now know who the Harbinger hedge fund wants to place on the board of directors at the New York Times Company. It has...
One less broadcast analyst
Yet another radio and TV stock analyst has gotten his pink slip. Bank of America is the latest Wall Street firm to decide it...
Two contested primary seasons spur cashflow
It's been a very long time since there was a presidential election without either an incumbent or a sitting VP in the race for...
PSAs: Play to the player's culture
17 seconds an hour may not be much to brag about, but broadcast executives were proud of their charitable work, and said so at...
Familiar names on “Best CEOs in America” list
The annual list put out by Institutional Investor magazine includes a number of CEOs whose names pop up in RBR and TVBR. Only one,...
Diller and Malone head to court
John Malone’s Liberty Media doesn’t object to Barry Diller’s plan to split IAC/InterActiveCorp into five companies, but Malone doesn’t like the idea of the...