Fire destroys Grand Junction TV studios
A raging fire Sunday morning destroyed the building housing the TV studios of Hoak Media’s KREX-TV and Parker Broadcasting’s KFQX-TV, knocking the respective CBS...
Fox scores big in OT
Sunday night’s NFC Championship game was a TV executives dream – tied at the end of regulation play. No football fan could tear themselves...
LATV Networks acquires American Latino TV
Bilingual network owner LATV Networks announced that it has acquired American Latino TV, a syndication and production company that specializes in English-language television shows...
Azteca America extends LMA of LA flagship
Pappas Telecasting won’t be converting KAZA-TV (Ch. 54) Los Angeles to its own TuVisión network this year after all. Azteca America announced that it...
“Judge Judy” rules
“Judge Judy” is starting the New Year off strong, again leading the ratings for syndicated fare. According to the Syndicated Network Television Association (SNTA),...
Navy helicopter hit TV broadcast tower
A Navy MH-53 Sea Dragon anti-mine helicopter crashed into the KEDT-TV Corpus Christi antenna and guy wires Wednesday, killing three sailors. The bulk of...
A false alarm
Do you think there were a few spit takes over the morning coffee among members of a certain Smith family located in the Baltimore...
WGA, AMPTP to resume negotiations
As predicted, the DGA deal last week has opened the door for more talks, as the WGA will reportedly begin informal talks with AMPTP,...
Belo gets IRS thumbs up
Belo Corporation announced Friday that it had received a private letter ruling from the IRS that the planned spin-off of Belo’s newspaper operations into...
Worries about how the DTV transition is being handled
Commentary from Amy Brown, Executive Director and Secretary of the Community Broadcasters Association, which represents more than 2,900 Class A and Low Power TV...
NBC taps another cable sibling
With the writers strike continuing, NBC has again looked within NBC Universal and found fare on an NBCU cable network to fill out the...
Writers? Who needs writers?
No one has to worry about picket lines tonight for a big awards show telecast from the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel. Besides, there...
Big shareholder hopes to influence Media General
Various investment funds managed by Raymond Harbert and his associates have raised their total ownership of Media General to 18.4% and indicated in an...
Up quarter for NBC Universal
General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt praised NBC Universal for growing profits in Q4 for the fifth straight quarter. NBCU revenues were up 8% to...
Globes, Grammys, Academy Awards news
NBC’s press conference special, which covered the 65th Annual Golden Globes announcement, posted a record audience low, 70% below last year’s awards telecast. In...