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Radio Income Improves in Q4
But that ain’t saying too much – it improved all the way to flat, and it wasn’t good enough to pull the bottom line for the year out of the red. But according to the RAB and Miller Kaplan Arase LLP, radio companies did make a heroic effort to make up spot shortfalls on the off-air side.
RBR-TVBR observation: That was a bit of a tough quarter. More...

iHeart Gets Credit for Debt Moves
The corporate finance experts at Moody’s Investors Service have taken a look at iHeartMedia’s latest financing maneuvers and found them within the boundaries of the company’s current ratings profile. More...

Carlisle AM Shuts Down Baltimore Upgrade
Baltimore MD and Carlisle PA, just outside of Harrisburg, are close enough together in broadcast terms that what happens in one place can affect what happens in the other. In this case, the loser is Radio One. More...

Requiem for an AM Station
We were idly scrolling through FCC actions the other day when we noticed that there had been a death in the Beasley Broadcasting station family. According to the Commission, WCHZ-AM Augusta GA was no more. More...

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NAB Calls for Auction Simplicity
The recent AWS-3 auction was not only lucrative, it was simple – elegantly simple, according to the National Association of Broadcasters, and should be used as a model for the incentive auction. More...

FCC Puts STELAR Rules Into Effect
The latest version of the nation’s satellite rules, as voted into law under the STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014, are now being enforced by the FCC.
RBR-TVBR observation: Two points: More...

FCC Auction Road Show Adds Cities
Maximizing broadcaster participation in the incentive auction is a major goal of the FCC, and to that end it has already scheduled visits to three major California cities. Now, it has added four more visits to a total of three states. More...

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Intelligence Brief
Copying Originals Netflix, BitTorrent, and the Future of TV
TDG Senior Advisor Joel Espelien has applied Economics 101 concepts to the current marketplace for video entertainment and come with some fascinating ideas on how content competition is playing out now and where it’s headed. Check it out. More...

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Commissioner O’Rielly weighs in on EEO
We just reported on the latest round of randomly-selected broadcasters in line for an EEO audit, and it seemed to generate quite a bit of interest. So maybe FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly picked a very good time to pen an essay on using the internet to stay in compliance with EEO regs. More...

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Pai Cites Man-in-the-Street Internet Poll
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai continued his all-out war on Title II internet regulation with a poll conducted by Hart Research Associates. Republican Pai’s argument was strengthened by the fact that the research came from a firm which is generally employed by Democrats.
RBR-TVBR observation: We have a problem with… More...

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A Deal Tammy Wynette Could Report
Not only would Tammy Wynette be a candidate for airtime on KCKM-AM Monahans TX, she is entirely qualified to report on the terms of transfer of a 30% stake in the station. More...

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FCC Releases Explosive February Agenda
When the earlier sunshine notice came out for the February 26 FCC Open Meeting, we said, right in the headline, that it will be All Internet, All the Time. And now, less than a week ahead of that, the agenda remains the same – and it will be HOT HOT HOT.
RBR-TVBR observation: Broadcasters are only peripherally involved… More...

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Radio Doesn’t Get the Memo on Up Market
Stocks were said to increase in the US based on good news from Europe, but most of the radio companies we follow went in the other direction. However, our group of television companies did post a modest gain. The RBR Radio Index fell 13.167, or 1.7%, to 743.464. The TVBR Television Index rose 3.842, or 0.4%, to 907.488. More...

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Winners		Losers		Radio & Television Indexes
Media General	+2.9%	Radio One	-7.4%
Tribune	+1.7%	Cumulus	-4.6%
Fox	+1.4%	SBS	-3.8%

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Media Moves

ZGS on the Hunt for CFO
That’s because EVP/CFO Mike Gillespie is reading to hang up his spikes after 34 years in the biz. He is working with the Hispanic TV/radio group’s Chairman/CEO Ronald Gordon to find and establish his successor.

iHeart Miami Going with Gonzalez
There is a new VP/Sales at the iHeartMedia cluster in Miami-Fort Lauderdale. Shari Gonzalez will focus her 26 years of experience to the task starting immediately.

Report Archives

Revving with iHeart / Auction: Pay Fair
2/20/15 RBR+TVBR #35

Rocketing Radio One / Rocketing Auction Value?
2/19/15 RBR+TVBR #34

Cupid Meet Cumulus / Oscar Ads Add Up
2/18/15 RBR+TVBR #33

Battlefield Dashboard / Heavyweights at FCC
2/17/15 RBR+TVBR #32

Airplay for Kenny G / PAC Attack!
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