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Friday Morning April 3rd 2015, Volume 32, Issue 65 - HTML Version
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WUGA Deal Features Windfall Clause
Marquee Broadcasting’s motivation to buy WUGA-TV Toccoa GA from the University of Georgia is the old-fashioned one: It plans to operate it. However, on the off chance it turns out to have incentive auction value, UGA will not be left behind. Broker: Jason James, Patrick Communications. More...


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Salem Content Hijacked by Euro Hate Radio
Rense Radio Network streams white supremacist, racist and anti-Semitic programming to Europe via satellite. And Salem Media Group was shocked to learn that RRN was kicking off its broadcast hours with two-minutes of news from Salem Radio Network’s Bob Agnew. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, SMG is looking into its legal options.
RBR+TVBR observation: Kudos to Salem for getting on top of this. More...

Radio One Scores with Moody’s
As part of its plan to own TV One in its entirety by acquiring the stake held by Comcast, Radio One has submitted a bond offering. Moody’s Investors Service took a close look with an eye to covenant protection. More...

Davidson Spins Springfield AM
A Massachusetts AM is headed to a new owner, who will pay a little extra to begin operating the station ahead of closing. Springfield is on the low end of the Top 100 list of Nielsen Audio markets. The station is WACM-AM West Springfield. More...

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Television News
Blue Skies for Gray Television
That’s the way Wall Street umpire Moody’s Investors Service sees it. It has made a close-up inspection of the company in the wake of its $176M stock sale and found it worthy of a ratings upgrade. More...

Salt Lake City TV sold
After lying dormant for the first quarter of 2015, with a few exceptions, the market for full power television stations is starting to show signs of life in the very early going of Q2. KTMW-TV Salt Lake City joins WUGA-TV Toccoa GA on the sold list. Broker: Jason James, Patrick Communications.
RBR+TVBR observation: Salt Lake City is certainly large enough... More...

Two Stations Rung Up on Children’s Violations
A full power and a Class A station have run afoul of FCC rules and regulations regarding children’s programming requirements. The violations and fines were different in each case, and we suspect that the Class A will be thrilled to simply pay a fine.
RBR+TVBR observation: Many of you will no doubt remember a few years back... More...

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Media Information Bureau

Sales & Marketing
5 Thinking Habits of the Mega Successful
Sales expert Barrett Riddleberger often comments on achieving sales success, and this essay certainly can be applied to that end – but by the same token, the essay can apply to just about any area of human endeavor. It’s worth taking a look. More...

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Media News
Optimism Stable Among the Green Eyeshade Crowd
We see a lot of reports that measure the sentiments of various groups in regards to how the economy is doing. We especially pay attention when we see something from the money people, so we like what we see in Deloitte’s report on CFO sentiment.
RBR+TVBR observation: Here’s the real good thing we are noticing. More...

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Digital Business Report
Savage is King of the Stream
Once again, Michael Savage is at the very top of Talk Stream Live’s quarterly ranking of internet presence for America’s leading radio Talkers. And once again, his place at the top of the list is dominant, with more than double the presence of Talker #2. More...

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LPFM Wannabe Licensee Pleads its Case
A construction permit for a low power FM held by a non-profit organization in San Marcos TX was put on ice when some of the principals felt they had to pull out of the project. They found a different non-profit to take over, but the FCC would not allow the transfer. More...

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Washington Business Report
Coming to an NAB Board Meeting Near You
Well, it will be near you if you happen to be near where they are holding it. At any rate, we have the names of newly elected members to both the NAB Radio Board and the NAB Television Board. More...

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Broadcasting Stocks
Another Mixed Day for Broadcasters
The stock market was up in Thursday trading in anticipation of an upcoming employment report, but that didn’t help radio stocks stay above water. However, the loss in radio stock value was minimal, and television stocks added value. The RBR Radio Index fell 0.839, or 0.1%, to 716.364. The TVBR Television Index rose 9.041, or 1.0%, to 959.858. More...

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Winners
 
Losers
 
iHeart
+3.9%
Emmis -4.0%
Cumulus
+3.2%
Salem -2.2%
CBS
+2.6%
Saga -1.5%

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Media Moves

McVay Moves Up at Cumulus
Mike McVay will continue to serve as a Senior Vice President, but his his SVP descriptor is changing from Corporate Programming to Content & Programming. He will continue to report to John Dickey, and will do so with a contract extension in hand.

ASCAP Ups Pepe
Christine Pepe has been structuring and negotiating various matters for ASCAP, and will continue doing so, but as VP, Business and Legal Affairs.

Two Upped at AdLarge Media
Network Radio and digital sales rep firm AdLarge has promoted Ilwire Marciszek to Director, Ad Operations; and Stephanie Vance to Director, Revenue Planning and Development. Marciszek has been a digital specialist; Vance has worked on the radio, digital and mobile platforms.


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