Stocks begin March with gains – 03/1/10

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Some big M&A deals, not in media, had Wall Street traders in a buying mode on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 79 points, or 0.8%, to 10,404. Radio and TV stocks rode the wave, except that a Chapter 11 filing sent Regent Communications falling by a third.


The RBR Radio Index was down 0.295, or 0.1%, to 220.523.

The TVBR Television Index was up 3.506, or 2.5%, to 143.943.

Winners
Entercom, up 12.2%
LIN, up 11.1%
Salem, up 7.5%

Losers
Regent, down 33.3%
ACME, down 5.7%
Westwood, down 2.3%

Radio Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

Symbol

Close

Change

Arbitron *

ARB 

$21.83

$0.33

Beasley *

BBGI

$3.95

$0.25

CBS Cl. B

CBS

$13.43

$0.44

CBS Cl. A

CBSa

$13.50

$0.45

CC Media *

CCMO

$3.25

-$0.05

Cumulus *

CMLS

$2.90

$0.19

Citadel

CTDB

$0.03

$0.00

Debut

DBTB

$0.07

-$0.01

Disney

DIS

$31.54

$0.30

Emmis *

EMMS

$0.90

$0.00

Entercom *

ETM

$11.41

$1.24

Entravision

EVC

$3.07

$0.06

Fisher

FSCI

$14.48

$0.27

Google

GOOG

$532.69

$5.89

Journal

JRN

$3.90

$0.16

Lincoln Natl.

LNC

$25.62

$0.44

Regent *

RGCI

$0.12

-$0.06

Radio One A

ROIA

$3.31

$0.04

Radio One D *

ROIAK

$3.07

$0.08

Salem *

SALM

$5.44

$0.38

SBS *

SBSA

$0.71

-$0.01

Saga *

SGA

$14.25

-$0.21

Sirius XM

SIRI

$0.89

-$0.13

Westwood*

WWON

$5.99

-$0.14

 

 

 

 

* Component of the RBR Radio Index                          

 

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Television Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

Symbol

Close

Change

ACME *

ACME.PK

$0.33

-$0.02

Belo *

BLC

$7.17

$0.44

CBS Cl. B *

CBS

$13.43

$0.44

CBS Cl. A

CBSa

$13.50

$0.45

Disney

DIS

$31.54

$0.30

Entravision *

EVC

$3.07

$0.06

Fisher *

FSCI

$14.48

$0.27

Gannett

GCI

$15.93

$0.78

Gen. Elec.

GE

$15.90

-$0.16

Google

GOOG

$532.69

$5.89

Gray *

GTN

$1.70

$0.04

Gray, Cl. A

GTNa

$2.18

$0.18

Journal

JRN

$3.90

$0.16

Meredith

MDP

$31.42

$0.70

Media Gen.

MEG

$8.56

$0.38

McGraw-Hill

MHP

$34.32

$0.12

News Corp.

NWS

$16.16

$0.41

Nexstar *

NXST

$4.50

$0.00

Sinclair *

SBGI

$5.06

$0.04

SBS

SBSA

$0.71

-$0.01

Saga

SGA

$14.25

-$0.21

Scripps

SSP

$8.66

$1.04

LIN TV *

TVL

$5.68

$0.57

Time Warner

TWX

$29.60

$0.56

Wash. Post

WPO

$431.00

$10.69

 

 

 

 

* Component of the TVBR Television Index

 

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