Waiting for Big Ben – 8/25/11

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Wall Street traders retreated to the sidelines on Thursday, waiting to see what Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke would say Friday in a major speech. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 171 points, or 1.5%, to 11,150. Broadcasting stocks fell with the market. The RBR Radio Index was down 3.864, or 1.4%, to 280.400. The TVBR Television Index was down 9.606, or 4.7%, to 196.970.


Winners
Emmis, up 9%
SBS, up 0.7%
n/a

Losers
Entravision, down 10%
LIN, down 9.6%
Westwood, down 7.7%

Radio Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

Symbol

Close

Change

Arbitron *

ARB 

$33.12

-$1.08

Beasley *

BBGI

$4.02

-$0.07

CBS Cl. B

CBS

$22.66

-$0.55

CBS Cl. A

CBSa 

$22.93

-$0.54

CC Media *

CCMO

$6.00

$0.00

Citadel Cl. A

CDELA

$32.11

$0.00

Citadel Cl. B

CDELB

$32.00

$0.00

Citadel warrants

CDDGW

$32.00

$0.00

Cumulus *

CMLS

$2.73

-$0.09

Debut

DBTB

$0.05

$0.00

Disney

DIS

$32.01

-$0.50

Emmis *

EMMS

$0.67

$0.05

Entercom *

ETM

$5.48

-$0.23

Entravision 

EVC

$1.17

-$0.13

Fisher

FSCI

$26.23

-$1.09

Journal

JRN

$3.57

-$0.12

Lincoln Natl.

LNC

$19.05

-$0.76

Pandora

P

$12.47

$0.40

Radio One A

ROIA

$1.32

$0.11

Radio One D *

ROIAK

$1.32

$0.00

Salem *

SALM

$2.51

-$0.08

SBS *

SBSA

$3.05

$0.02

Saga *

SGA

$29.43

-$0.50

Sirius XM

SIRI

$1.69

-$0.06

Westwood*

WWON

$5.62

-$0.47

 

 

 

 

* Component of the RBR Radio Index                          

 

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Television Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

Symbol

Close

Change

 

ACME *

ACME.PK

$0.76

$0.00

 

Belo *

BLC

$5.01

-$0.08

 

CBS Cl. B *

CBS

$22.66

-$0.55

 

CBS Cl. A

CBSa 

$22.93

-$0.54

 

Comcast

CMCSA

$20.23

-$0.34

 

Disney

DIS

$32.01

-$0.50

 

Entravision *

EVC

$1.17

-$0.13

 

Fisher *

FSCI

$26.23

-$1.09

 

Gannett

GCI

$10.25

-$0.32

 

Gray *

GTN

$1.74

-$0.12

 

Gray, Cl. A

GTNa 

$1.50

-$0.09

 

Journal

JRN

$3.57

-$0.12

 

Meredith

MDP

$23.45

-$0.86

 

Media Gen.

MEG

$2.01

-$0.04

 

McGraw-Hill

MHP

$40.30

-$1.00

 

Nielsen

NLSN

$27.52

-$0.23

 

News Corp.

NWS

$16.71

-$0.30

 

Nexstar *

NXST

$5.94

-$0.36

 

Sinclair *

SBGI

$7.37

-$0.16

 

SBS

SBSA

$3.05

$0.02

 

Saga

SGA

$29.43

-$0.50

 

Scripps

SSP

$7.59

-$0.36

 

LIN TV *

TVL

$2.91

-$0.31

 

Time Warner

TWX

$29.21

-$0.63

 

Wash. Post

WPO

$337.51

-$7.59

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Component of the TVBR Television Index

 

 

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