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  • Sun Broadcast Group adds Jelli ad platform

    Sun Broadcast Group CEO Jason Bailey says the company is investing in the deployment of Jelli’s cloud-based ad platform across its network that will make it easier and faster to buy and run radio ads. The change will start immediately across all of Sun’s Hispanic products including CNN en Espaol, Fox Deportes, AccuWeather en Espaol and its national Latino Advantage network. Sun ...

  • Charter CEO plays down TWC buy

    While Charter Communications last month was working on submitting formal a bid for Time Warner Cable before 2014, "trying to devise a deal structure that would lure the No. 2 U.S. cable operator's shareholders," the push may have been dropped, as Charter Communications CEO Thomas Rutledge ...

  • Committee set to review Telecom policy

    Communications Subcommittee Chair Greg Walden and Commerce Committee Chair Fred Upton have proposed a review and update of the Communications Act of 1934, which will, of course, dovetail with the 1996 Telecom Act. Rep. Walden is calling on all five members of the FCC to attend an oversight hearing 12/12. He wants to talk about process reform, fairness across different media in today's ...

  • Localized news radio app readies

    . Former Navteq EVP/Sales and Marketing John MacLeod says his new company, HearHere Radio, will launch as a free iPhone app early this month called "Rivet News Radio." From the story: "The concept is modeled after online radio service Pandora, except the rolling content is news, not music. The Rivet News Radio app will feature national and local news, hyperlocal traffic reports ...

  • Local Programming Co Host

    Phoenix AZ – KTVK-3TV is accepting applications for the position of Local Programming Co-Host. (This is a part-time position; 10 hours per week.) QUALIFICATIONS: High School Diploma or GED equivalent. Degree in Broadcasting or Communications preferred. 2 years professional experience hosting a local program preferred. Ability to convey a show image and show content to targeted demo ...


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  • TV networks lining up to sign Tim Tebow

    Tim Tebow is about to be the subject of a bidding war between television networks. While no team in the NFL seems interested in Tebow, sports television ...

  • FCC Proposes AM Radio Changes To Give The Band A Boost

    For years, sports broadcasts were a staple of AM radio. But now, AM seems to be mostly a mix of talk shows and infomercials, and the Federal Communications Commission wants the band to be relevant ...

  • The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits adds 15

    Envision Radio Networks says the latest group of affiliates that will be counting down to Christmas with The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits of All Time, the award-winning ten-hour radio special hosted by iconic TV game show host Wink Martindale, include: WEXR-FM/Meridian, MS; KATQ-FM/Williston, ND; KHVL-FM/Houston, TX; WLHH-FM/Savannah, GA; WXKQ-FM/Mayking, KY; WJPA-AM and WJPA-FM/Washington, PA; ...

  • What’s up with “El Mandril”

    SBS's top-rated morning driver "El Mandril" (Ricardo Sanchez) has been off the air at KLAX-FM LA for weeks because of what we've heard to be contract negotiations (his current contract ends 1/13). ...

  • ATSC elects board members

    Members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) have elected three industry execs to serve on the Board of Directors for three-year terms beginning January. Former ATSC Chairman John Godfrey of Samsung, whose earlier board term expired a year ago, was elected to serve on the board again. Current board members Mark Eyer of Sony and John Taylor of LG Electronics USA were elected to ...

  • Stocks End Lower Dow SP 500 Fall For Third Day

    NEW YORK – U.S. stocks ended lower Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling for a third consecutive session on uncertainty over when the Federal Reserve will begin to scale back stimulus and self-fulfilling fears the market was overdue for a pullback. The S&P 500 dropped 5.75 points, or 0.3%, to 1,795.15, while the blue-chip index dropped 94.15 points, ...

  • Radio Discussions shuts down

    Streamline Digital Inc., a division of RBR-TVBR owner Streamline Publishing, acquired the Radio Discussions message boards in May from In3Media, operated by Diana Fleming. The boards were originally the discussion arm of In3Media's Radio-Info.com site, and were retained when In3Media sold Radio-Info. The goal was to grow Streamline's digital services in the broadcasting industry to ...

  • Upstate TV station goes at a bargain price

    The sellers of WNMN-DT Saranac Lake NY had a better deal to sell five years ago when the station was but a CP - unfortunately that deal did not go through and the new price as an up-and-running facility is substantially reduced. The seller is Channel 61 Associates LLC, headed by Donald McHone. The buyer is Cross Hill Communications LLC, with principals John O'Connor, Sarah O'Connor, ...

  • Is there a future for progressive political talk radio

    Conservative dominance of the political talk genre is a given, and what little liberal presence there is seems to be diminishing. Politico recently asked if there is a way to restore life to liberal radio in the future. It suggested five things that need to fall into place for the format to have a chance, and said that it will be hard to pull off even with all five. The suggestions include: ...

  • NBC dominates Monday ratings contest

    The 3.5/9 Nielsen 18-49 numbers NBC finished with were pretty much in force for all three prime time hours - the only difference was a slight improvement to 3.5/10 during the third. After that, it was CBS, ABC, Fox and Univision in that ...

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