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  • Cox Enterprises giving $1m to tornado victims

    Cox Enterprises, in partnership with The James M. Cox Foundation, announced $1 million in support to assist the relief and recovery efforts of the communities affected by the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma. The contribution includes a $500,000 cash donation to the American Red Cross and $500,000 of in-kind support, including public service announcements. "Cox Enterprises is committed to ...

  • Ingstad buys Fargo six-pack

    $9.5MN KPFX-FM, KQWB-AM, KBMW-AM/KLTA-FM & KQWB-FM/KVOX-FM Fargo ND-Moorhead MN (Fargo, West Fargo ND, Breckenridge, Moorhead MN) from L&L Broadcasting Ltd. (Lawrence W. Wilson) to Radio Fargo-Moorhead Inc. (James D. Ingstad, Brooke Ingstad). $1M deposit, balance in cash at closing. LMA until closing. Existing superduopoly. [FCC file date ...

  • KDKA-FM hosting auditions for new show

    This Saturday, 5/25, CBS Radio's KDKA-FM Pittsburgh kicks off its Next Fan Host Open Auditions.It will be the first of five open auditions where entrants will have an opportunity to host a program broadcast weekends on Sports Radio 93.7 The Fan. At the open auditions, participants will be judged by station personnel on their ability to rant on a random sports topic. Ten entrants from the ...

  • Jaguar launches “Your Turn”

    The global campaign is for the launch of its definitive sports car – the F-TYPE. As Jaguar’s first new true sports car model in 50 years, the new model represents a return to the company’s heartland: a two-seater, convertible sports car focused on performance, agility and driver connection. The multi-channel campaign will include integrated activity across TV, Cinema, print, ...

  • Price slashed for troubled Montgomery TV

    Viacom study details TV, social media interaction Viacom has unveiled findings from multi-country research on the interplay between TV and social media, looking at why viewers engage in TV-related activities ...


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Desperate Measures

Barbet Schroeder's "Desperate Measures" gets under your skin from the get-go, and not in a good way. In the opening sequence, two men are stealing into an FBI office to tap into the government's computer. The sequence is shot with dark shadows, moody music, and odd angles; on it's own terms, it's effective and suspenseful. Except for . . . the damn credits. It is rare that I would ever complain ab ... ...

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  • Viacom study details TV social media interaction

    Viacom has unveiled findings from multi-country research on the interplay between TV and social media, looking at why viewers engage in TV-related activities on social media. The study helped also developed a list of social media’s ';deadly sins.'; ';When Networks Network: TV Gets Social'; uncovered three key types of motivations leading fans to engage in TV-related ...

  • Anatomy of an attempt to sell an AM

    Sign up for free to get: The AM Report and PM Report delivered to your inbox. RBR-TVBR delivers complete broadcasting news analysis and our infamous ...

  • SummitMedia helps Oklahoma tornado victims

    With details still emerging from the EF4 tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, Cox media Group's SummitMedia in Greenville, SC is rallying listeners to donate to the victims of the storm during a fundraiser 5/22 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Employees from Summit's four properties, 107-3 JAMZ, Chuck FM, X 98.5, and Hot 98.1, are preparing vehicles, tents, and tables for the monetary drive, ...

  • Study Viewers Accept Online Content and Ads

    With digital video companies challenging traditional programmers for television ad dollars, a study by media agency Starcom found that consumers accept content created for online streaming. The study also found that original streaming content not only presents a reach opportunity at a lower cost than TV content online, but can offer increased relevance via targeting and consumer choice that ...

  • FCC’s Wireless Bureau seeks alternative auction plans

    The bureau is focusing on a proposal offered by broadcasters and wireless companies that would start clearing spectrum at channel 51 and move ...

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