Headlines
Pearl TV: ATSC 3.0 to Reach 75% Penetration with Chicago Launch
Consortium focuses on set tops/dongles to promote NextGen TV adoption
Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Turns 85 – Could the Panic It Caused Happen Today?
On the 75th anniversary of The War of the Worlds broadcast, PBS’s American Experience ran a great documentary about the production – talking about Orson Welles’ decision to delay an announcement that the program was a fictional production, not a real invasion, long after his network superiors ordered that announcement because the network phone lines were tied up with anxious callers.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Station Trading Roundup: 1 Deal, $20,000
The purchase of K26CV-D Ogallala, Neb., by Flood Communications tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA Advisory Services.
EMF Acquires Two In Mississippi
Educational Media Foundation is purchasing two stations in Mississippi from Flinn Broadcasting.
With Station Sale Pending, Adell Yanks The CW From WADL
Travel east on 15 Mile Road from Gratiot Avenue, just south of Mt. Clemens, Mich., and you’ll come across the broadcast tower and the studios and offices of a television station that debuted on May 20, 1989, under the ownership of a man who owned an automotive parts supply company.
Television
NAB Show New York: Station Groups Optimistic Despite Current Challenges
A favorable shift in the winds buffeting TV broadcasters lent some much-needed optimism to a candid front-office discussion at NAB New York that underscored the gravity of the challenges faced by station owners.
Survey: TV sports rights too fragmented
Sports fans crave more TV content but have trouble accessing it due to the fragmented nature of the sports rights market, according to Altman Solon’s 2023 Global Sports Media Survey.
Radio
"Ladies And Gentlemen, THE BEATLES!"
For rock music historians, 1969 will always be a special year. It marked the introduction of Led Zeppelin, the year of Woodstock, and the debut of the Who's groundbreaking rock opera, “Tommy.”
Senator Suggests Tying Federal EV Tax Credits To AM Radio Inclusion.
As support for a bill that would require carmakers to keep AM radio in their dashboard entertainment systems continues to build in Congress, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has an idea that will give auto companies more incentive to go along. He suggests that if a brand pulls AM out of their models, the federal government should in turn yank the $7,500 per car tax credit for any electric cars that the auto company makes.
"I'd Just Be Throwing Good Money After Bad"
That is a recent objection someone brought to me when we discussed radio advertising. Why? Because the unemployment rate is so low, they felt trying to do anything would be a waste.
