Headlines
Nielsen Gains Edge After TV Networks Work to Cut Its Measurement Role
Some yardsticks are hard to break.
Noble Capital Says Local Advertising Looks Different Compared To Previous Economic Dips
The radio industry could face a more challenging period during the next few months, according to Noble Capital. The investment bank says that while national advertising has remained weak, it now believes that local advertising is beginning to “moderate” as well with “weakness” in both the large and small markets.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Station Trading Roundup: 1 Deal, $4,975,000
The purchase of WILC-CD Sugar Grove, Ill., by Daystar TV Network tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA Advisory Services.
Sold: Kansas, Michigan, Four Corners Clusters
IOLA BROADCASTING, INC. is selling News-Talk KIOL-A-K257GM and Country KIKS-F/IOLA, KS to AD ASTRA PER ASPERA BROADCASTING, INC. for $325,000 in a promissory note.
Rock Doubles Up In Fort Myers
Sun Broadcasting’s “Rock 103.3” W277AP Bayshore/93.7 WHEL-HD2 Sanibel/Fort Myers FL has added an additional signal with recently acquired 94.1 W231DC Fort Myers.
Hutton Broadcasting Acquires Nine From American General Media In The Four Corners
Scott Hutton’s Hutton Broadcasting, which currently owns six stations in Santa Fe NM, is purchasing nine stations in Farmington NM and Cortez and Durango CO serving the Four Corners from American General Media.
Central PA Newspapers To Be Gifted To WITF
Steinman Communications is donating its newspaper holdings in Central Pennsylvania to public media operator WITF Inc.
Television
FCC Issues 16 Warnings for Allowing Pirate Broadcasts
The FCC's Enforcement Bureau issued 16 warnings to landowners in the New York City and New Jersey metro areas for allowing illegal broadcasting from their properties.
My Take on AM? I AM What I AM And That's All That I AM
“Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got til it's gone?”
