Cumulus Loses Voice-Track Ruling
April 13, 2015
The Chicagoland Radio & Media website reports that the Chicago Local SAG-AFTRA Union fought Cumulus Media Chicago over its use of voice-tracking WLUP and WKQX DJs, and how the company compensated them. An independent...
Media Shakeups: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
And I don’t buy their chicken-and-egg excuses for all that slashing …. that people …especially the younger ones … just aren’t tuning in anymore. (Harvey Oberfeld)
MONDAY in Broadcast History .. April 13th
IT WAS APRIL 13th .. when the weekly radio crime drama 'Bulldog Drummond' began its 8-year run on the Mutual Broadcast System...
When the CRTC's first public hearings on Cable Television were held...
When "The Grand Ole Opry," a Saturday night radio staple from Nashville that holds the longevity record for any live broadcast, came to cable TV (Nashville Network) ...
and when the cast of "The Andy Griffith Show" reunited for the NBC-TV film "Return To Mayberry." It attracted the largest audience of any TV-movie that year.
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Canada’s Film and TV Tax Credits Targeted by Cash-Strapped Provinces
Ontario and Quebec have both come forward with proposals to scale back their assistance. Ontario has already put new restrictions on its digital media tax credit, and a committee in Quebec has recommended phasing out the Quebec Production Services Tax Credit.
John Dickerson to Succeed Bob Schieffer as Host of CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’
Dickerson, currently the network's political director, will take over the anchor desk on the Sunday morning public affairs show from Schieffer this summer, just in time to rev up for the 2016 presidential race
The Inherent Holes in the PPM System
Harker Research has made repeated requests for Arbitron and now Nielsen to reveal test data on issues like reliability of decoding. The company has stonewalled all our requests.
SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. April 12th
IT WAS APRIL 12th when Canadian broadcaster J. Frank Willis began his legendary 69 hour marathon coverage from a mine surface in Nova Scotia (pictured), after an explosion trapped three miners down below ...
When 'The Life of Riley' family comedy was heard for the first time on the CBS radio network, as a Saturday morning half-hour...
When CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show featured Brook Benton singing his first hit, "It's Just A Matter Of Time"...
and when the first episode of "21 Jump Street" starring a young Johnny Depp, aired on the Fox Network.
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