Also: California and 11 other states sue to stop Paramount-WBD merger; syndicated version of GMFB comes to an end; After tying Audacy’s WXRT for the top spot in the Nielsen PPMs in May, Hubbard’s Hot AC 101.9 The Mix (WTMX) have broken away and claimed it for themselves in June. It was a banner survey for 101.9 The Mix, as […]
Also: So long My50…again; “Wheel”, “Drew” off to strong ratings start; ABC 7 promotes Nwosu to marketing position While NBC Sports’ other RSNs are preparing for the future, NBC Sports Chicago is ending its 20-year run Monday – but not quietly as the station plans to air over 36 hours of live and past content Sunday, celebrating its time on […]
New TV era means a new way of doing business Back in the late 1980s when cable TV was growing, a big deal was made about syndicated exclusively, or “syndex” as local broadcasters complained about national “superstations” such as WWOR-TV in New York and WGN-TV in Chicago draining rating points from their programs. And so, on January 1, 1990, […]
Sony returns to daily syndication with NFL show The NFL Network’s Good Morning Football morning show may soon be available on a local station near you. On Wednesday, the league confirmed plans that a new, separate first-run syndicated version of the show is in the works with Sony Pictures Television. Titled GMFB (an acronym for Good Morning Football), the show […]
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