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Latino radio giant Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. last week bought the 106.5 FM broadcast license in Houston, Texas, for $80 million from El Dorado Communications. Under the terms of the purchase, [...]

Who'd a thunk a local talk-show host could go too far for the edgy XFL? Meet Paul Finebaum--a combination George Will/Jim Rome type prowling the radio airwaves of Birmingham, Ala.--who [...]

New advertising rates are going out to Denver-area merchants in the wake of a Joint Operating Agreement between The Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News and early reaction is harsh. [...]

Atlanta had its own version of Survivor and shoppers at the suburban North Point Mall last month got to see it all. The 'Urban Survivor II' promotion, by 99X WNNX-FM [...]

Chesapeake Publishing Corp. will turn its attention to its base of 20 community newspapers on Maryland's Eastern Shore in the wake of a Feb. 1 sale of 23 papers. 'The [...]

Baltimore--area media outlets are expected to suffer from the disappearance of advertising revenue resulting from the December bankruptcy of department store retailer Montgomery Ward, which had eight stores in the [...]

Just three weeks after signing an equity and programming agreement with Mexico's third-ranking network, MVS Television, the Hispanic Television Network has told federal regulators it is facing serious financial difficulty. [...]

Philadelphia will get its first local Spanish-language television station the week of Dec. 18. WWSI will broadcast Telemundo programming to some 400,000 Hispanics in the market. Although the new station [...]

2001 dot-com spending is the big X factor for now-bulging business books Want a tangible example of how the dot-com revolution has driven the current economic boom? Look no further [...]

No more 'if it bleeds, it leads' for local news on Atlanta's CBS affiliate. The Meredith-owned station received new call letters on the Fourth of July, switching from WGNX-TV to [...]

Fox Sports Net Florida network can't get on Time Warner cable systems in Orlando or Comcast systems in Sarasota. The reason, both operators say, is simple: Subscribers don't want it. [...]

Orlando magazine last week hired Jim Clark, a 21-year veteran of the daily Orlando Sentinel, as its new editor. Clark has been tapped to breathe new life into Miami-based Abarta [...]

In the end, Dick Broadcasting chief Allen Dick may have gotten exactly what he wanted (in addition to $300 million in cash) for his 11 radio stations in the Southeast. [...]

Having the radio rights to pro teams just isn't what it used to be, says the general manager of WET-AM in Charlotte, N.C. WET next fall will drop broadcasting the [...]

A day in the life of a local cable advertising rep includes rattlesnakes, Persian rugs and an abundance of computer-aided research It makes her look. As Sheila Wardy traverses the [...]

Sunshine Network tried not to miss a beat last week after losing its affiliation with Fox Sports Net on March 1 by filling its schedule with local and regional athletic [...]

The Hispanic Television Network, formerly the American Independent Network, has bought 10 television stations in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona, and plans to buy six more in California, Texas [...]

Charter Communications has bought an equity stake in Atlanta-based Comcast Sports Southeast, a 24-hour regional sports network owned by the top-five cable operator. In Charter's Southern markets, CSS will be [...]

Truckin' in 3-D with 'Overdrive' Break out the 3-D glasses for the January issue of Overdrive magazine. The 38-year-old trucking title teamed with Volvo to create a three-dimensional cover and [...]

A unique alliance between a suburban Atlanta newspaper and a local cable TV operator is reaping big dividends for both in one of the South's fastest-growing counties. Every subscriber to [...]

Aside from the obvious, few Atlanta media outlets will score big advertising dollars when Super Bowl XXXIV comes to the Georgia Dome Jan. 30. The most likely beneficiary will be [...]

Wanna talk some college football? Conference Call is the only regional sports-talk radio show in the country to do so. The Memphis-based re-gional talk show (6-9 p.m. Eastern), which focuses [...]

Southern Lady, a new publication launched nationally this month, is billed as the only magazine unique to the lifestyle and traditions of Southern women. 'It's written by Southern women for [...]

Call it the battle of Biscayne Boulevard. Miami Metro magazine has sued The Miami Herald in federal court, claiming trademark infringement for naming its newly designed local news section 'Metro [...]

* BOTH DAILY PAPERS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALA., which coexist under a joint operating agreement, unveiled major makeovers Sept. 13. The morning Birmingham News (owned by Advance Publications, with a weekday [...]

Get ready, America, for Rick and Bubba. The two self-proclaimed 'sexiest fat men alive' have blown away their competitors in less than a year in Birmingham, Ala.'s morning-radio drive-time battle. [...]

IT'S CSS vs. CS SOUTHEAST IN THE CABLEB battle for the Southern college sports fan. And what a battle it is. Officials from both regional networks accuse each other of [...]

* LIN TELEVISION MAY WAIT UNTIL THE LAST minute-the last minute of the millennium, that is-to decide whether to buy WVTMTV, NBC's owned-and-operated station in Birmingham, Ala. The Rhode Island-based [...]

Southern Living magazine will be showcased with a half-hour weekly program on the new Turner South regional cable channel. Created by Atlanta-based Turner Broadcasting System, the network will premiere on [...]

* A NEW REGIONAL SPORTS CABLE NETWORK, billed as the first in the nation devoted exclusively to college athletics, is scheduled to be launched before the start of the football [...]

The best magazine Internet strategies go beyond basic content to offer services Most magazine executives would agree the Internet is creating vast opportunities for publishing companies to generate revenue. 'But [...]

NBC affiliates owned by two religious institutions are the first battlefields chosen by Salt Lake City-based content activist Steve DeVore, who is intent on growing a national grassroots campaign against [...]

Radio One has further solidified its Houston presence with the acquisition of KRTS-FM, at the expense of the city's only commercial classical format and last independent station. The $72.5 million [...]

Atlanta's UPN affiliate WUPA-TV launched a new hourlong newscast in prime time last week, but with a twist. To draw interest in the 10-11 p.m. slot, WUPA combined a newscast [...]

Denver last week joined Chicago and Houston as cities with pro franchises leaving Fox Sports Networks to form their own network. Kroenke Sports Enterprises LLC--owner of the National Basketball Association's [...]

In what its general manager called a move to reinvent local television, KTKA, the ABC affiliate in Topeka, Kan., last week shuttered its 24-person news department. 'The way we've been [...]

Gilbert Nicholson is a media writer for the Birmingham Business Journal. The best magazine internet strategies go beyond basic content to offer services Most magazine executives would agree the Internet [...]

Presents news briefs on local media in the United States as of March 6, 2000. Internet-only, all-news radio station of WTOP-AM in Washington; Reorganization at the newspaper `St. Petersburg Times'; Ackerley Group's acquisition of Elray Outdoor Advertising.

Provides news updates on the television broadcast industry in the United States. Beneficiary of the Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta, Georgia; Editor and vice president of the newspaper `Indianapolis Star'; Acquisitions in middle sized radio markets by Citadel Communications company.

Reports on the extension of the radio broadcasting of the Saint Louis Cardinals baseball game by KMOX news-talk station in Missouri for the year 2001. Details on the contract extension deal; Information on a tribute given to sports broadcaster Jack Buck; Professional background and career status of Buck; Capabilities of the radio transmitter owned by the station.

Focuses on different local mass media issues in the United States. Rulings of the court regarding the ban on private casino advertising in states where gambling is legal; Announcement of the airing date of CSPN Southeast, a regional sports cable network; Information on `Loveline,' the WNEW-FM radio talk show.

Features Tom Pittman, publisher and general manager of 'De Soto Times Today' and Bob Pittman, chief operating officer of AOL Time Warner. Biological background of the brothers; Description of their business relationship.

Reports on the plan of `Boston Magazine' to launch `Boston Magazine's Concierge' in hotels in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts in September 2001. Focus of the magazine; Target readers.

Focuses on the merger of independent weekly newspapers, `The Avenue News' and `The Perry Hall and Parkville Avenue,' following its divestiture to the Chesapeake Publishing Corp. Reason for the sale of the publications.

Focuses on the redesign of the `Atlanta Jewish Times' in its 75th anniversary issue in November 2000. Changes in the issue; Average paid subscription and edition of the newspaper; Sections added in the newspaper.