Cox Enterprises is forming a new organization, Cox Media Group Inc., which will bring together Cox Newspapers, Cox Television and Cox Radio into a single unit beginning in January, TVNewsday reports. The businesses that will make up the group will…
The annual report card on network television diversity, put out by the Multi-Ethnic Media Coalition, finds that the networks have made strides in the past year, Variety reports. However, as in past years, the ninth annual report by the coalition…
NBC will bid farewell to “ER” with a two-hour finale on March 12 at 9 p.m., the network said in its mid-season schedule announcement. New series “Kings” will start with a two-hour premiere March 19 at 9 p.m. before it…
WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio, a Dispatch Broadcast Group-owned CBS affiliate, dominated the market during November sweeps, the Columbus Dispatch reports. Each of the station’s news reports won its time slot, according to the newspaper, while CBS network programming also beat…
Fox News Channel’s firm grip on the cable news crown continued in the November sweeps, which was chock full of economic, political and terrorism news that boosted ratings across the board. Ten of the top 15 cable-news programs for the…
Debi Faubion, the longest-serving television news anchor in the Charlotte market, has announced that she will retire from her job with WSOC-TV when her contract runs out in June, the Charlotte Observer reports. Faubion has been an anchor at the…
Former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Richard Wiley sees a relatively smooth transition ahead, both on the digital front and in the political arena, as a new Democratic-controlled FCC takes over just as the DTV conversion goes into effect nationwide, Broadcasting…
Kansas City, Mo., station KCWE-TV, a Hearst-Argyle-owned CW affiliate, will shut down its analog broadcast on Dec. 19, making the switch to digital two months ahead of the national deadline, TVNewsday reports. The early conversion “will provide local viewers with…
Showtime says it ordered a third season of its David Duchovny series “Californication.” Production will resume in the spring on 12 episodes expected to air late next year. “It wouldn’t be Showtime without a yearly dose of ‘Californication,’” Robert Greenblatt,…