NAB 2005: Fritts Surveys Industry Changes
CEO Speaks on NAB’s Past, Present Issues
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NAB 2005: Mays’ Formula for Growth
By Brad Pomerance Lowry Mays, the chairman and CEO of Clear Channel Communications, who is being honored today by the National Association of Broadcasters with a Distinguished Service Award, combined his shrewd business sense with a reliance on local operators…
Repent, Hollywood
“Sin, sin, sin. You’re all sinners. You’re all doomed to perdition. You’re all goin’ to the painful, stinkin’, scaldin’, everlastin’ tortures of a fiery hell, created by God for sinners, unless, unless, unless you repent.”So warned the character Elmer Gantry,…
Pierson Honored by Humanitas
| Organizations | TV Veteran Keynoter at Award Event
Producers Blast Net Execs
Top Drama Series Showrunners Sound Off on Industry’s Priorities, Travails of the Job
NAB 2005: ‘Tonight Show’ Honored
NBC’s long-running “Tonight Show” will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame during Monday’s NAB 2005 Television Luncheon. Current “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno will be on hand for the event, which also will feature a…
Success Story: Cooking Healthy in Cleveland
The period following the winter holidays is when many people want to get their bodies back into shape, so Raycom Media sister stations CBS affiliate WOIO-TV and UPN affiliate WUAB-TV in Cleveland served up a Fit Foods for Healthy Living…
Is Honeymoon Over for ABC’s ‘Bachelor’?
| Programming | Network Considering Fate of Reality Franchise as Audience Shrinks
Biz Briefs: Cablevision Still Pursuing Adelphia
Cablevision Systems as of late last week was continuing to explore the possibility of sweetening its $16.5 billion, all-cash offer currently on the table for Adelphia Communications. The company continues to perform due diligence and is expected to make a…
NAB Will ‘Throw a Wide Net’ in Search for New Leader
The search is on to find a successor for Eddie Fritts now that he has announced he is ready to end his 23-year run as president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters.But the NAB board’s executive committee plans…