Katy Bachman

The bloom may be coming off the TV advertising rose. According to a joint Association of National Advertisers and Forrester Research survey of more than 100 national advertisers, 62 percent of respondents think TV ads have become less effective in the past two years.

More than 48 million people (48,009,595) tuned in to watch President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address Wednesday night (Jan. 27).

Gail Huff, wife of Senator-elect Scott Brown (R-MA), is staying put as a general assignment reporter for WCVB-TV, Hearst Television's ABC affiliate in Boston.

Air America Media, the left-leaning radio network with a political mission, told its employees Thursday (Jan. 21) that it had filed for bankruptcy and will shut down operations by Monday.

Brian Robert, chairman and CEO of Comcast; and Jeff Zucker, president and CEO of NBC Universal, are scheduled to testify before the Senate Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Subcommittee chaired by Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) on February 4.

Rep Edolphus "Ed" Towns (D-NY), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is keeping the pressure on Arbitron to address problems with its portable people meter rating system.

Political advertising could hit $3.3 billion in 2010, an 11 percent increase over 2008.

Under new ownership, radio giant Clear Channel has announced an expanded local community affairs policy for its stations including charitable partnerships, increased airing of public-service announcements, more local public-affairs programming in better dayparts, the creation of local advisory boards and 24/7 access to station management for local officials.

BIA Advisory Services, a subsidiary of BIA Financial Network, predicts radio industry revenue to drop 7 percent this year to $16.7 billion, the lowest total in more than five years.

The National Association of Broadcasters turned to an emerging out-of-home ad platform to remind consumers about the pending transition to digital TV: the gas pump.