Broadcasting & Cable - December 21, 2009

If ever there was a time when a station general manager had to be on top of his or her game, it was 2009. Business was, of course, way, way off, with stations forced to tap revenue from new sources and crucial ad categories such as automotive on life support. Bankruptcy loomed for several large groups, and general managers had to shift to 24/7 news operations with often drastically shrunken sta...

• Deals
• Deals

• Feature
• Cover Story
• Peter Dunn: The Power Behind WCBS' Rise
• Tom Griesdorn: Columbus' Top Buckeye
• Weigel Maximizes DTV Pipe
• Ted Fortenberry: Master Multi-Tasker

• Market Eye
• Bucking the Trend

• News
• Fast Track
• Programmers Backing Off From CES
• Networks Still Bank On, and Avoid, 'Idol'
• Left Coast Bias
• An Open Letter to 2009
• Station to Station
• Affiliates' 'Leno' Optimism Flagging
• Washington Watch
• Spectrum, Comcast-NBCU Deal Dominate Hearing

• Opinion
• Editorial
• No Protection (Again)

• People
• Fifth Estater
• Interactivity Keeps Ad Sales Active at DirecTV

• Syndication
• Small Syndicators Take on Movie-Star Status