Media

Building on its effort to serve the Hispanic sports fan, ESPN Deportes Radio will offer exclusive national broadcast of the 2006 edition of InterLiga, the qualifying tournament that will determine two automatic berths for Mexican clubs to the Copa Libertadores.

According to Inside radio, Spanish Broadcasting System was fined $20,000 for an EEO violation In Los Angeles. It’s a not-so-gentle reminder from the FCC about #1, recruiting for every full-time vacancy (and not just using the Internet). And #2, doing the self-assessment process – which would’ve caught the problem at KDAY/KDAI, KXOL and KLAX earlier. The Commission does renew the licenses of all four FMs.

Viacom Outdoor announced it has renewed its contract with the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority to handle all display advertising on rail cars, in stations and on station platforms in New York City Subways and Staten Island Railway.

Cable and Congress are at it again. During a hearing that was supposed to be about indecency, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin brought up a study which “concludes that purchasing cable programming in a more a la carte manner in fact could be economically feasible and in consumers’ best interest.”