Radio+Television Business Report

An announcement arrived just before 5 PM Pacific time on Friday, ending a re-transmission dispute that blocked DirecTV customers from receiving all stations owned by The EW Scripps Co..

Radio has a fresh lineup of sessions on AI, streaming, and broadcast innovation to look forward to in Manhattan this fall. Registration is now open for NAB Show New York, returning to the Javits Center on October 21 and 22 with roughly 80 hours of programming.

Two FM translators licensed to the radio broadcasting company founded by the late Gordon Ichikawa and led today by Dawn Ichikawa is being sold to a regional operator led by Tom Hoyt.

The NAB has launched a redesigned Spot Center, a move the association says makes it easier for local radio and television stations to access "high-quality public service campaigns from trusted nonprofit organizations."

A broadcast television station acquired within the last year by Todd Parkin-led Rincon Broadcasting Group as part of a $29.4 million transaction with Sinclair Inc. and today under the ultimate control of Soo Kim has reached an agreement with the National Basketball Association’s Milwaukee franchise.

Connected TV is winning a larger share of marketing budgets, but not yet full trust. That's the main conclusion from a just-released report produced by a performance Connected TV platform that connects streaming television to "real business outcomes." Has Jamloop produced important insights for a changing industry?

Jacob Tobey, viewed as a rising star in sports announcer circles, is no longer associated with the NBA's San Antonio Spurs, putting his career path in a haze. The reasons are linked to social media accusations that Tobey, once a "9News" sports anchor, had established a romantic relationship with a woman married to a Spurs player.

Updated guides providing broadcasters with practical guidance for conducting self-inspections of their stations have been released for AM, FM and both UHF and VHF television stations by the NAB. The guides are a free member benefit to NAB and SBE members.

Taryn Asher was suspended in fall 2025 before being terminated for what WJBK-TV in Detroit says was improper workplace behavior. In June, she sued Fox Television Stations over the dismissal. Now, Asher is fighting for the end of a noncompete agreement. But, there's a dispute over when her last employment date was.

Now that it is an affiliate of Disney., the Board of Directors at FuboTV Inc. has opted to make a change at the top. As of today, David Gandler is no longer Chief Executive Officer. That role has gone to a "seasoned media executive with decades of experience in leadership roles at several prominent global media organizations."

With a logo that pays homage to Nashville's1980s-era Top 40 "Y107," WHIN-AM and its FM simulcast pay tribute to that time with a broad Classic Hits presentation, targeting audiences to the northeast of Music City USA. Soon, that may change, as the facilities have been sold by Kensington Digital Media after a decade of ownership.

Connoisseur Media is bringing a name from the agency world into its newly created Vice President of Human Resources role. Lorraine Hirsh joined the company on June 29, arriving with HR leadership experience at IMRE and McCann.

Until July of last year, he was the Head of Audio Business and VP of Media for Rogers Sports & Media, the entity that just shuttered all of its all-News radio stations outside of CFTR-AM. Now, he has resurfaced at Pattison Media, one of the largest audio brand operators in Western Canada.

An AM radio station offering listeners Classic Country music and agricultural reports and its FM sibling with an Oldies format branded as "The Bear" are poised to be heading into the hands of a new owner. What does this mean for this pair of stations serving Bozeman, Mont.?

It is an agreement the FCC believes is all about "strengthening Payola protections for artists." For the nation's largest radio station ownership group, it requires a compliance plan that effectively terminates an Enforcement Bureau investigation into potential violations of the FCC's Sponsorship Identification Laws.

Atlanta News First and ESPN have reached an agreement to simulcast select Atlanta Falcons games locally, beginning with two confirmed games during the 2026 NFL season and potentially games in 2027.

The Media Rating Council has begun an effort to evaluate existing standards and guidelines and develop supplementary guidance in certain focus areas, as it relates to the rapidly evolving use of artificial intelligence and Machine Learning models in areas that intersect with media measurement processes and products.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has granted a request by the Commission to dismiss the appeals filed in the combined Free Press v. FCC case designed to thwart Nexstar Media Group's regulatorily approved merger with TEGNA. It's a win for the Commission and for Nexstar.

Four photographers who work for the news-driven unaffiliated television station serving Boston owned by Sunbeam Television have taken the company to court for allegedly failing to properly reimburse them for time spent during a mandatory hotel stay tied to a winter weather plan initiated by the station in late January.

Nexstar Media Group's reply brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals largely reiterates its earlier arguments while offering a plea to do something many have predicted — removing the state Attorneys General that joined DirecTV in fighting against its regulatorily-approved merger with TEGNA.