The Radio Mercury Awards has selected its 2026 chief judge for the Radio Mercury Awards. It is the co-Chief Creative Officer and co-founder of Bandits & Friends, described as "an independently owned, award-winning, business-driven, minority and female-founded full-service creative ad agency."
Counsel representing Bonneville International Corp. and Connoisseur Media have submitted paperwork with the Commission seeking its regulatory approval of the sale of the LDS Church-affiliated media company's assets in the San Francisco Bay Area to the company led by Jeffrey Warshaw.
With Standard Media unloading its TV stations following its failed attempt to merge with TEGNA, it sold the non-licensed assets of the ABC affiliate in Providence and two Paducah, Ky., area TV stations to the company led by Chris Ripley. Now, Standard Media has those stations and its Lincoln, Neb., property.
In early September, radio industry veteran Tom Birch made it known that “illegal translator interference” was impacting the reach of a Clarksville, Va.-licensed FM with listeners on the northern edge of the Raleigh market. The FCC hasn't yet acted, leading Birch to renew his call for Commission assistance.
Speaking at a press conference after the FCC's November Open Meeting, Anna M. Gómez said Nexstar Media Group's proposed TEGNA merger— a deal that would put Nexstar well above Congressionally mandated local TV ownership reach limits — can't simply get the FCC's approval without a rule change.
On Thursday, BCE — parent of the CTV television network and radio stations operated under the iHeartRadio Canada banner — and the Bell Media broadcast arm both culled its manager-level employee roster in a move tied to a 36-month debt leverage reduction plan.
Nearly half of U.S. pay-TV households receive their service through internet-delivered platforms. That's the big takeaway from the new S.O.S. State of Streaming report released this week by Parks Associates.
Not only is Ryanne Saucier the VP of Legal Affairs at FOX Television Stations, but she also recently launched a podcast of her own that brings heart, humor, and honesty to the airwaves through conversations about grief, reinvention, and the often unspoken parts of becoming someone new after life falls apart.
The Hot 97, WBLS, and Estrella Media owner reported revenue of $35.4 million for the three months ended September 30, up 18.5% from $29.9 million in the same period last year. However, operating expenses climbed 15.7% to $42.5 million, resulting in an operating loss of $7.1 million.
On February 10, RBR+TVBR noted that Nueva Network, Costa Media, and MLC Media would be “aligning” their assets, ultimately impacting radio station management and operations. Now, the man behind MLC Media will become the sole equity interest holder in Costa Media's radio operations.
When two Class B1 FMs with adjacent signals butt up against each other with their contour patterns, it can create interference concerns. However, that's not the case in Maryland, thanks to the deployment of GeoBroadcast Solutions' "MaxxCasting" technology at a pair of FMs in Baltimore and Frederick.
For 100 years, KMOX-AM has been one of the only radio stations audible from coast to coast, thanks to its Class A 50kw clear channel signal. Now, Audacy Inc. is celebrating its station's centennial with special programming.
Sinclair Inc. has been tasked with compensating plaintiffs in a case decided by an Illinois federal district court as a result of failing to retain such electronically stored information as text messages. It's tied to a antitrust lawsuit filed against the company tied to alleged price fixing of broadcast TV ads.
The Vice President of Public Policy at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) has provided a formal Letter for the Record to a key House Subcommittee that outlines the impacts of a potential permanent Daylight Saving Time on stations reliant on service in the kHz band.
A former VP/GM of WJZ-TV in Baltimore — a 28-year industry veteran who became a leadership coach after her March 2022 exit — has lost a battle waged against Paramount Global pertaining to a bonus she claimed was owed to her as part of her employment agreement.
The parent company to Dielectric that's leading the march toward ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast standard conversion in the U.S. has over the last two months invested in a significant number of shares in The E.W. Scripps Co. On Monday, Sinclair continued its share-buying spree, a fresh SEC document shows.
Introducing MB Docket No. 25-322, which carries the lengthy name "Empowering Local Broadcast TV Stations to Meet Their Public Interest Obligations: Exploring Market Dynamics Between National Programmers and Their Affiliates." A comment period has opened, ensuring the FCC will get a flood of filings.
Two FM radio stations, an AM radio station and its accompanying FM translator are poised to become the properties of a new owner, as an asset purchase purchase dated October 21 has been submitted to the fully reopened FCC for its regulatory approval.
What is a "framework for comprehensive reform" that the FCC should consider for broadcast television? One D.C. think tank suggests "the ideal deregulatory solution would eliminate outdated ownership restrictions and the retransmission-consent framework, which gives broadcasters regulatory advantages."
In another sign that political ad dollars are no longer the dominant domain of broadcast television, Comcast-owned FreeWheel has brought to life on-platform integrations with a host of political data providers. The partnerships give political advertisers access to the increasingly important Connected TV universe.
