Radio+Television Business Report

University of Washington Athletics and Huskies Sports Properties have agreed to a multi-year extension of their partnership with iHeartMedia in Seattle, a move that deepens the station group’s role as the collegiate teams’ flagship radio partner.

A group claiming to be pro-consumer that has been largely aligned with the interests of the Cable TV industry, has provided answers to the FCC with respect to a mandated end to ATSC 1.0 broadcasts from direct broadcast satellite service provider DirecTV. It wants any forced ATSC 3.0 change date prevented at all costs.

A habitual South Florida broadcasting buccaneer who repeatedly thumbed its nose at the FCC Enforcement Bureau has been arrested and charged with a felony for continuing to operate his unlicensed radio station out of his home in Biscayne Gardens, a community just south of the Golden Glades Interchange in Miami.

With support for the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act continuing to build in the House of Representatives, the buying and selling of kHz-band stations continues. On August 14, several deals were filed with the FCC, seeking its regulatory approval for changes of control on these AM radio stations.

In Las Vegas and across South Florida, watching National Hockey League match-ups featuring the local team doesn't require cable TV anymore. In the Metroplex of North Texas, fans of the Dallas Stars will soon be able to watch some 17 games via over-the-air broadcast TV across the 2025-2026 pre-season and regular season.

That's another question posed by Borrell Associates, with the potential answers being "Streaming/Connected TV/OTT"; Cable; and Broadcast TV. What was the top answer?

Program fellows gain real-world experience during a summer internship at a local television station where they are immersed in a local programming and production environment. In addition to the onsite training, students attend online classes, complete a capstone project and receive mentorship on professional development.

DirecTV has a no-cost programming service, and it has just added additional free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) linear content offerings from NBCUniversal, Fox Corp., and Warner Bros. Discovery.

“With Telemundo Deportes Ahora, we’re giving Hispanic audiences another way to connect with the sports they love, complementing our sports offering and enhancing their viewing experience on the road to World Cup and beyond,” said Joaquin Duro, Executive Vice President of Sports at Telemundo.

On Saturday, Gray Media's WANF-46 will conclude its run as a CBS affiliate, with Paramount Skydance-owned WUPA-69 becoming "CBS Atlanta" in the South's largest market. Unlike the debut of WWJ-62 in Detroit at the end of 1994, a local news team will provide Atlanta with another choice for information.

It's motto is that it is the "Pick of the Dial," and can be heard at 1570 kHz or at 102.5 MHz via an FM translator serving a Lone Star State town due east of Dallas. Soon, these facilities will be under the ownership of Christie Lynn Tate.

As part of the overarching larger merger of the companies, the FCC has approved Alpha Media’s waiver of the Commission’s local radio ownership rules to transfer control of its five licensed stations in the Tyler-Longview, TX market to Connoisseur Media.

While Allen Shaw in recent years sold WINC-FM 92.5 in nearby Winchester, Va., to Educational Media Foundation, he kept the Fredericksburg AM/FM combo linked to Centennial Broadcasting II. Now, he's growing, not selling, in Fredericksburg and adjacent Stafford and Spotsylvania Counties.

He has been with the FOX Television Stations (FTS) properties serving the Nation's Capital since 2014 and with the company for 20 years. Now, he's been promoted to VP of News and Content for WTTG-TV and WDCA-TV in Washington.

Trading on the OTCQX and with its stock hovering below $1 for more than two months, Salem Media Group has in recent months ramped up its video content while recently welcoming conservative digital strategist Harrison Weinhold to accelerate podcast growth. Will that be enough to reverse Salem's fiscal ills?

Several broadcast television stations that are presently operated by Sinclair Inc. through shared services agreements are being sold to the company led by CEO Chris Ripley, four new regulatory filings awaiting FCC approval have revealed.

The Fraser Institute finds that loosening restrictions on foreign investment and removing regulations that constrain how firms can compete in Canadian telecommunications and broadcasting industries would benefit Canadians through increased service offerings, improved product quality, and lower prices.

He's a familiar face to RBR+TVBR readers as one of the Top Local TV Leaders of 2024. Now, Billy Robbins is taking on a larger, newly created corporate-level role for Sinclair Inc.

An FM radio station that had been off the air under Special Temporary Authority with a construction permit for a mountaintop facility south of Provo, Utah, has officially resumed operations. That news comes alongside a Notification of Consummation shared on Tuesday by the FCC four months after the deal closed.

In Q2, revenue improved to $1.22 billion, from $1.19 billion. But, that's thanks to increases in its education, manufacturing and healthcare businesses. TV broadcasting and automotive segments experienced year-over-year dips in the second quarter.