Radio+Television Business Report

The individual who serves as VP/General Manager of Cox Media Group's Miami Valley radio and television stations has been appointed SVP and Chief Sales Officer of the Apollo Global Management-controlled company's TV properties. 

The longtime face behind the Augusta Radio Fellowship Institute has signed off on an agreement that will see it part ways with an AM radio station and its FM translator companion in the South Carolina city of Greenwood.

More than 150 local PBS stations and the PBS KIDS Channel will launch ad-free over the coming months as a Prime Video FAST offering. It's thanks to an agreement announced on Thursday by the nation's largest educational noncommercial television operation.

The E.W. Scripps Company has decided who will succeed Jeff Burnton, who will serve as the station manager and director of sales of its ABC affiliate in Phoenix until his retirement at the end of the year.

What are some of the nation's biggest media company leaders thinking, and where do they see broadcasting headed next year and beyond? The Forecast 2025 Executive Super Session, sponsored by ABC Audio, saw NewsNation's Lee Harris ask four major industry leaders to share their perspectives and insights.

With legislation on Capitol Hill designed to preserve local journalism withering as a “lame duck” Congressional session limps to its January 2025 conclusion, ensuring broadcasters have the resources — and finances — to keep the lights on served as the key topic of conversation at one Forecast 2025 panel.

The local connected TV ad tech company has added two new individuals to its leadership team, welcoming a SVP/GM of Enterprise Partnerships and a VP of Enterprise Strategy and Solutions to its roster.

Dielectric has finalized the installation of a broadband FM antenna system for two major operators in Western Australia's largest market. And, the work from Dielectric was made possible thanks to a partnership with broadcast and telecommunications infrastructure and wireless products partner BAI Communications (BAI).

It's a freshly finalized deal signed on Wednesday that has just been submitted with the FCC for regulatory approval. And, it will see the sale of an FM translator serving a South Carolina city as "94.9 The Palm" to one of the Southeast's biggest Spanish-language media companies.

Founded by the Tyler family, the company is comprised of a small group of Telemundo, Univision and Estrella Media affiliates; an outdoor advertising business; and a collection of 13 radio stations. With regulatory approval, the number of radio properties will soon grow to 14.

It was once a group of regional sports networks linked to FOX Sports and then gained Bally Sports branding through a licensing agreement. Today, 16 RSNs under Sinclair Inc.'s Diamond Sports Group subsidiary are known as FanDuel Sports Network. And, it's just gained an important OTT access point.

On October 2, Woodward Communications officially closed on its purchase of four radio stations serving Springfield, Ill., from Neuhoff Media. Now, Woodward is growing again, this time with a deal that sees it agree to purchase three FMs and an AM in this Illinois market.

Media research firm Coleman Insights has brought to market a new attribution platform that is designed to help radio stations demonstrate the impact of their advertising campaigns.

Latino Media Network (LMN) is welcoming a new Executive VP of Audio Sales and Client Solutions, taking a seat alongside owners and co-founders Stephanie Valencia and Jessica Morales Rocketto and interim Chief Executive Officer Marc Manahan.

A newly created position has been filled in the Washington, D.C., offices of Nexstar Media Group, and it seeks an individual gaining responsibilities for the company’s national news content, generated for The Hill and MVPD-distributed NewsNation. He starts his new role on Monday.

What, from a regulatory and legal standpoint, are some of the biggest advocates for radio and TV looking forward to in 2025? In a word, it is deregulation, key broadcast media legal advocates in Washington, D.C., working for the radio and TV industry, shared in a Forecast 2025 panel discussion on Wednesday.

Two iconic figures who have played outsized roles in building advertising dollars for broadcast television and over-the-air radio, respectively, were honored on Wednesday with Lifetime Leadership Awards, presented during a special luncheon ceremony at the Forecast conference in the Harvard Club.

In 1991, she took a role as a sales assistant for KCBS Radio, the all-News brand now on AM and FM in the San Francisco-Oakland market and today owned by Audacy Inc. Now, she is SVP/Market Manager for all of the company's stations in the Bay Area. She succeeds Stacey Kauffman, who recently departed the company.

How is business for small and independent broadcasters across the U.S.? Four licensees engrained in the community shared their overall health — and success — at a Forecast session on Wednesday.

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