Radio+Television Business Report

Nautel wants to make sure transmitters are properly registered to their owner, whether purchased from the Canadian broadcast technology company, a dealer, or as a previously owned acquisition. 

News-Press & Gazette Co. has long been a pioneer of digital television, with its California Central Coast operation among the first stations in the U.S. to embrace the current standard. Now, NPG Media has transitioned its ATSC 3.0 broadcast signal signing to the certificate authority operated by Silicondust.

Music 1, Inc. and Aiir are taking separate business paths at the end of 2026, concluding a long-running commercial relationship while maintaining the close integration between Music 1 and Aiir's PlayoutOne radio automation system.

Providing the ability for external systems to control System T console parameters via the open and extensible OSC protocol, the upgrade is designed to bring third-party equipment "seamless access" to the SSL ecosystem, supporting ad hoc workflows and enhancing flexibility and interoperability in modern production environments.

Some 10 1/2 months after the plan was floated, the introduction of indefinite broadcasting licenses for Canadian AM and FM radio stations — erasing the need for a renewal application — has come to fruition. The CRTC issued its decision in the matter on Monday.

A pair of progressive political action groups, along with a collection of viewers of ABC stations, have filed a Motion to Intervene as plaintiffs alongside The Walt Disney Company in its federal lawsuit against the FCC being argued in U.S. District Court.

New Commission cybersecurity requirements for the Emergency Alert System take effect on September 29. To help stations understand the new requirements and how to best prepare for compliance, the NAB and the National Alliance of State Broadcasters Associations (NASBA) are teaming up.

The FCC's Enforcement Bureau on Friday (8/21) sent its annual EEO audit letters to randomly selected stations, and the audit arrives at a particularly charged moment for broadcast diversity policy — and just days after Disney sued the FCC over its investigation into DEI policies.

Six months after his departure from Entravision Communications, Jeffrey Liberman's senior advisory role for Carlos Moncada's MLC Media has grown into Co-CEO and COO positions across Nueva Network and the Spanish-language broadcaster's affiliated North Atlantic Media.

An employee-led vote has resulted in the discontinuation of representation by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) at KOMO-TV in Seattle-Tacoma. That said, the vote wasn't an unanimous one.

Attorneys representing DirecTV have told the U.S. Supreme Court that the nation's highest judicial body should deny the request of Nexstar Media Group to review a Second Circuit ruling that reversed an antitrust win — one that is wholly tied to the thorny issue of retransmission consent negotiations.

The nation's leading owner, by station count, of broadcast television stations has announced that members of its C-Suite will be present and participants in a series of upcoming institutional investor conference scheduled for September.

The net proceeds from the notes are being used to redeem $675 million outstanding principal amount of Gray’s 10.5% senior secured first lien notes due 2029 and to repay $21 million of outstanding borrowings under Gray’s revolving credit facility.

For years, the conversation around the future of C-band and video distribution was driven largely by engineers. With the FCC’s C-band transition now underway, broadcasters are moving from planning to implementation and get to weigh how their decisions will reshape operating models, capital planning and future business opportunities.

An independent broadcast intelligence and research organization specializing in market analysis, ownership intelligence, acquisition research, geospatial mapping, strategic planning, and broadcast industry reporting has forged a "strategic collaboration" with a radio and tower brokerage run by the son of the late media broker who he named after.

An AM radio station serving Fairfield County, Conn., and its FM translators licensed to Stamford and a community on New York's Long Island are being sold by Sacred Heart University. What does this mean for the Classical music presently emanating from these three broadcast facilities?

One of the most important lessons public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal teaches her coaching clients is "deceptively simple": Effective communication has architecture. "Whether you're answering a question in a meeting, making an argument, or speaking to the media, structure helps your audience follow your thinking and remember it."

A D.C. federal district court judge appointed has declined the request by ABC to hold a hearing no later than August 25 on its motion for a temporary restraining order preventing the FCC from moving forward with its early license renewal review of all eight ABC Owned Stations properties.

He holds a MBA from American University's Kogod School of Business and for 23 years held key leadership roles in the Nation's Capital for National Geographic. He was Head of International for Amazon's Wondery until spring 2025, when he opened a CEO advisory consultancy. Meet the new head of Hubbard/D.C.

Atlanta Braves fans will be able to watch a pair of the Major League Baseball team's games in Spanish, thanks to an agreement between the club and Gray Media's Telemundo affiliate group, one of the NBCUniversal network's largest.