Radio+Television Business Report

He most recently served as the Marketing Director for Gray Media’s trio of TV brands serving Cleveland, as well as the Rock Entertainment Sports Network, an Ohio-based regional sports network partly owned by Gray. Now, he's at the helm of WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, Ind.

Gray Media has announced when it will host a conference call to discuss its operating results for the quarter ended March 31. What do analysts anticipate to see from the broadcast television industry's second-largest licensee of UHF and VHF stations? 

Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), the producer and distributor of unscripted programming owned by Hearst Corporation, is cheering a new strategic partnership with a content distributor it believes will accelerate the growth of HMPG’s digital presence across leading social and video platforms.

As RBR+TVBR first reported in November 2025, NRG Media is exiting a trio of markets in Nebraska by agreeing to a sale that came ahead of an agreement to sell its Omaha-Council Bluffs properties to the same buyer. That first transaction, brokered by Kalil & Co., closed on April 7.

For Beasley Media Group CEO Caroline Beasley, last year wasn't easy, but she believes the company founded 65 years ago by her father did what was necessary to steer through Class V rapids and avoid any cascades.

Industry insiders believe divestments of more stations are in the works in multiple markets as key institutional investors such as Mario Gabelli have their eye on a fiscal turnaround. When will that happen? Not anytime soon, based on the Q4 and full-year 2025 results Beasley released on Wednesday morning.

A pair of legal challenges filed Tuesday in a Houston U.S. bankruptcy court have put a dark cloud on Cumulus Media’s prepackaged Chapter 11 reorganization plan and emergence from debtor-in-possession status.

Nexstar Media Group, with founder Perry Sook present, reluctantly moved forward with agreeing to a preliminary injunction that will keep TEGNA Inc.'s assets separate. A decision to move forward with the injunction now awaits in a Sacramento federal district court.

Every dollar matters for the noncommercial secular radio and television properties found across the U.S. That's why noncommercial station licensees may have great interest in a private underwriting and sponsorship marketplace purpose-built for public media.

Sigma Audio Networks is expanding its national audio platform by putting Estrella Media's "Don Cheto al Aire" into national syndication while handling national ad sales. Concurrently, it is offering its WQHT "HOT 97" in New York morning show to all interested parties across the U.S. in a new syndication deal.

In May 2024, E Radio Network LLC agreed to acquire an AM/FM combo with an accompanying FM translator in Vivian, La., from MLS Broadcasting Inc., in a deal that required bankruptcy court approval, as the seller had filed for Chapter 7 dissolution. Now, E is selling those three Bayou State audio properties.

Scripps Sports can celebrate winning a fifth pro hockey team, thanks to a "landmark" multi-year rights deal with the on-ice home of Filip Forsberg. The agreement begins with the 2026-2027 season, thus avoiding any late-season "blackouts" as Scripps' two Nashville broadcast TV stations aren't available on Xfinity systems.

Peter Jones led national and local go-to-market strategy and oversaw the revenue organization as Vice President of Revenue at Premion, a TEGNA company. Now, he's taking a key sales role at local advertising platform Madhive.

In June 2026, RBR+TVBR and select attendees of a "Radiovana" event hosted by Dielectric received their first look at a new RingMaster series of high-efficiency FM antenna systems. Now, Sinclair-owned Dielectric is readying the formal public debut of the new product at the upcoming NAB Show in Las Vegas.

“The AWM Foundation and Hallmark Media share a deep commitment to telling stories by, for, and about women,” said Becky Brooks, president of the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation. "The Make Her Mark Student Scholarship marks a meaningful step toward supporting the voices that will shape the future of women-led storytelling."

How are sales and marketing leaders adopting artificial intelligence to drive alignment, efficiency, and growth? Where are there still significant gaps? A just-released report from RevOps firm LeadG2 seeks to provide answers based on data from 154 cross-industry revenue leaders.

The Director of Communications and Social Media and Communications Coordinator at the NAB now have a VP of Communications as part of their team, and she's inbound from Alexandria, Va.-based bipartisan reputation management PR firm Purple Strategies.

One of two FCC cybersecurity workshops placed on the calendar for mid-May is specifically designed to educate radio and television station owners, and will feature speakers from the Commission, federal partners and industry experts.

EdgeBeam Wireless and its CEO, Conrad Clemson, have gained attention for their non-traditional revenue opportunities associated with ATSC 3.0 technologies beyond NEXTGEN TV. Now, EdgeBeam is investing in its future by acquiring Broadspan distribution platform.

Broadcast Supply Worldwide (BSW) has signed an agreement allowing it to bring Lawo’s radio production and broadcast infrastructure solutions to stations across the United States. This includes integrated packages built around Lawo’s IP-based workflow technology.