Radio+Television Business Report

According to a new report by Coleman Insights and Amplifi Media, 90% of Gen Z podcast consumers engage with video in some form. This contrasts with a recent report on the podcast enjoyment habits of younger audiences as the medium hits record growth.

He's held the dual roles of President/GM of the company's flagship ABC affiliate serving New England's largest market and as a regional VP overseeing the company's stations across the region. Soon, he'll be relocating from Boston to New York and rising to the role of Executive Vice President at Hearst Television.

This is a tale of persistence ... and understanding FCC rules and regulations as they pertain to FM translators. It involves a licensee named Radio Two, owner of Class D daytime-only KTTP-AM in Pineville, La., and its embattled low-power FM translator.

If you're an operator of low-power television stations and seeking ways to get NEXTGEN TV up and running at your property, GatesAir has a new budget-friendly platform ready for takeoff at the 2025 NAB Show.

He's the man behind Rochester, Ill.-based Hart Media Group, and he's just struck a deal that will add to the company's stable of two AM and six FM radio stations serving an area of downstate Illinois to the east of Springfield.

MAGNA says it had always anticipated a market slowdown in 2025 due to the strong comparables to 2024. That said, it is now further reducing its U.S. advertising growth forecast, as we are all living in "uncertain times."

From a presentation on virtualized emerging alerting to showing off its updated software for DASDEC and One-Net emergency messaging systems, Digital Alert Systems has much to share at the upcoming NAB Show in Las Vegas.

For CRISTA Media, owner of three radio stations serving the Puget Sound region, the need for an upgrade of its metadata management system was a priority.  It's now benefiting from technology powered through the "Radio Experience TREplus" product offered by Broadcast Electronics.

Live video production is on the rise. So is the need for a flexible production platforms. That's why Japanese brand FOR-A is going to the NAB Show to introduce a product that it says removes the need for multiple dedicated devices to produce high-quality live video.

An agreement has been reached that will see LG Electronics add a plethora of content from NBCUniversal across its free ad-supported streaming television platform, with both Spanish-language and English-language audiences poised to gain access to series and themed channels.

Speaking at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Legislative Summit, the Democratic FCC Commissioner urged business leaders to speak up against government intimidation and censorship as diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives come to an end under White House pressure.

The publicly traded company that owns the Global TV network and a group of broadcast radio stations including "Q107" and "The Edge" in Toronto has finalized a deal giving it the opportunity to get more Loonies and Twonies on loan, as a cash advance.

He's most recently been the News Director of Sinclair Inc.'s CBS affiliate serving the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast, and President Trump's Florida residence. Come April 21, he'll be taking similar duties at the company's ABC affiliate serving the Nation's Capital — and the White House.

On December 11, 2024, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to update Parts 1, 73, 74, and 76 of its rules for radio and television broadcast stations. Now, the Comment Date and Reply Comment Date have been established.

Roughly 13 months ago, an ongoing legal battle between the owner of The Weather Channel and McDonald's moved to its next chapter, as legal counsel for Byron Allen confirmed they'd appeal the dismissal of a $100 million racial discrimination lawsuit against the restaurant chain. That appeal has been dismissed.

YouTube took the lead in Nielsen’s February 2025 Media Distributor Gauge, gaining 2% over January to capture 11.6% of time spent watching TV across the month. This marks YouTube’s best share of TV to date, and is the second time the pure-play streamer has topped the Media Distributor Gauge since Nielsen began tracking in November 2023. 

The flagship NBCUniversal Telemundo Station Group broadcast TV station, serving Spanish-speaking audiences across South Florida, has a new VP of News and Content. She rises from Director of Multiplatform Content and Streaming for this station and its NBC O&O sibling.

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation has unveiled this year's winners of the 50th Annual Gracie Awards, celebrating five decades of amplifying women’s voices, stories, and achievements in media. The winners will be honored at the Gracie Awards Gala on May 20 at the Beverly Wilshire, in Beverly Hills, Calif., to be hosted by podcaster Fortune Feimster.

Canadian broadcast transmission technology company Nautel is partnering up with the Steve Newberry-helmed Quu Inc., to help further the latter's efforts to deploy rich visual content for radio. And, the simplification of bringing this technology to fruition will be at the crux of its 2025 NAB Show presentations.

AdsWizz and Nielsen have agreed to the renewal and extension of an agreement that provides data activation and audience targeting capabilities within AdsWizz’s full-stack audio advertising technology offering. The integration allows AdsWizz publishers and advertisers to use Nielsen Marketing Cloud and other third party datasets for audience targeting across verticals.