The NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves will see five of their home games across the 2023-2024 season air on the NBC affiliate serving the Twin Cities owned by TEGNA. It's the latest instance where pro sports play-by-play is heading to a free over-the-air television home at time when cord-cutting and cost-trimming is high.
The nation's No. 1 owner of radio stations and top podcast distributor has adopted "a privacy-focused open-source identity framework" from The Trade Desk in order to meet the ever-changing needs of clients who desire the best audio advertising solutions.
A South Texas operation led by Eugenio Falcón has agreed to part ways with a 6kw Class A FM serving a string of small cities along U.S. Highway 83 due west of McAllen. The buyer is a broadcast ministry, who will likely use the facility to target Spanish-language audiences on both sides of the Rio Grande.
Here's a deal that sees the transferor sign off on a deal agreed to by a transferee that just happens to be the same person. And, there will be some money trading hands, as an AM radio station in North Carolina is being officially donated from one Edward Baker-led entity to another he serves as President of.
The Latin Grammy Awards returned to South Florida to celebrate the 25th edition of the greatest night of Latin Music. Artists, musicians, and producers gathered to award the most successful hits of the year. Shure Axient Digital Wireless System was selected to ensure audio that producers could count on throughout the night.
The FCC's December Open Meeting concluded with the soon-to-depart Chairwoman, Jessica Rosenworcel, taking a moment to welcome one new staff member while saluting no less than seven retirees.
Three Enforcement Bureau items that will deliver big forfeitures to a trio of unlicensed FM radio operators in the Boston area have been approved in 4-1 votes by the FCC, putting these multicultural broadcasting buccaneers in the financial hot seat — if they decide to adhere to the Commission's orders.
In one of the Rosenworcel Commission's final actions to involve broadcast media, the FCC has approved a Media Bureau item that updates 13 broadcast radio and television rules to better reflect current application processing requirements, codify existing bureau practices, and remove references to outdated licensing procedures.
The woman who formerly served as Vice President of Global Advertising Sales and Partnerships at Roku, where she oversaw the company’s entire global ad revenue operation, has accepted a similar role at NBCUniversal. She will report to NBCUniversal President of Advertising and Partnerships Alison Levin.
WBD has entered into a multi-year distribution agreement with Comcast for all its domestic linear networks. From a financial viewpoint, this reduces long-term risk to affiliate fees. But how does this new agreement reduce the risk of a large decline in affiliate revenue in 2026, especially after the expiration of its NBA deal?
At 94.3 MHz, from a tower in Fort Lee, N.J., a tiny 75-watt signal is capable of putting a city-grade signal over much of Bergen County and two boroughs of the City of New York. That's likely what interests the parent of Christian music noncomm network giants K-LOVE and Air1, which is converting a lease agreement into an outright purchase.
A new Chief Operating Officer is coming to Sirius XM, which also shared that it expects its revenue to decline in 2025, as it admitted an effort to lure younger subscribers by heavily promoting its app has been less than successful. Shareholders expressed their displeasure by triggering a sharp sell-off in Sirius XM stock.
The broadcast standards association known as the ATSC is welcoming two newly elected board members, while congratulating a technology consultancy head on his re-election for a second term at the group shepherding the backbone of broadcast data distribution and NEXTGEN TV.
A three-hour educational and informational programming block airing Sunday mornings on a digital multicast channel operated by Weigel Broadcasting in association with CBS Television Stations is coming to fruition, thanks to a programming deal that will bring a host unscripted series to the TV offering come January 5.
While it was known that the current House Energy & Commerce Chair, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, wouldn't be in the role as she decided not to seek reelection, who would succeed her wasn't entire known. That changed late Monday afternoon, putting a Kentucky GOP House Member in a key position impacting the FCC.
With a combined engineering and production team, working with event producer FILM 45 on behalf of the New York Road Runners group that stages the annual 26.2-mile affair proved to be successful once again this year for CP Communications and its Red Tent Streaming subsidiary.
He was formerly a VP of Broadcast Operations for Townsquare media, overseeing the technical operations of some 349 radio stations across 74 markets. Now, he is the Director of Product Development at Wheatstone Corporation.
With veteran media broker Ed Henson serving as the exclusive representative in this freshly finalized deal, a Kentucky-based licensee has agreed to sell its FM radio station to a regional broadcast operation with its headquarters in Jackson, Ohio.
TV viewership in the November interval was impacted primarily by sports, the presidential election and live streaming, all of which drove peak shares of TV for viewing categories each in separate weeks this month.
Despite the growing buzz around podcasts and spoken-word content, music remains the dominant draw for US listeners, accounting for 74% of their average daily audio time - and even while it sits on a razor-thin margin, radio is the top platform to listen to music.
