Radio+Television Business Report

The Hispanic-focused broadcast media company with a global ad tech arm has appointed a VP/GM for its mobile advertising and connected TV technology platform, Smadex.

His surname serves as the title of his FOX News Channel show. His full name is how his Premiere Networks-syndicated radio program is billed. Now, the "Most Influential Conservative Voice In The Country" is heading to the direct-to-consumer FOX Nation offering with a new program that uses his first name as its title.

As "Zoom expert" and public relations pro Rosemary Ravinal sees it, "private speaking" will improve your public speaking. She explains, "Whether you are leading a video conference, behind the lectern on a stage or whispering words of kindness to your grandmother, it boils down to communicating and connecting genuinely with other human beings."

 K-LOVE and Air1 parent organization Educational Media Foundation has officially relocated its headquarters from California to Tennessee. The new 166,000-square-foot facility includes ten broadcast studios for K-LOVE and Air1 radio networks and podcasts.

Improved leverage and expectations for healthy growth in fiscal 2025 have led S&P Global Ratings to upgrade its rating on the parent company of ESPN and ABC Owned Stations. That's good news for The Walt Disney Co., which has seen its stock rise  by $30 per share since mid-August.

Americans appreciate the benefits of digital life and are excited by the potential of generative AI, but respondents feel it’s up to tech providers to dispel lingering concerns about data privacy and security. That's the key conclusion from a newly released report from Deloitte that paints a vivid portrait of today's connected consumer.

He's been with the station since 1987, when Gaylord Broadcasting sold it to Gillett and some six years prior to its affiliation switch from CBS to FOX, at which time it became a foundational O&O property today within Fox Television Stations. Now, this individual, today in the role of VP/News Director, is planning to retire from "FOX 13 Tampa Bay."

At the end of 2024, Jan Wade will call it a career. What does this mean for the leadership of a Hearst Television station serving Milwaukee? That role is going to an individual who succeeded Ariel Roblin as KETV-TV in Omaha's President/GM more than four years ago.

After nearly five years, creditors owed funds by the former radio station licensee led by Doris and Monte Miller will be getting their dollars. It is thanks to successful litigation that involved one of the biggest law firms on the West Coast.

New market research from WARC and radio station owner Audacy explores the perceptual barriers that are driving the gap between audio advertising spend and audio consumption in the U.S. "This white paper challenges long-held assumptions and demonstrates audio's ability to drive multi-platform, full-funnel impact for advertisers."

An FM signal covering cities to the east of Phoenix including Mesa, Chandler and rapidly growing Queen Creek, Ariz. — linked to an all-important FM translator atop Shaw Butte in the heart of the Valley of the Sun — is now in the hands of a first-time husband-and-wife ownership team.

The Copyright Royalty Judges who sit on the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board have approved a cost of living adjustment to the royalty rate that certain noncommercial radio stations at secular educational institutions must pay next year. The rates are for stations not affiliated with NPR.

The Senior VP of Streaming Sales at Fox Television Stations is welcoming an individual who has joined the team by taking the Vice President of Streaming Sales role. He'll also be taking a key position designed to boost OTT platform ad revenue for the FOX unit.

The individual who serves as Area President for 10 iHeartMedia radio stations across the Constitution State is calling it quits, as the company has announced he will retire at the end of 2024, concluding a nearly 40-year career in broadcasting.

Townsquare Media CEO Bill Wilson participated on Tuesday morning at the BofA Securities’ Leveraged Finance Conference at the Boca Raton Resort and pulled no punches when it comes to broadcast radio's ongoing core revenue woes. As he shared with attendees, the broadcast business is in a slow, secular decline, with National never coming back. 

Applications are open for Exhibitors to participate in "Futures Park," a global showcase for research and development of broadcast, media and entertainment technology at the 2025 NAB Show, taking place April 6-9, 2025 in the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Until now, it has simulcast the programming of WYCR-FM in the York, Pa., market, for listeners in nearby Lancaster. Soon, that will end, with the word of God coming to this 250-watt FM facility in Amish Country.

The American Consumer Institute, through Policy Analyst Nate Scherer, is the latest to voice strong support for the bipartisan AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, which would require automakers to include AM radio access in all new electric vehicle models.

For the first time, SiriusXM is now available in the Tesla Cybertruck, Model 3, and Model Y. The addition, which is labeled as a "bespoke streaming integration," mirrors the offerings included in SXM's 360L hybrid broadcast platform, as teased earlier this year.

Generation Z knows they’re considered hard to work with by those in other generations. And, they’re frustrated about it. This led Intelligent.com to survey some 1,000 full-time employees in this cohort to explore how widespread generational stereotypes are impacting Gen Z’s working experience — from career growth to workplace relationships.