The third time has proven not to be the charm for Monte Spearman and his High Plains Radio Network (HPRN), as a reengineered deal to sell a series of radio stations to E Radio Network LLC has failed to close, FCC documents reveal.
The former President/CEO of the Media Financial Management Association and its Broadcast Cable Credit Association subsidiary has been named Executive Director of the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF).
In mid-June 2025, the MVPD formerly known as Cincinnati Bell took its retransmission consent battle against Nexstar Media Group to the FCC. Now, the Commission has spoken, ruling against altafiber by saying Nexstar did not violate any "bad faith" regulatory policies administered by the agency.
RBR+TVBR has confirmed the cafecito chatter around town that a notable advertising industry veteran has succeeded John Kozack at TelevisaUnivision, the world's largest Spanish-language content creation and distribution company.
CAR head Daniel Suhr singlehandedly convinced the Carr Commission to reinstate "news distortion" petitions against three of the "Big Four" networks dismissed under delegated authority in the waning days of the Biden administration. Now, Suhr may have handed local TV stations owners a big Christmas wish.
More than two decades after buying it, Cumulus Media has sold its Nashville headquarters. For the fiscally challenged company, it is a good decision, based on the sale price and the amount the company led by Mary Berner paid for the Music Row-adjacent property.
An initiative that adjusts Gray Media’s indebtedness, with repayment due in seven years, first disclosed one week ago has successfully closed, the broadcast TV station ownership group has shared. The move allows Gray to redeem a portion of its outstanding 10.5% senior secured first lien notes due 2029.
She's known among viewers of FOX News Channel, FOX Nation and FOX Business and for her work appearing in such publications as Nexstar Media Group-owned Capitol Hill daily The Hill. Now, Katie Pavlich is taking a much more prominent role at the Nexstar-owned cable TV network known as NewsNation.
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