Multiscreen TV encourages ailment sufferers to educate themselves for better health. That is a chief takeaway from the newly released Video Advertising Bureau (VAB) report, "Dedicated to Your Good Health: How TV Drives Discovery & Encourages Education in the Pharma DTC Category."
The individual who most recently served as SVP of Programming for CNN and was the network's primary programming executive for the U.S. has been chosen to lead the nation's most-watched newscasts in the nation, effective April 29.
The News Director for Gray Media-owned NBC affiliate WMC-5 in Memphis is being promoted to the role of GM for its NBC-affiliated sibling serving Davenport, Moline, Rock Island and Bettendorf.
In July 2021, the VP/GM of the Sinclair-owned FOX affiliate serving Omaha and The CW Network affiliate it runs via a LMA joined Nexstar Media Group to run a dual NBC/CBS affiliate serving the Rio Grande Valley. Now, he's been handed the VP/General Manager role for the company's Albuquerque stations.
Viewing trends have started to settle into more seasonal patterns. That's the main takeaway from the latest installment of "The Gauge," Nielsen's monthly snapshot of total broadcast, cable and streaming consumption that occurs through a television screen. But, there's a bigger statistic likely to get attention.
Roz Clark joined the SBE in 1990 and has held continuous membership since 2000. He served two terms on the SBE Board of Directors in 2018 and 2020 and has been the treasurer for SBE Chapter 39 since 2013.
Add a fourth and fifth broadcast media company — and the first radio station ownership groups — to the roster of publicly traded FCC licensees that will be reporting their Q1 2025 financial results on the second Thursday of May.
Take one quick glance at the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten TV report, and you'll clearly see that pharmaceutical brands are sending dollars to broadcast TV. Which ones are most prominent?
In September 2024, Tom Birch filed an interference complaint with the FCC against Don Curtis, claiming his Class C3 FM licensed to Clarksville, Va., was being harmed by a 150-watt FM translator designed to expressly serve the cities of Cary and Raleigh, N.C. Birch is now celebrating a victory for his "US 98.3."
“We are pleased with another quarter of strong audience performance, with Global and our largest specialty brands leading the way across platforms." That's the positive assessment from Corus Entertainment co-CEO Troy Reeb, whose company released fiscal Q2 2025 results that saw worsened fiscal results.
LPTV Broadcasters Association head Frank Copsidas, through his Intrigue TV LLC entity, is agreeing to acquire a television property serving "America's Finest City," in a deal filed with the FCC by his legal counsel, Smithwick & Belendiuk attorney Mark Denbo, and the seller's legal counsel: David O'Connor of Wilkinson Barker Knauer.
In September 1998, this Class B AM in the High Desert of Southern California was acquired by Randy Michaels' Jacor Broadcasting, and later ended up in the hands of iHeartMedia predecessor Clear Channel Communications. Since the end of 2011, it has been owned by Saul Rosenzweig. That's about to change.
An AM, its FM translator companion, and a full-power FM radio station serving communities due east of the Atlanta metropolitan area are being sold, with the buyer being assisted by Jon Yinger of Broadcast Properties LLC.
The NAB's legal team late Friday filed a 145-page manifesto with the FCC that repeats its request for the elimination of the national TV ownership rule. Of note is a new request from the association that says the Commission "should scale back rules that micromanage radio broadcasts."
She joined BIA Advisory Services as VP of Forecasting and Analysis. As of today, there's a new individual in that role at the media market intelligence firm based in Northern Virginia. What does this mean for Nicole Ovadia? She wants to buy a radio station.
A pair of AM radio stations and an FM translator serving towns straddling the border between North Dakota and South Dakota are poised to change hands, pending FCC regulatory approval of the deal.
"Instead of viewing questions as potential pitfalls, see them as opportunities to go from nervous to natural, leave a positive lasting impression, and influence people towards your point of view." That's one key takeaway from the latest column from public speaking pro Rosemary Ravinal.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has promoted from within to fill the position of EVP/Chief Operating Officer and, concurrently, another woman to serve as its EVP of Government and External Affairs and Acting Corporate Secretary.
It must sign off after dark to protect a Class A AM licensed to Charlotte and at present offers religious programming to its city of license in Kentucky, with an all-important FM translator bringing 24/7 service to this Bluegrass State city. Soon, pending FCC approval, these facilities will have new ownership.
A low-powered television station licensed to Dallas is heading into the hands of Maria Guel and the Hispanic Family Christian Network, pending regulatory approval of the proposed transaction.
