There will be no "great affiliation swap" in some 25 DMAs across the U.S., thanks to a freshly signed agreement between a major broadcast TV station ownership group and The Walt Disney Company. Incoming FCC Chairman Brendan Carr earlier this month expressed his concern that such deals were heavy-handed, in favor of ABC's parent.
It's not used to receive broadcast signals. Rather, someone has been using a tower affixed to a Brockton, Mass., residence for an unauthorized FM radio station. Now, the FCC has sent a notice to the property owner alerting them to the situation, ordering them to do something or risk a fine.
As the holidays come to a close, Progressive narrowly reclaimed the top spot on Media Monitors’ Radio Spot Ten for the week of December 23-29. The insurer beat out a very competitive field for the last full week of the year after heavily advertising through 2024.
Before Altice USA and its Optimum brand of cable TV services, there was Cablevision Systems, known across Westchester County and Long Island as a MVPD powerhouse that was also parent to the "News 12" local cable news operation. The man responsible for creating all of it is now being remembered by both broadcasters and cable TV leaders.
Red Bee Media, the broadcasting and media services company, is teaming with Ranker to bring improved data-driven content discovery products to its global network of clients, which range from pay TV operators and research firms to streaming platforms and OEMs.
Dana Healy and Ray Tiley will join the Cablecast Community Media leadership team on January 1, working closely with Tightrope Media Systems' co-founder and CEO to manage Cablecast’s business and technology functions as COO and CTO, respectively.
Telos Alliance, the Cleveland-based broadcast audio company, has confirmed that its new StudioCore and StudioEdge products are now shipping. Availability of the AoIP studio consoles within its Axia line were formally introduced at the IBC 2024 show in Amsterdam, held in September.
Do you have a New Year resolution? If not, think about your listeners. Many do, and even if they don't hold to their promises, radio is still empowered to profit from them. How? Here's some food for thought from the RBR+TVBR archives that could still help a few years later ... unless, of course, dieting and exercise are your New Year resolution.
An influential Wall Street blog has decided to shine some light on the nation's biggest audio content creation and distribution company, as it believes iHeartMedia "is possibly approaching a major achievement in its business."
From the latest AI tools for use in the studio or in the back office, and to what's coming to the vehicle's in-dash entertainment system, there's plenty that Beasley Media Group CEO Caroline Beasley is looking forward to at CES 2025. And, she's eagerly anticipating the opportunity to share her thoughts with peers at a CES "Cocktails & Conversation" event especially for Radio.
As RBR+TVBR reported before the Christmas holiday, SBS has taken over KROI-FM in Houston. Additional details on how it was finally able to complete a deal announced in April 2023 were made in an SEC filing by the Miami-based company founded and led by Raúl Alarcón Jr.
Barbara Stanley has decided to sell WKZE-FM some 3 1/2 years after the death of her husband and station founder Will Stanley. The buyer has been associated with the Hofstra University radio station for some two decades.
Brendan Carr has gained attention for a letter sent December 21 to the CEO of The Walt Disney Company that addresses one of the more understated concerns of local TV station owners across the U.S.: affiliation agreements and the dollars paid to ensure network programming remains on these over-the-air homes.
In this exclusive conversation, Xperi Corp. SVP/Broadcast Radio and Digital Audio Joe D'Angelo shares in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, what's in store for the broadcast media industry at this year's Consumer Electronics Show and offers hints that DTS AutoStage, HD Radio and TiVO are on track for a big year ahead.
The Chief of the Media Bureau's Audio Division has signed a Consent Decree that concludes the Commission's investigation into a change in control for a group of Arizona radio stations that was made without the agency's OK. A civil penalty is being paid to the U.S. Treasury to put the matter to rest.
Perhaps all it needed was a different approach to operations to allow a presently silent FM to succeed on-air. A deal is in place that will see RadioDifferently LLC become the new owner of the property, pending regulatory approval.
The agenda for the final Open Commission Meeting of the FCC under the leadership of Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has been revealed. And, the affair will be a largely ceremonial opportunity focused on presentations touting the agency's work under her tenure, set to end on January 20.
The virtual MVPD that is seeking to put a stop to the Venu Sports joint venture that aims to bring a bevy of pro sports play-by-play and live action to a competing over-the-top platform in the works is pointing fingers at the biggest Spanish-language content creation and distribution company in the world for failing to agree on a new carriage deal.
The nation's leading audio content creation and distribution company has completed its previously announced "comprehensive exchange transactions" linked to a series of secured notes — pushing out the company's loan repayments while reducing its total debt in a notable way.
