How can U.S. Hispanic radio, in particular, pivot its sales pitch? Radio + Television Business Report President/Publisher Deborah Parenti asked this question to a panel of radio leaders representing some of Spanish-language media's key companies during the Executive Super Session at the Hispanic Radio Conference.
The "local first" media company squarely focused on digital growth while remaining anchored by its mid-sized and small-market radio stations will see its executive leadership participate at a key institutional investor event on June 3.
For the second consecutive year, CBC/Radio-Canada has been named New York Festivals Radio Awards Broadcaster of the Year, as Canada's national public media operation was recognized for "consistently compelling and thought-provoking storytelling across its networks."
For some, the Nielsen National Big Data + Panel Television Service falls short when it comes to the audience measurement insights they seek and demand. For the Media Rating Council, four priority areas of concern noted in early March have been addressed by Nielsen. As such, Big Data + Panel remains accredited.
With a statement that more organizations "now have a meaningful base of known, addressable audience than at any point in recent memory," Omeda makes a pitch designed to drive dollars to email and newsletters — helpful insights for broadcast media sales leaders. But, at what cost are these suggestions to radio and TV?
As the New York-based DSP and AI products partner focused on local brands and agencies sees it, it has brought to market what it calls "the first agentic suite built for local precision at national scale."
A key non-partisan Washington "think tank" has chimed in on a Virginia law that would place a one-hour daily cap on social media platform use by children aged 15 and younger. In its view, the law being challenged in a federal appeals court are subject to strict scrutiny under the First Amendment — which it cannot meet.
What do NAB Chief Legal Officer Rick Kaplan, Motion Picture Association Sr. Executive VP and Global General Counsel Karyn Temple, and NCTA-The Internet & Television Association Chief Legal Officer Russell Hanser have in common? The three disparate organizations all agree on how the FCC should proceed in MB Docket No. 19-41, focused on the TV […]
A noncommercial FM radio station licensed to Jonesboro, Tex., that is presently silent under special temporary authority with the FCC is being acquired by a religious institution that's more about Jesus Christ than the "solid rock" one may have heard on stations like WLS some 55 years ago.
Founded in 2023, Crush Yard is growing via a franchise model focused on "community, connection, and premium experiences on and off the court." That's convinced Sinclair Inc. to align its Sinclair Ventures arm with the pickleball-themed eatery and entertainment center brand.
In recent weeks, the Spot Ten Cable crown has been taken by a brand that until recently had been largely quiet with its marketing efforts. That's what makes Coca-Cola's Spot Cable activity noteworthy, and last week's spot play totals are certainly headline-making.
The Motion Picture Association, which today very much includes "Big Tech" behemoths Amazon and Netflix, has asked the FCC to refrain from "intervening" in the video marketplace "in light of increasing innovation, intermodal competition, and viewer choice."
She's a well-known personality across the Triangle region of North Carolina, thanks to her role as the midday host for "Foxy 107/104." Now, she's expanding her role within Urban One by taking a key marketing role in Raleigh-Durham.
In a move the Apollo Global Management-controlled broadcast media company believes will strengthen its leadership "in driving digital revenue growth and innovation across its markets," Cox Media Group has named a Senior Director of Digital Sales.
In 1987 she took the role of an account executive at the former WDBN-FM in Medina, Ohio. She then joined WNIR in Akron before shifting to a pair of stations in Mansfield, Ohio. Over the years, that station group grew to become a seven-station cluster, one that she would lead. Now, Margie Tasseff is retiring.
She's a San Diego-based veteran of the U.S. Hispanic media marketplace, and from May 2005 through July 2023 was associated with Univision Communications, exiting as President and Regional General Manager of the company's San Diego, Las Vegas and Rio Grande Valley radio stations. Now, she's joined the RAB.
As many of the top leaders in Spanish-language radio and on-demand audio prepare to gather at the Hispanic Radio Conference, Nueva Network and the newly renamed North Atlantic Media have unveiled "strategic leadership" shifts in an announcement distributed by former longtime Entravision executive Jeffery Liberman.
He most recently served as Local Sales Manager for WRTV-6 in Indianapolis and exited with its sale to DuJuan McCoy's Circle City Broadcasting. Meet the new VP/General Manager of Sinclair Inc.'s two stations in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City market.
With a “hold separate” court ruling being appealed in the Ninth Circuit and a D.C. court hearing a separate challenge, TEGNA has named a Chief Executive Officer — a sign that Nexstar’s quest to merge could take years.
The NAB has entered the FCC's ongoing competition proceeding with a data-heavy argument for structural reform. In formal comments, the group frames current local radio ownership caps as incompatible with a marketplace now ruled by unregulated Big Tech.