Radio+Television Business Report

With Netflix eliminating some 1,000 jobs and the ability of political action committees to use the "lowest unit rate" when book election-focused ads in question, it's a bumpy time for investors. On Wednesday, one broadcast TV in particular had a tough trading session but ultimately avoided a fresh year-to-date low in the final hour of trading.

She joined Brevard County, Fla.-headquartered USSI Global in 2008 and most recently served as Chief Revenue Officer, earning the role in March 2024. With Ed McGivern now in the CRO role, this company veteran has risen to the post of Chief Operating Officer.

It's an agreement finalized one month ago, and it sees the sale of three TV signals in Ohio to an organization widely known as the home for NPR shows, classical music, and "Folk Alley." Paperwork detailing the merger of Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio with Ideastream has just arrived at the FCC. 

A 3kw Class A FM and its 1kw Class D daytime-only AM sibling serving a small North Carolina city due north of Durham are being transferred to the estate of its now-deceased owner. This puts, for now, the stations in the hands of his widow, Margaret Bradsher.

It is a Class A FM radio station with a broadcast tower in Brilliant, Ala. And, until now, it has been a property owned and operated by Our Town Radio. Soon, that will change, as the company has signed off on an agreement to sell the facility.

A digital Class A television station serving North Carolina's Queen City is being acquired by the licensee associated with the parent of digital multicast network MeTV and the CBS affiliate serving Milwaukee. It sends a message that Bahakel Communications could soon be losing at least one of its "diginets."

On October 1, a New York venue served as a hub of discovery and insight into the future of the sports media business. "In The Arena," co-hosted by "Substack for sports" platform Puck and media-focused Wall Street financial house MoffettNathanson, addressed one key question of particular interest.

The lead attorney representing Disney and its ABC Owned Television Stations at the heart of an early license renewal process over what the FCC calls claims of "invidious" forms of DEI discrimination has told Judge Loren AliKhan that the Commission's "excuses" leading to the unprecedented move "only underscore their retaliatory motive."

The NAB has responded to efforts coordinated by a group of broadband associations designed to stop the FCC from moving forward with its decision to delete a Congressionally mandated 39% national TV ownership reach limit by largely supporting the agency's desire to move forward — and not wait for pending judicial review.

It is a transaction that sees Tucson-based Kalil & Co. serve as the exclusive broker, and it will give the Sage Weil-led Civic Media a bigger group of radio stations — and an expanded presence in the Midwest that goes beyond Wisconsin.

Through the new agreement, Native Voice One, a division of Anchorage-based Koahnic Broadcast Corporation, will be able to continue to deliver public radio programs and topical specials to more than 200 stations, many of which are located in tribal and rural communities.

You might think a public speaking coach recommending AI-powered speech apps is inviting her own replacement. Yet, here is veteran public relations executive turned elucidation expert Rosemary Ravinal making peace with technology and recognizing where it belongs. Why?

A designer and manufacturer of broadcast RF systems and related technologies has finalized its purchase of one of the broadcast industry's key makers of antenna systems, transmission lines, RF components, towers and related engineering and field services, founded in 1943.

NAB Show New York is October 21-22 at the Javits Center, and GatesAir is readying the introduction at the tech-heavy exposition of its next generation of Maxiva liquid-cooled UHF transmitter platforms.

With David Oxenford of Wilkinson Barker Knauer serving as the legal counsel representing the noncommercial non-secular seller, a 3kw Class A is poised to land in the arms of a licensee poised to make a great "Impact" in a Michigan city neighboring Sarnia, Ontario.

It's a tiny Class A facility with coverage of Latham and Cottage Grove, Ore., communities nestled to the south of Eugene. Here, one can tune to a wide variety of educational noncommercial stations, including the University of Oregon's Classical KWAX. Pending FCC approval, it's gaining this FM, adding it to its stable.

The radio station ownership group based outside of Detroit has surpassed analysts' expectations so far in 2026. Will that hold true for the third quarter? We now know when investors including Daniel Tisch's Towerview LLC will find out just how Saga Communications performed during the three-month period.

There's a new senior programming leader at Cumulus Media, and she's being heralded as "a key resource" for the company's 40 radio stations offering Adult R&B, Classic Hip-Hop, contemporary R&B and Gospel to audiences across the U.S.

In February, the woman chosen to succeed LaFontaine Oliver as New York Public Radio‘s President/CEO was revealed. Now, the parent of WNYC Radio and Classical WQXR is seeking her replacement.

“Streaming has entered its maturity phase, and the line between broadcasters and platforms is blurring." That's a key conclusion offered by Frédéric Vaulpré, Sr. VP at French television industry market intelligence firm Glance, delivered to MIPCOM 2026 attendees on Monday morning during a keynote session at the European conference in Cannes, France.