The ongoing wind-down of Mary Quass-led NRG Media has continued, with the apparent sale of four radio brands serving the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa, market. The buyer? Look no further than the man who founded Civic Media, as Cedar Basin Media is born through a transaction signed off by Sage Weil.
All commercial and noncommercial television stations are required to place a carriage election statement stating whether they elect retransmission consent or must carry on cable and satellite in their online public files (OPIF) on or before October 1. The NAB has prepared a Counsel Memo to aid Member stations.
A Class A FM serving Findlay, Ohio, and its surrounding communities is being sold by a private not-for-profit educational institution to the Franklin, Tenn.-based purveyor of Christian Contemporary and Worship Music that continues to expand across the U.S. through station acquisitions.
Following a brief and sudden illness, Pritchard Broadcasting Corp. sole shareholder and director John T. Pritchard on August 19 passed away. A Form 316 filing has now been made with the FCC that effectively places the licenses for the company's radio stations in the hands of the executor and administrator of his estate.
A Class B AM radio station serving Spanish-language audiences between Ann Arbor and Detroit could face a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture from the FCC for a series of Emergency Alert System (EAS) violations — including monitoring the wrong Local Primary Stations as designated by the Commission.
A new fiber camera adapter was officially brought to market at the IBC2026 conference and expo, which concluded Monday and saw a largely Euro-centric crowd across four days at the Amsterdam RAI. For MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems, introducing its SilverBack-IP was the company's headline act.
The home of ABC, FOX and The CW Network serving the city that's home to Western Kentucky University has a new General Manager, starting Monday. He's being promoted from the role of Multimedia Sales Manager at this Gray Media property, and he'll also lead up sales efforts.
Yaman Coskun, the longtime radio industry creative specialist, has taken a post at BionicVO as part of an arrangement that sees his company become the exclusive business development partner for the company founded by Oink Ink Radio creator Dan Price.
The FCC's Media Bureau has established a comment cycle in which interested parties can chime in on a Petition for Rulemaking from XGN/X1 Mobile and Tyche Media that seeks Commission approval for low-power television stations to use the 5G Broadcast transmission standard on a voluntary basis.
Two weeks ago, she wrapped up what she describes as "one of my favorite eras yet." On September 14, the former Director of Communications and Social Media at the National Association Of Broadcasters finished her first day at her new employer — one of the nation's biggest telecommunications companies.
The Media Bureau's Video Division has granted the company's Petition for Declaratory Ruling — triggering criticism from the lone Democrat serving as a FCC Commissioner and from a fired Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission. It puts partial ownership of CBS in the hands of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
A bipartisan coalition of 18 former FCC decisionmakers has gained the support of two Washington think tanks, which filed an amicus brief with a federal district court in Washington, D.C., in support of a request for emergency relief made by The Walt Disney Company's ABC Television Network.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the FCC have announced that they will be teaming up to conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System. Word of the test, scheduled for mid-November, came via a Public Notice from the Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Hall of Famers Terry and Sandy Shockley have been revealed as the founding grantors of the newly established Young Broadcasters Development Fund, aimed at inspiring career building in the broadcast industry.
A Michigan federal district court judge has granted a request submitted in July by a former WJBK-TV in Detroit news anchor that nullifies a noncompete agreement she had with the FOX Television Stations-owned station. The judgment allows Taryn Asher to appear on another TV station as her gender discrimination and retaliation case against her former employer continues.
Two of radio’s most recognizable voices are stepping behind the podium for Radio Ink and RBR+TVBR‘s Forecast 2027. One is a Radio Hall of Fame host and four-time Gracie Award recipient. The other has spent nearly 20 years in Boston sports radio.
When Jeff Warshaw engineered the merger of his Connoisseur Media with Alpha Media, it was largely assumed that he'd spin stations deemed non-essential. On August 28, Connoisseur confirmed the sale of four properties in small Minnesota cities to a "hometown" buyer. Now, deal details have surfaced.
With interactive sessions led by seasoned faculty members and invited speakers, BLT participants explore financial and business strategy, management and leadership, artificial intelligence, human resources, organizational culture and other issues shaping the future of broadcasting.
It's a move that provides advertisers with a more complete view of how audiences move across streaming and other channels. And, it sees a data integration agreement come to fruition for Roku and Horizon Media.
For the second time this year, a federal appeals court has paused a court order requiring Nielsen to sell its Nationwide ratings product to Cumulus Media on terms and at a price set by a judge, now backed by a $50,000-a-day fine for noncompliance.
