DirecTV filed a petition to deny the $171 million transaction that would see 10 Allen Media Group TV stations wind up in the growing stable of the second-largest broadcast television licensee in the U.S.: Gray Media. Erin Boone's replacement as acting Media Bureau Chief tossed DirecTV's plea. The deal's closing came late Friday.
A particularly bitter battle over carriage fees for Gray Media's broadcast television channels on one of the nation's two direct broadcast satellite TV service providers has ended, with its channels being restored just in time for the Kentucky Derby.
Its properties include seven distinct television brands serving the Delmarva region and a collection of FM radio stations stretching from Wilmington, Del., and Havre de Grace, Md., to its home market of Salisbury-Ocean City, Md. As of today, these properties are under the leadership of a new President.
It was alluded to on Thursday by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr during a post-May Open Meeting press conference with journalists at Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C. Now, we have the full story as to why a radio station is getting a short-term license renewal
They have collaborated for the past seven years. Soon, they will be one entity, as GBH and New England Public Media (NEPM) began the month of May by revealing plans to merge operations. The merger is expected to be complete in summer 2026.
With a diverse group of businesses ranging from the Kaplan educational brand to a restaurant group in the Nation's Capital, Graham Holdings Company has released its Q1 2026 earnings report. How did its collection of broadcast TV stations with historical ties to the Washington Post and Newsweek fare?
Ohio's Attorney General late Thursday announced that it had reached a deal with Nexstar Media Group to keep newsrooms at TEGNA stations in two Buckeye State markets intact for the next several years. Then came word that five state AGs joined California's Rob Bonta in its Sacramento-filed federal lawsuit against Nexstar.
Two heritage radio stations serving Blacks across North Texas for decades are being sold to Urban One. This results in the company led by Alfred Liggins III agreeing to sell its FM at 94.5 MHz to a regional broadcast ministry that plans to switch that station to Spanish-language Christian programming.
Global consumer spending on overall media content and technology grew 2.8% to $2.439 trillion in 2025, decelerating from a 4.4% increase in 2024, as there were no major international sporting events and fewer federal elections and related media buying.
The NAB's 2026 Marconi Radio Award nomination window is now open, and will remain so through the month of May. Award winners will be announced during a special dinner program presented by HD Radio and DTS AutoStage parent Xperi on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Nexstar is aggressively moving ahead with full confidence that its acquisition of TEGNA is proper, allowing it to integrate the company's assets with its own. With all eyes on Nexstar's May 7 Q1 2026 earnings call, the company's board of directors has moved forward with a healthy quarterly cash dividend for its stockholders.
A privately held licensee of broadcast radio stations found across the Show-Me State is largely to thank for the end of the FCC's TV "Top-Four Prohibition," as it successfully sued the Commission in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2025. Now, it has written to the Commission to outright eliminate its local radio restrictions.
Who are the recipients of the Diane Sutter Shooting Star Award and the Broadcast Leadership Training (BLT) Champion Award? We now know that this year's honors went to KOAT-TV's VP/GM and the recently retired FCC Video Division chief, respectively.
Together, Cumulus says the tools will give its account executives a framework for advertiser conversations built around category demand, consumer targeting, and competitive positioning rather than tuning data. The alliance comes as Cumulus continues its legal spat with Nielsen over coverage and pricing.
He's been with DMR/Interactive since taking the post of VP of Marketing Strategy in December 2019, helping shape the company's strategy as media consumption habits were shook by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, he's been promoted to Executive VP of Strategy and Growth.
With a focus on its broadcast stations' programming and ratings, Sinclair Inc. CEO Chris Ripley on Thursday released first quarter 2026 results that beat analysts' revenue projections as the media company that also owns tower firm Dielectric and has a key role in the ATSC 3.0 rollout reaffirmed its full-year fiscal guidance.
If there was any doubt as to the seriousness of the chatter regarding a potential merger between SiriusXM Holdings and iHeartMedia, the early Thursday Q1 2026 SiriusXM earnings call held for analysts and investors perhaps offered a subtle yet plainly obvious sign that talks are indeed ongoing and quite substantial.
It serves the blue-collar communities of Groton, New London and Norwich, Conn., with a Class A signal that as of today airs a Classic Hits format and is branded as a "Big" choice for local listeners. Soon, that will change, as Hall Communications has sold the station to the nation's biggest purveyor of CCM programming.
In these newly-created leadership roles, both executives will be responsible for leading and driving broadcast advertising revenue in addition to developing and overseeing newly created enterprise-level preferred partnerships with agency holding companies across all of the AMG expansive portfolio of broadcast, cable, and digital streaming assets.
The Global Chief Revenue Officer of DAZN and DAZN USA's President, along with a Soros Fund Management executive, have been named to the Board of Directors of Audacy, the audio content creator and distributor that is now majority controlled by SFM.
