Radio+Television Business Report

An independent broadcast intelligence and research organization specializing in market analysis, ownership intelligence, acquisition research, geospatial mapping, strategic planning, and broadcast industry reporting has forged a "strategic collaboration" with a radio and tower brokerage run by the son of the late media broker who he named after.

Gray Media Chief Operating Officer Sandy Breland will serve as Television Co-Chair of Forecast 2027, which has an agenda that keeps growing by the week. Now in its 24th year, the annual broadcast and finance leadership summit will be presented on November 12 at the Harvard Club of New York.

Valari Staab, the Chairman of NBCUniversal Local who oversees both NBC and Telemundo-branded owned stations and the NBC Sports Regional Networks, has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 RBR+TVBR Lifetime Leadership Award. She'll receive it at Forecast 2027 on November 12 in New York.

An AM radio station serving Fairfield County, Conn., and its FM translators licensed to Stamford and a community on New York's Long Island are being sold by Sacred Heart University. What does this mean for the Classical music presently emanating from these three broadcast facilities?

One of the most important lessons public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal teaches her coaching clients is "deceptively simple": Effective communication has architecture. "Whether you're answering a question in a meeting, making an argument, or speaking to the media, structure helps your audience follow your thinking and remember it."

It is one of most popular features of the year among readers. Now, it has been enhanced for our upcoming Fall 2026 magazine as an improved reflection of the individuals driving live and local TV across the U.S.. For the seventh consecutive year, RBR+TVBR has opened its nomination window for its 2026 Top Local TV Leaders list.

A D.C. federal district court judge appointed has declined the request by ABC to hold a hearing no later than August 25 on its motion for a temporary restraining order preventing the FCC from moving forward with its early license renewal review of all eight ABC Owned Stations properties.

He holds a MBA from American University's Kogod School of Business and for 23 years held key leadership roles in the Nation's Capital for National Geographic. He was Head of International for Amazon's Wondery until spring 2025, when he opened a CEO advisory consultancy. Meet the new head of Hubbard/D.C.

Atlanta Braves fans will be able to watch a pair of the Major League Baseball team's games in Spanish, thanks to an agreement between the club and Gray Media's Telemundo affiliate group, one of the NBCUniversal network's largest.

A Class A FM serving the city that's home to Penn State University has just been sold to the Kentucky-headquartered radio station licensee that has amassed a formidable collection of broadcast properties across the Keystone State.

It reaches tiny McCall, Idaho, as a FM translator linked to Boise State University's Class C3 noncommercial FM also based in this municipality. Until now, the school leased the mini-FM. Now, it seeks to own the facility.

A federal appeals court has denied Nielsen’s rehearing bid to stop an injunction in its antitrust dispute with Cumulus Media. Now the company ready to go private wants a mandate about pricing within the week, as it races to preserve access to Nationwide ratings before September.

He spent some 26 1/2 years at Salem Media and since 2007 has held the position of Chief Financial Officer. With the August 20 privatization of Salem now complete, he has accepted the CFO position at the home of Christian Contemporary Music network K-LOVE and its Worship Music sibling Air1.

How can an open development philosophy, expanded Linux support and mature software and hardware platforms make SMPTE ST 2110 product development more accessible while helping manufacturers accelerate time to market? Macnica has an answer and it will demonstrate how one can reach these goals at IBC 2026.

"The partnership brings together two organizations with a shared commitment to Christian ministry and faithful stewardship," Salem Media and WaterStone said in a joint announcement. As a private company, Salem will work with WaterStone to pursue new opportunities for investment and growth.

The effort with iHeartMedia marks the first time premium streaming audio inventory has been purchased through an AI-powered agentic media buying workflow. It was launched by Butler/Till on behalf of an unnamed agricultural solutions company.

The President and General Manager of the radio station that has been the nation's top biller and one of the top all-News brands by audience multiple times in recent years has been named the 2026 NAB National Radio Award recipient. 

The digitally distributed Scripps News information service owned by The E.W. Scripps Co. has launched a new initiative that the company says is designed to strengthen the relationship between journalists and consumers.

Four television stations operated by Sinclair Inc. via a shared services agreement with a licensee operated by the political commentator and entrepreneur are poised to become owned-and-operated properties — the latest in a wave of SSA-to-purchase deals submitted by the company helmed by Chris Ripley.

Many across the media industry are mourning the unexpected loss of José Alberto Suárez. For nearly 17 years, he was a pivotal executive within the Telemundo Station Group, rising from Director of Digital Platforms to become President/GM of Telemundo stations in Orlando, Tampa and Fort Myers-Naples.