Radio+Television Business Report

Until July of last year, he was the Head of Audio Business and VP of Media for Rogers Sports & Media, the entity that just shuttered all of its all-News radio stations outside of CFTR-AM. Now, he has resurfaced at Pattison Media, one of the largest audio brand operators in Western Canada.

An AM radio station offering listeners Classic Country music and agricultural reports and its FM sibling with an Oldies format branded as "The Bear" are poised to be heading into the hands of a new owner. What does this mean for this pair of stations serving Bozeman, Mont.?

It is an agreement the FCC believes is all about "strengthening Payola protections for artists." For the nation's largest radio station ownership group, it requires a compliance plan that effectively terminates an Enforcement Bureau investigation into potential violations of the FCC's Sponsorship Identification Laws.

Atlanta News First and ESPN have reached an agreement to simulcast select Atlanta Falcons games locally, beginning with two confirmed games during the 2026 NFL season and potentially games in 2027.

The Media Rating Council has begun an effort to evaluate existing standards and guidelines and develop supplementary guidance in certain focus areas, as it relates to the rapidly evolving use of artificial intelligence and Machine Learning models in areas that intersect with media measurement processes and products.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has granted a request by the Commission to dismiss the appeals filed in the combined Free Press v. FCC case designed to thwart Nexstar Media Group's regulatorily approved merger with TEGNA. It's a win for the Commission and for Nexstar.

Four photographers who work for the news-driven unaffiliated television station serving Boston owned by Sunbeam Television have taken the company to court for allegedly failing to properly reimburse them for time spent during a mandatory hotel stay tied to a winter weather plan initiated by the station in late January.

Nexstar Media Group's reply brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals largely reiterates its earlier arguments while offering a plea to do something many have predicted — removing the state Attorneys General that joined DirecTV in fighting against its regulatorily-approved merger with TEGNA.

The 94.5 MHz facility associated with KBAY-FM in San Jose is being sold to one of the nation’s largest Christian contemporary music networks. The call letters and format will be retained by Connoisseur Media.

Six former FCC vote-makers were joined by the current junior Republican Commissioner at the agency on Thursday at the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council's annual symposium. Exceptional activity from the agency led for 18 months by Brendan Carr has much to do with increased interest in the event, MMTC President Bob Branson noted.

If you enjoy listening to Cougars football and men's basketball games and you live in the home of the Huskies, the AM radio station branded as "Seattle Sports" is the place to turn to this autumn. That's thanks to a new multi-year partnership between Washington State University, headquartered in Spokane, and Bonneville International.

One is a family-owned broadcast media company focused on non-secular programming. The other is the nation's largest single licensee of AM and FM radio stations. These two entities have just agreed to swap a pair of FM translators, located in Denver and in San Diego, respectively.

Disney's broadcast TV unit filed reply comments with the FCC in support of its Petition for Declaratory Ruling classifying daytime roundtable chat show The View as a bona fide news program. In short, ABC warned that the government should not serve as content police, a First Amendment violation.

What can investors anticipate from Gray Media when it comes to the broadcast television station owner's second quarter 2026 earnings results? The answers will come on August 7 with the release of its financial health card, and a conference call hosted by Hilton Howell Jr. and Pat LaPlatney.

The individual who leads the Cumulus Media radio stations serving Mobile has been promoted to Regional Vice President, taking on the additional responsibilities of overseeing the company's broadcast radio stations in four other markets across Bayou Country and the Deep South.

Call it a COVID shot. Since the pandemic's dark days of Summer 2020, West Palm Beach has been a boomtown. This has made land values particularly valuable in the downtown core. In May 2025 The E.W. Scripps Co. decided to leave the 24-year home for the market's NBC affiliate. It's now known it is leaving the city.

In 2017, he was recruited to join Veritone to build out its radio business and, later, its Television vertical. In July 2023, he rose from Managing Director of Media and Broadcasting to become Sr. VP of Sales for Media, Entertainment and Sports. Now, following a restructuring, this veteran media tech executive is moving on.

From AI to updates to rules and regulations deemed outdated, the Carr Commission has taken aggressive approach to deleting what is no longer necessary to keep on the books. An AEI session with the FCC's Senior Counsel kicking off the discussion touched on how the "multi-modal future" is being addressed.

Attorneys James E. Gallagher and David J. Powsner of Davis, Malm & D'Agostine, P.C. in Boston are representing Screendollars. US District Judge Patti B. Saris has been assigned to the case. Neither Screendollars nor SiriusXM had issued public statements on the litigation at press time.

Deb McDermott, who also serves as CEO of Standard Media, the broadcasting arm of MediaCo backer Standard General, is stepping down as Chair of the Board and of the Compensation Committee but will remain a director and continue serving on the Compensation Committee.