The sports, media, and technology company focused on "the global racket sports ecosystem" and built around iconic tennis stars Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf has entered into media agreements with Sinclair Television Group and The Tennis Channel.
Add Saga Communications to the growing group of radio broadcasting companies that, in contrast to their television industry brethren, saw their revenue decline during the third quarter of 2026. For publicly traded Saga, a net loss was seen again, but was largely impacted by a non-cash impairment charge.
He's been a News/Talk icon in the Alamo City for many years and has gained a national audience thanks to the syndication of his weekday radio program. Distribution of that show will continue for Joe Pagliarulo, as he's agreed to a multi-year extension of his current deal.
Stingray isn't the purely Canadian FM-focused company it once was, thanks to its acquisition of TuneIn, and a build-out of free ad-supported streaming television offerings. Those "plus" offerings helped Stingray in a big way during its fiscal second quarter of 2027.
A company led by CEO Steve Newberry that's emerged as a leader in "visual radio" is taking one of the nation's storied media technology operations to court over claims its products infringe a patent tied to synchronized text, logos and images radio stations display on in-car screens — something championed by QUU.
As someone who struggled with stuttering early in life, public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal learned that the road to becoming a confident communicator is rarely straight or smooth. As she celebrates another trip around the sun, Ravinal presents a few things she wish someone had told her about public speaking earlier in her career.
Public Media Infrastructure (PMI) today selected a digital and technology veteran as the organization’s first Chief Technology Officer.
In this role, Dave Williams is being asked to drive the organization's mission "to move public media toward a shared, scalable digital infrastructure built with the needs of local stations at the center."
The WNET Group, which serves as the parent company of PBS flagship WNET-13 in Newark, N.J., has selected a VP of Distribution and New Revenue. He's already on the job, and has been tasked with unifying programming, rights and clearances, research, and distribution goals.
It offers "New Hit Country" to a portion of Illinois due southeast of Dubuque, Iowa, and to the northeast of the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Soon, it will be under new ownership, as Beaver Miller has opted to sell this Class B1 facility.
In July 2023, she was named GSM of Gray Media-owned WSAW-7 in Wausau, Wisc., building on her experience as an Account Executive and Regional Sales Manager for the station. Now, she's been named General Manager of a group of radio stations serving the largest city in Grant County, Wisc..
Can radio and TV reverse the dollar-shift away from digital platforms, in particular with some of the advertising categories that can thrive outside of a search engine-driven consumer attraction mechanism? That was one key question covered by Borrell Associates' Corey Elliott and Gordon Borrell in a Wednesday webinar.
At the end of November, Rob Elmore will conclude his tenure as General Manager of the ABC Owned Television Stations property serving the Triangle region of North Carolina. The individual chosen to take the reins for "ABC11" has just been revealed.
What's next for broadcast media ... especially as several radio companies fell short with their political revenue expectations? A Forecast 2027 session kicking off the November 12 affair at the Harvard Club of the City of New York is designed to provide all of the insights necessary to steer clear of the icebergs.
It's a promotion from within at the publicly traded broadcast television station ownership group under a radical transformation driven by CEO Adam Symson, and it puts a woman with nearly two decades of experience in the newsroom in the role of Chief Technology Officer at The E.W. Scripps Co.
She shared the news of her return to public media in a social media post, reuniting her with New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) President/CEO Jim Schachter, whom she worked with at New York Public Radio. Introducing the new Chief Growth Officer at NHPR, a former iHeart Audience Network executive.
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As RBR+TVBR first reported on Monday, iHeartMedia suffered an $8 million quarterly loss in Q3 2026. One culprit was lower-than-anticipated political advertising revenue. That seems to be a sore spot with the company's shareholders, sending shares southward on Tuesday. Meanwhile, "TSQ" has also shrunk in value.
The future of "Lightning 100" is in question for listeners of this heritage Nashville station, as its longtime owner has just sold it. The buyer? It is a globally famous entertainer known for his friends in low places. For longtime listeners, the "Lightning" brand will be on the move. And, it could bring a bigger audience.
"Yes." That was the one-word response to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz's query to Trump FCC Commissioner nominee Danielle Thumann Severs regarding how she feels about "weaponization" of the Commission by political influence.
Over roughly 75 minutes — following a 45-minute delay — there were plenty of verbal protests from Democrats over the very nature of Danielle Thumann Severs' consideration to serve as a Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission. Key Democratic leaders were absent.
