Radio+Television Business Report

"Our goal is to move the market beyond isolated agent announcements and toward a common foundation for trusted agent-to-agent media buying.," WPP Media shared in a lengthy announcement distributed on Thursday.

Five docket items are on the agenda for the next FCC open Commission meeting, scheduled for Thursday. Among them are two Public Safety & Homeland Security items for consideration by the three voting members of the agency.

The Latino Donor Collaborative (LDC) has released its 2025 LDC U.S. Latinos in Media Report™: Full Year Update and the 2026 LDC Strategic Roadmap for the Entertainment Industry. The data highlights "a widening chasm" between where Latinos consume English-language content and how they are represented on and off screen in the industry.

With connected TV hot with both consumers and marketers, bringing artificial intelligence-fueled products to the digitally delivered streaming video ecosystem is now in vogue. For Chicago-based Iridio, this sees the debut of an AI-powered channel identification engine.

Live TV streaming service Philo has become the latest digitally delivered video content platform to introduce pause ads across its full ad-supported footprint. The format, says Philo, is now accessible both directly and programmatically, "giving brand and agency partners flexible entry into one of streaming's highest-engagement ad moments."

FOX News Media has committed to delivering what it calls "expansive, multiplatform live coverage" honoring the 250th anniversary of the United States of America's declaration of independence from Great Britain. And, the programming starts on Wednesday.

A local TV news anchor for a pair of TEGNA stations serving Jacksonville and the Chief Executive Officer of Beasley Media Group are the latest inductees into the Florida Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

Steve Wexler and Dave Magnum were joined by Woodward Community Media's Director of Broadcast and a now-retired iHeartMedia Wisconsin Metro President as this year's inductees into the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. The four were feted at a Thursday night affair in Lake Geneva, Wisc.

The FCC is expected to adopt its final FY 2026 fee schedule later this year, and the NAB wants the Commission to reconsider a proposed 46% fee increase for broadcaster-operated earth stations. Why? The association believes the raise is disproportionate and penalizes broadcasters.

As Americans seek unity, fresh data from Katz Media Group points to something the industry has long known: when the country gathers, it gathers around radio. Patriotism is also particularly strong among heavy radio listeners.

AI-driven broadcast technology company Futuri has brought to market a revenue intelligence platform for media sales teams. As the company founded by Daniel Anstandig believes, TopLine Enterprise streamlines disparate research, outreach, creative, and attribution tools into a single workflow for media sales teams.

The Commission has once again denied a petition filed by direct broadcast satellite (DBS) provider DirecTV that would have put a stop to the transfer of control of a Michigan TV station, creating a duopoly in the Traverse City, Mich., DMA. DirecTV has been seeking to put a stop to these deals as part of an anti-carriage fee fight.

The junior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission has been selected to serve as the Keynote Speaker at an annual gathering of former FCC leaders hosted by the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC).

As Adam R Jacobson prepares to celebrate a decade as Editor-in-Chief of the Radio + Television Business Report, he returns to where it all started with an onsite interview with Pacific Media Group CEO Chuck Bergson — on location in Maui.

A media executive with more than four decades of leadership experience who serves as Chairman of NBCUniversal Local, overseeing 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.

The NAB has released the first public report from the NextGen TV News Technology Lab that illustrates local broadcast TV stations are already using ATSC 3.0-powered channels to deliver interactive news, "smarter weather" and emergency alerts to consumers.

Audio advertising shop AdLarge has appointed a Chief Revenue Officer, tasked with overseeing revenue strategy and sales leadership across both AdLarge and the female-focused content platform fwd. network.

To commemorate 250 years of U.S. independence, Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG) is moving ahead with production of an original series that will air weekend mornings on NBC stations, starting August 22, featuring an iconic actor known for his portrayal as "Dr. Frasier Crane."

Introducing Bradley Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Carlsbad, Calif.-based Wise Support Services. He's poised to become the owner of a noncommercial FM radio station in Bethany, Mo., based on a Form 314 filing awaiting FCC regulatory approval.

A bipartisan bill that would establish a federal intellectual property right allowing individuals to authorize or block digital replicas of their voice and likeness has cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee, setting up a full floor vote in the upper body of Congress.