Fifty, or 1.6%, of the United States’ 3,144 counties had at least one million people on July 1, 2024. That's more than double the number in 1970. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s county-level population estimates, which date back to 1970, only 54 counties have ever crossed the one-million-person mark.
Coming to U.S. shores for the first time, at the upcoming NAB Show, is a fully software-based switcher that enables users to create complex compositions with unlimited layers via an intuitive GUI.
The radio industry's quest to mandate no-cost access to AM radio stations in all vehicles manufactured and sold in the U.S. has reached a key support level in the U.S. Senate, as a filibuster-proof number of co-sponsors of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act can now be tallied on Capitol Hill.
Beasley Media Group has changed the programming of one of its Las Vegas radio stations to a blend of English-language and Spanish-language Adult Contemporary music — with a fully Spanish-language presentation. The branding borrows from a co-owned radio property in Tampa-St. Petersburg.
Until now, a vacant FM table allotment for a Class A facility at 100.7 MHz in Kauai has appeared on the FCC's official documentation. Now, on its own motion, the Audio Division is substituting that facility for a different Class A FM, on a different frequency. And, it is a win for Matthew Wesolowski.
With just weeks to go before the NBCUniversal upfront presentation in New York and the start of the 2025-2026 ad-buying season, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises has promoted its Telemundo Studios Executive VP to its top role, reporting to NBCU Telemundo head Luis Fernandez.
The NewsON video streaming service devoted to local TV station news content has added a pair of channels associated with Lilly Broadcasting, giving viewers in the Twin Tiers and in Northwestern Pennsylvania another way to learn of what's making headlines around the globe and down their street.
The radio stations in Omaha-Council Bluffs and in the Iowa cities of Des Moines, Sioux City, Davenport, Ogallala and Cedar Rapids owned by the largest audio content creator and distributor in the U.S. has a new Area President. She reports to Division President Shosh Abromovich.
The newspaper business has some similarities to broadcast media ownership, and they go beyond vying for local advertising dollars. Trust is a big issue, and a Media Finance Management Annual Conference session will discuss "Trust In Media" during a key breakout session that could be of keen interest to CFOs.
A new agreement has brought play-by-play of Minnesota Twins games back to over-the-air TV for the first time since 2012. This will see a limited selection of Twins games get a simulcast on FOX Television Station's KMSP-TV and a group of Gray Media stations in other markets within the team's multi-state territory.
New Jersey-headquartered technical systems consultant, systems integrator and broadcast equipment manufacturer's representative DNAV is gearing up for a 2025 NAB Show experience that will see it focus on products offering centralized monitoring capabilities and the launch of its new router.
In advance of the NAB Show 2025, Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS) has launched a new service designed for broadcasters and content owners to consolidate their video management efforts, increase efficiency, and lower costs across legacy TV, online video/OTT, and social media platforms.
StreamGuys' growing programmatic advertising business is getting a boost just in time for the NAB Show in Las Vegas, thanks to the introduction of a professional consulting service designed to aid broadcasters and content publishers.
The former Chief Engineer for River Radio Ministries in Columbus, Ohio, has accepted a new role, and is now the Senior Field Engineer for a unit of Triple Helix Technologies and MaxxKonnect.
At the 2025 NAB Show, Kokusai Denki Electric Inc. will likely see a steady flow of industry individuals eager to learn more about their line of broadcast cameras. Not familiar with the company? You probably are, as it is taking on a new name.
The product enables broadcasters to optimize their media workflows "by leveraging the power of hardware and the flexibility of software," the company shares, adding that VX is "a ‘living platform’ that has been engineered to evolve with the industry’s needs."
It first arrived just before the 2024 NAB Show. Now, the Steve Newberry-founded Quu Inc. has released its 2025 report that offers an updated view of AM/FM radio's place in the top 100 best-selling vehicles in the U.S.
Gray Media has increased the aggregate commitments under its revolving accounts receivable securitization facility (its “AR Facility”) by $100 million, resulting in aggregate commitments under this facility of up to $400 million. At the same time, the company extended the maturity of the facility to March 31, 2028.
It was only a matter of time. A group of U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats have launched an investigation into FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s "attacks on the First Amendment" and what they call "his weaponization of the independent agency."
The NAB wants it, as do most of the nation's broadcast radio and television broadcasting companies. The FCC's Chairman, Brendan Carr, has stated his desire for it, too. Now, no less than 73 Members of Congress have called on the Commission to modernize the nation's broadcast ownership rules.
