Radio+Television Business Report

The average global consumer spent 8.24 hours per day with media in 2025, up from 7.62 hours in 2020, as ad-supported media accounted for 52.7% of time spent in 2025, down from a 55.5% share in 2020.

Listeners in Lawrence and Beaver County, Pa., who seek a little more light from Christ in their audio programming will soon have a new choice to go to, thanks to a deal that sees Family Life acquire an FM from Lynn Deppen in a transaction brokered by Michael J. Bergner.

Two of the most powerful Members of the U.S. Senate have written to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr seeking answers to Commission inconsistency when it comes to resolving significant transactions at the staff level. It throws another wrench into the machinations that allowed Nexstar to merge with TEGNA.

A reborn Miami event under the NATPE Global name debuted in January 2024 at the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Miami under new owner Brunico Communications. Now, Brunico is pulling the plug on the annual affair. Why? Brunico cites a changing business climate, rather than any internal fiscal woes.

In a move that could portend the Commission's approval of Nexstar Media Group's merger with TEGNA, the FCC on Friday granted a waiver to Circle City Broadcasting that clears the way for the company to add the ABC affiliate in Indianapolis to its holdings — creating a "triopoly."

A District of Columbia District Court Judge has ruled against Donald J. Trump for his signing on May 1, 2025, of Executive Order 14290, which ended "taxpayer subsidization of biased media" by ending federal funding of both NPR and PBS by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting or any government agency.

DirecTV sought to squash it, but failed. The longtime LMA of Jacksonville's CBS affiliate by Cox Media Group will soon end, with CMG acquiring the station outright and forming an official duopoly. The deal comes as the "Top Four" prohibition rule no longer exists, per an Eighth Circuit federal appeals court ruling.

He spent more than a decade at NBCUniversal, most recently holding the post of Executive VP of Marketing and Brand Partnerships. Now, he's joined the nation's biggest audio content creator and distributor for a similar role.

Two decades ago she was a popular morning co-host and PD of a Styles Media Group Country FM serving Alabama's Wiregrass Region. Now, she's preparing to acquire a heritage AM/FM radio combo in Dothan made famous in the region by founding owner Agnes Dowling Simpson.

"StreamGuys developed SGcreative to help Nueva Network do something unique in audio advertising: deliver real-time, location-specific sponsored content to Hispanic and multicultural audiences at scale," the company said. That listener-facing product is branded by Nueva Network as "Que Onnda Today."

Six radio signals serving Lincoln, Neb., are being added to the company founded by Jeffrey Warshaw. This will not only see another NRG Media divestment, but also create a situation where Connoisseur Media would be the only company with rated commercially licensed stations in Nebraska's state capital.

The Best Finance Leaders will be revealed in RBR+TVBR’s Summer 2026 Special Report, and we're accepting reader nominations through Friday. The RBR+TVBR Broadcast Best Finance Leaders list shines a spotlight on the individuals focused on finance, the stewards behind the plans designed for success—and profits.

Broadcast Supply Worldwide (BSW), known for its pro audio and broadcast products, is welcoming a Director of Strategic Accounts to the Tacoma, Wash.-based company led by President/CEO Bryan Seeley.

It was first announced in October 2025 as a hub for the broadcast and media community, serving as a platform-agnostic, controlled environment to test alternatives to C-Band media transport and distribution. Now, USSI Global's new Media Transport Solutions Lab has officially opened for business.

A managed service for broadcast transmission monitoring and support has arrived from GatesAir, and it's market delivery is concurrent to the company's introduction of an on-premises site appliance that securely connects transmitters and related infrastructure to the AirWatch365 platform.

AoIP (Audio over IP) has been a part of radio’s infrastructure for well over twenty years now, but the misconception that it’s only suitable for large-scale installations in major markets remains — much to the detriment of more modest installations in smaller markets, says Telos Alliance's Marty Sacks.

ALP-AES67-128 ensures full compliance with AES67, RAVENNA, ST2110-30 and ST2022-7. Both versions of the sound card provide full support for redundancy and Out of Band management, reinforcing network infrastructure security — features that are not fully accessible with ‘AES67 compatible’ DANTE cards.

By moving contribution feeds and master control operations to IP and cloud infrastructure, broadcasters can scale coverage beyond the limits of traditional outside broadcast trucks and control rooms, enabling many more simultaneous events, Caretta Research shares.

Sports talk programming that includes the long-running Dan Patrick Show and live play-by-play events under the NBC Sports Radio banner is now getting an audio streaming marquee courtesy of the platform that is now owned by Canada's Stingray.

Connoisseur Media has swiftly moved to part ways with stations in markets it obtained through its debt assumption-fueled merger with Alpha Media. Now, the company led by Jeffrey Warshaw has engineered another market exit by selling its four radio stations in the capital of Kansas.