Radio+Television Business Report

A 13kw Class B FM reaching Pittsburgh from the northwest and parts of Youngstown, Ohio, is being sold by the radio licensee led by Lynn Deppen. The buyer is a non-secular licensee that will use the property and an FM translator serving Pittsburgh from atop Spring Hill to spread the word of Jesus Christ.

Nearly two years of union negotiations between the owner of the ABC, CBS and FOX network affiliates serving California's Central Coast and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) have failed to reach a resolution, leading IATSE Members to strike across Wednesday.

The broadcast television station ownership group that also owns tower manufacturer Dielectric and has emerged as the ATSC 3.0 industry shepherd delivered what CEO Chris Ripley called "strong" second quarter results.  Indeed, revenue and adjusted EBITDA each grew year-over-year. But did they meet analyst expectations?

The FCC's August Open Meeting is on Thursday, and based on the statement issued late Wednesday from the agency's lone Democratic vote-caster, the end of the current 39% national TV ownership reach put in place by Congress in the early 2000s appears to be coming to its conclusion.

A Class A FM station serving Winona, Minn., and La Crosse, Wisc.; along with a 100kw Class C FM reaching these markets from Monroe County is being acquired by the radio broadcasting company led by founder Dave Magnum. Along for the ride in this transaction are a Class D AM and its FM translator in Sparta, Wisc.

The Maryland House Democrat believes the FCC's "extraordinary decision to require early renewal of eight Disney-owned ABC broadcast licenses breaks from decades of practice and causes severe constitutional problems by at least appearing to use the Commission’s licensing authority to censor protected speech." As such, "further Congressional oversight may be warranted."

Visitors to IBC2026 can experience the Maxiva XTK and GatesAir's portfolio of TV and radio offerings at Stand 8.B75, where the Ohio-headquartered company plans to demonstrate technologies designed to improve transmission efficiency, simplify operations and prepare broadcasters for the next generation of over-the-air services.

The licensee of a Milwaukee radio station since 1972 which is poised to become the latest property in the Civic Media stable — along with a 61-year-old newspaper serving the Black community of Milwaukee — has entered into a Consent Decree with the FCC's Media Bureau to resolve a transfer of control violation in November 2024.

Conservative political talk host Chris Stigall has won his Republican primary race for a seat in the U.S House of Representatives. He'd serve the sixth Congressional district of the state of Missouri, if elected in November.

As RBR+TVBR shared earlier this week, Beasley Media Group has agreed to sell a Top 40 radio station in Charlotte and the facility presently housing an Alternative FM serving Las Vegas to K-LOVE Inc. Details including the sale price have now been disclosed.

"This was an excellent quarter for us," Josh D'Amaro, CEO of The Walt Disney Co., beamed as the parent of ABC Owned Stations began his company's fiscal third quarter earnings call. In the role for five months, D'Amaro couldn't be more pleased — even as the FCC under Brendan Carr has Disney's broadcast TV stations in its crosshairs.

Following the recent launch of its Video to Sound plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro, Krotos is expanding the technology to Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve. The new integration is designed to allow editors to build an initial synchronized sound effects pass using Krotos' audio library.

The company plans to demonstrate how its System T ecosystem is delivering scale with a range of physical and virtualized user interfaces as part of its software-defined Virtual Tempest Engine (VTE) for deployment across both on-prem and cloud workflows.

The world's foremost platform for on-demand music and a growing slate of podcasts delivered what Pivotal Research Group CEO Jeffrey Wlodarczak considers to be a "solid" Q2 2026 results.  Spotify's guidance is equally positive for Wlodarczak, leading him to raise his target price on the company's stock by $20.

Rumors first surfaced across the Queen City last week that a reduction-in-force was coming to The E.W. Scripps Co. On Tuesday, President/CEO Adam Symson addressed the "organizational changes" tied to a previously announced "transformation" at the broadcast TV station ownership group. He did so in an internal memo.

Canada's source for radio industry audience measurement data has moved forward with a new hybrid radio measurement approach for local markets. As Numeris sees it, "Radio Local+" marks "a pivotal step forward in how audiences will be measured across Canada." It's also being eyed as "a foundational milestone " in its broader audio strategy.

Is scale still the winning strategy in media, or has the math changed? A longtime financial analyst focused on broadcast media will tackle those questions on October 21 during an NAB Show New York session baring the name "The Future of Media: Consolidation or Spin-Off?"

The Texas Association of Broadcasters' TAB Show begins Wednesday (8/5), with two days of panel sessions and an exposition that includes the presence of a New York-headquartered company that for 50 years has attracted broadcasters for its video and, more recently, its fiber optic systems.

For years, audio advertising — broadcast radio, streaming audio and podcast alike — carried the same quiet problem. Buyers loved the format and they loved the audiences, but what they could not prove was reach. That is starting to change, and the whole category is better for it.

A trio of broadcast facilities serving a small Texas Panhandle city bisected by U.S. Highway 83 are being sold. What does this mean for "Perryton's Choice"? That will be up to an ownership group led by Oscar Hernandez.