News/Talk still tops the dial, Adult Contemporary still leads music, and younger listeners are finding their favorites in Country, Pop, and Alternative. Nielsen’s latest quarterly look at radio formats finds steady listening across the board as football season kicked off and baseball headed to its pennant races.
Yes, there was an $8 million quarterly loss for the nation's largest owner of broadcast radio stations and biggest creator of audio content in the U.S., as political revenue fell short of the company's goal. That said, iHeartMedia has enjoyed sizable growth in its podcast revenue — so much that it will become its own reporting segment in 2027.
MediaCo's lenders are handing it another short runway. The multicultural broadcaster has secured a one-month extension on a key loan, but the agent's acknowledgment that defaults are continuing keeps the pressure on a company already carrying a going concern warning from its auditors.
Sharing visions. Projecting revenues. Discussing the strategies that will guide and drive the broadcast industry in the coming year. Streamline Publishing's Forecast conference is where the high-level executives are free to share it all ... and exclusively in the room where it happens. You can still be a part of it all.
There's upward momentum this week at Spot TV for a venerable QSR brand that revolutionized hamburger consumption with "Speedy" and then brought in the kids with the clown named "Ronald." It's welcome news from the Golden Arches — especially after it cancelled its global FIFA World Cup participation after the 2026 North American affair.
If you attended the same law school as the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, you're in his good grace ... and in a pole position for a prime role at the agency. Just ask Will Holloway.
To get the Classic Hits on the air, it's been using a Class A FM in Williamstown, Ky.; a Class A FM serving neighboring Dayton, Ohio; and a Class A FM with a tower in Middletown, Ohio, to reach its radio audience. This has left a reception hole in downtown Cincinnati and the hipster communities on the south side of the Ohio River in Covington, Dayton and Newport, Ky.
That signal gap has just been filled for WKRP.
He's been the Director of Engineering at WCVB-5, the flagship station of Hearst Television, since 2023. Now, he's being promoted to a company-wide role as Regional Director of Engineering, spreading his knowledge base to other properties within the Hearst family.
It's a deal brokered by Kalil & Co., and it will see two of the Cuban American communities' most-storied AM radio stations come under the ownership of the Boca Raton, Fla.-based organization best known for "The Rob Carson Show" and for is eponymous conservative-leaning cable TV news network.
Gray Media has selected a new General Manager for its two broadcast stations serving Lima, Ohio.
Getting the job is an individual with some 42 years of experience under his wing.
The former CEO of free advertising-supported video platform Tubi will be succeeding Jennifer Witz. The new SiriusXM leader has also led music video hub Vimeo.
In the summer of 2024, Meruelo Media agreed to a $30 million transaction that saw the broadcast TV station formerly known as KWHY-22 in Los Angeles become the flagship broadcast property for Scientology Media Productions. Now, The Church of Scientology seeks to expand its reach with a Florida station. The broker of record: Kalil & Co.
In an announcement that arrived late Friday, Circle City broadcast TV viewers who rely on DirecTV to get their local channels will now be able to get the local ABC, MyNetworkTV and The CW Network affiliates. At long last, DirecTV and DuJuan McCoy-led Circle City Broadcasting have come to terms on a carriage agreement.
The "successful completion" of the acquisition of Roku Inc. by Fox Corporation has come, and as such the parent of Fox Television Stations believes it has entered "a new transformational era – creating an innovative scaled media and technology company with superior reach, engagement and monetization capabilities."
For well over a year, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations minority has been conducting an inquiry into the Trump Administration’s "attacks on the First Amendment," which they believe includes the FCC. As such, they want Chairman Carr and the heads of the Enforcement and Media Bureaus to respond by the end of November.
Visitors to the FCC's LMS across Thursday were greeted by a "system maintenance" message, blocking access to the important transactions database. As such, the Media Bureau has extended its filing window for new noncommercial educational reserved-band FM translator station applications.
It served as the affiliate of The CW Network in Nashville until September 2021, when it shifted to the DT2 signal associated with Sinclair Inc.'s FOX affiliate in the market. Now, the company seeks to buy that former home for the CW outright, converting a longtime shared services agreement in place with the station's owner.
The company led by CEO Caroline Beasley is expected to reveal its Q3 2026 results on Monday. But what the Beasley Media Group head has to say on Thursday may be more valuable — and you'll have to be in the room where it happens to hear what she has to share as the 2027 Forecast conference takes place.
Graham Holding Co. has released its consolidated third quarter 2026 earnings report, and the company's broadcast television ownership group performed strongly during the three-month period. Revenue climbed by 19%, while expenses were trimmed by 2%.
In broadcasting, term sheets are a key scoreboard, and private equity, strategic buyers, and lenders are all keeping a watchful eye on which companies have the scale, discipline, and positioning to win the next cycle and which will become someone else’s asset. By this time next year, many questions will have answers. At Forecast 2027, you'll be one step ahead.
