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.
Have a conversation with any brand manager or Chief Marketing Officer, and they'll likely chat about such topics as addressable advertising, GRPs, KPIs and other sorts of measurement tools Radio has, in their minds, sorely lacked. Now, iHeartMedia says it has a solution for Radio's advertiser/marketer shortfall.
The FOX and MyNetwork TV affiliates serving Central New York could soon be blocked, by law, from Verizon FiOs cable TV service consumers. It's because of ongoing retransmission consent discussions that the American Television Alliance claims are souring fast.
Two years ago, Norsan Media expanded beyond its historical footprint of the Southeastern U.S. in a significant way in Austin. Now, Norsan is getting a big, heritage full-market FM signal to add to its holdings serving Texas' state capital.
It is presently dark under FCC special temporary authority, and has been since February 28, when its owner blamed financial issues for the ability to keep the lights on. Now this dormant AM radio station serving Yuma, Ariz., is poised to return to life with its sale.
Nexstar Media Group has held its 2026 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, and shareholders voted to elect all nominees to the company's Board of Directors while ratifying its independent registered public accounting firm for FY 2026.
It's being pitched as "an enhanced political digital advertising solution" powered by political data and analytics provider Aristotle, and it will integrate Aristotle's consumer intelligence into Gray Media's "Political 360" platform.
A Houston-headquartered computer vision and AI company with a goal to make television interactive and shoppable in real time has secured a strategic investment from the broadcast TV station licensee leading the charge toward full adoption of the ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast standard in the U.S.
With the integration of Financial Executives International sessions at its annual conference in May, the Media Financial Management association and its soon-to-retire President/CEO opened the door to greater synergies between MFM and FEI. Now, a merger of the two organizations has been OK'd by the MFM Board of Directors.
The media performance platform has unveiled "an AI-powered reporting experience" that is designed to allow media buyers and sellers to "interrogate" VideoAmp's census-level campaign measurement in plain English. The result? Ready-to-use data in reports tied to the first phase of a VideoAmp "evolution."
The longtime Chief Financial Officer of African American-centric media company Urban One has signed a new employment agreement with the publicly traded radio station and cable TV networks owner founded by Cathy Hughes and today led by her son, Alfred Liggins III.
In February 2026, the nation's foremost content creation and distribution company superserving African American consumers and PlayVS joined forces for a first-of-its-kind collaboration to create a dedicated competitive gaming community for HBCUs nationwide. Now, its name and logo have been shared.
Ever since DuJuan McCoy completed his purchase of Indianapolis' ABC affiliate from The E.W. Scripps Co. — giving his Circle City Broadcasting three full-power stations in the market — he's been relentlessly painting a portrait of a TV station able to do more thanks to consolidation. Now, this station is "Indiana's AG TV Station."
Audio streaming and monetization platform Zeno Media has been selected by one of the Southeast foremost operators of Spanish-language radio stations, empowering it with a collection of audio streaming technology opportunities.
They are a Station of the Cross — for now. That's because this broadcast ministry has agreed to a deal that will see a Massachusetts broadcaster acquire the AM with an FM translator serving a city between Worcester and Hartford, Conn.