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Radio+Television Business Report

Farmers Challenges LiMu Emu In The Spot Cable Space

Radio+Television Business Report
7 hours 26 minutes ago
For the last several weeks, the spot for TV spots for one of the nation's leading auto insurance specialty companies has been national Spot Cable. For the final week of May 2026, it has company — from a category peer that recently recruited actor J.K. Simmons as its spokesperson.
Adam Jacobson

NAB to FCC: ‘Big Tech’ Should Pay Up, Not Radio

Radio+Television Business Report
8 hours 5 minutes ago
The NAB is pushing back on a proposed 46% fee hike from the FCC and calling on the Commission to make Big Tech pay its share, with the filing landing the same week several small radio station classes crossed the de minimis exemption threshold for the first time.
Cameron Coats

An Inconvenient Truth About Selling A Station

Radio+Television Business Report
12 hours 4 minutes ago
Brett Miller has been a media broker since forming Miller & Associates in 1988, which today is MCH Enterprises. In this column, he discusses what he refers to as "The Premium Dilemma" — why sellers with money‑losing stations should not be asking top dollar if they really want a suitable suitor to purchase their properties.
RBR-TVBR

Pleading Cycle Cemented For ABC’s Early Renewal Applications

Radio+Television Business Report
13 hours 34 minutes ago
The FCC's Media Bureau late Friday moved forward with establishing a formal pleading cycle and ex parte procedures for the early renewal applications of the eight ABC Owned Stations owned by its parent, The Walt Disney Co.
Adam Jacobson

Like ABC, Bridge News Gets Early License Renewal Pleading Cycle

Radio+Television Business Report
13 hours 34 minutes ago
A comment period has been established that will guide the Media Bureau in determining whether or not to renew the licenses for the company that operated the now-defunct NewsNet — bankrolled by the man who invented 5-Hour Energy.
Adam Jacobson

Winemiller Agrees To Take Six LPTVs In Exchange Of Services

Radio+Television Business Report
13 hours 34 minutes ago
Jeff Winemiller, one of the most prolific buyers and sellers of low-power TV stations, has struck another deal. This time, it involves his company's acquisition of six properties in the state of Washington — including one in Seattle.
Adam Jacobson

After Nearly 55 Years, Denny Long To Depart WCCO Radio

Radio+Television Business Report
14 hours 3 minutes ago
He's been linked to a spoken word AM radio station associated with CBS Radio since it purchased the property in 1932 from General Mills. Now, he has officially retired from the property that is today owned by Soros Fund Management-controlled Audacy Inc.
Adam Jacobson

NAB Board Election Results Arrive

Radio+Television Business Report
14 hours 4 minutes ago
The National Association of Broadcasters on Friday announced the results of its 2026 NAB Radio and Television Board of Directors elections. The two-year terms of the elected board members will begin this month.
RBR-TVBR

Stratemeyer Gets FCC NOV Over Antenna Structure Flubs

Radio+Television Business Report
16 hours 5 minutes ago
The owner of a Class B1 FM serving downstate Illinois communities such as Centralia and its city of license, Mount Vernon, and an AM radio station in Cairo, Ill., has received two Notices of Violation from the FCC. A lack of white obstruction lighting is one of the matters at hand for Benjamin Stratemeyer.
Adam Jacobson

LiveRamp Widens Its Partnership With SiriusXM

Radio+Television Business Report
20 hours 3 minutes ago
"We’re making audio more measurable, targetable, and performance-driven through identity-based tools, large-scale audience reach, and major partnerships." That's how the nation's satellite radio operator describes its new expanded relationship with LiveRamp, one designed to support "scalable identity solutions" across programmatic audio. 
Adam Jacobson

FCC OKs Restrictions for Noncomm FM Translator Filing Window

Radio+Television Business Report
20 hours 31 minutes ago
The Commission on Friday adopted its proposed general application cap, as well as a holding period for construction permits granted in an upcoming filing window for the first FM translators associated with a noncommercial full-power MHz band station.
RBR-TVBR

Retrans Impasse Blocks Scripps Stations, By Law, To DirecTV Users

Radio+Television Business Report
21 hours 34 minutes ago
As the 7pm hour began across the East Coast of the U.S. on Sunday, every TV station owned by The E.W. Scripps Co. was effectively obstructed under federal law from those who receive local broadcast television stations via DirecTV. The reason? A new carriage deal could not be reached, and each party blames each other.
Adam Jacobson

Account Executive

Radio+Television Business Report
3 days 2 hours ago
El Dorado Broadcasters is the High Desert’s largest media company. Along with the area’s most listened to radio stations, we promote the High Desert’s premier family events and deliver digital marketing solutions (online advertising) for clients across the country. Marketing Account Managers work with business owners, managers and advertising agencies, driving campaigns across our platform. […]
RBR-TVBR

FCC ‘Reminds’ Broadcasters Of Their Public Interest Needs

Radio+Television Business Report
3 days 6 hours ago
The FCC on Thursday made it clear that it wants broadcasters "to review and modify their operations to ensure compliance." The reminder comes in a politically charged environment, one in which The Walt Disney Co. is being subject to an early license renewal of its ABC Owned Stations and questions over "The View" as a bona fide news program.
Adam Jacobson

Broadcasting Believer Sells A Georgia FM

Radio+Television Business Report
3 days 13 hours ago
A silent and licensed FM radio station serving Forsyth, Ga., is in the process of being handed to a new owner, thanks to an asset purchase agreement that's just been submitted to the FCC for regulatory approval.
Adam Jacobson

As D.C. Weighs Rule Shifts, Hispanic Radio’s Public Service Shines

Radio+Television Business Report
3 days 13 hours ago
The FCC under Brendan Carr has generated many conversations about "ridding broadcasters ills by letting everybody buy each other." That's an observation veteran D.C. communications attorney Frank Montero offered as he opened the second day of the 2026 Hispanic Radio Conference with a lively panel discussion.
Adam Jacobson

House E&C To Examine GPS Alternatives At June Hearing

Radio+Television Business Report
3 days 14 hours ago
The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology within the House Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a hearing on June 4 that could place the NAB's Broadcast Positioning System (BPS) in a key Congressional spotlight.
RBR-TVBR

Pharma Dollars Flowing To Spot TV As FDA Scrutiny Grows

Radio+Television Business Report
3 days 14 hours ago
The FDA’s crackdown on deceptive drug advertising is having a negative impact on pharma advertising across multiscreen TV platforms, the VAB notes. But, that has resulted in a boost for broadcast television. The VAB now finds that pharma's TV spend has increased significantly, with dollars shifting from the digital realm.
Adam Jacobson

Author, Journalist, Filmmaker … And Now ’60 Minutes’ EP

Radio+Television Business Report
4 days ago
The fifth Executive Producer in the history of CBS' Sunday early prime newsmagazine "60 Minutes" has been named. And, it is the first to bring experience from outside linear television to the program.
Adam Jacobson

‘Under Protest,’ Disney Files Early ABC TV License Renewal Forms

Radio+Television Business Report
4 days 1 hour ago
The war of words between the Carr Commission and The Walt Disney Co. over the FCC's strict scrutiny of the ABC Television Network — and ABC Owned Stations, giving the Commission the authority to speak — escalated on Thursday as the company now led by CEO Josh D'Amaro submitted eight license renewal applications "under protest." 
RBR-TVBR

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