For many years, it has served as legal counsel to more than 1,500 broadcast radio and television stations. On November 1, the law firm closed its doors. Two familiar attorneys are retiring while two others active with media clients have resurfaced at a San Francisco-headquartered practice.
The company that runs WPIX-11 in New York is facing charges of racial and gender discrimination from a University of Florida graduate who served as a news reporter for the TV station. It is the second such lawsuit against the company from an African American journalist who worked there.
He first petitioned the FCC in February and in June submitted an amended petition that would amend FM broadcast spacing rules for the U.S. Now, the Media Bureau is seeking comment on what Charles M. Anderson is seeking.
The nation's largest single owner of broadcast TV stations, even without its ownership of TEGNA, has declared a cash dividend for the third quarter of 2026. The news comes ahead of the company's release of its fiscal results for the three-month period ending September 30.
In Washington, D.C., circles, Blair Levin is widely known for his time as the Chief of Staff to FCC Chairman Reed Hundt. On October 13, it became known that he has joined New York University's Center on Technology Policy as Senior Fellow. Now, Levin has another role, and it is inside the Beltway.
Election Day 2026 is here, and much is at stake on the national, state and local level. For CBS Television Stations, their pioneering use of augmented reality and virtual reality powering sports and weather reports will be put to use tonight when the polls close and the results start rolling in.
A Mendocino County, Calif., FM radio station with a Class B signal capable of reaching Laytonville, to the north, and northern portions of Santa Rosa and St. Helena to the south has officially landed in the hands of its new owner. The deal was brokered by Kalil & Co.
A three-year court battle between Nexstar Media Group and DirecTV over alleged antitrust activities associated with a failed retransmission consent agreement is far from over. And, lawyers representing the DBS service provider are running out of patience with the TV station ownership giant over a discovery tiff.
Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio and the NAB Leadership Foundation have extended the application deadline for the 2026 LAUNCH Mentorship Program through November 13. The year-long program supports women pursuing careers in broadcast engineering, audio production, and technical operations.
AWARN Alliance has written to the FCC in support of the November 17 national EAS test the agency is conducting with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Importantly, AWARN voiced his disapproval of a request from the head of Silicondust to disable ATSC 3.0 protocols ahead of the upcoming test.
The New York Market President and corporate level Chief Business Officer of the audio content creator and distributor whose majority ownership is held by Soros Fund Management has been selected to serve as Chair for the 2027 term of the New York State Broadcasters Association (NYSBA).
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.
She first joined the Gray Media-owned CBS affiliate serving Lafayette, Ind., in 2015 as Digital Sales Director and one year later was promoted to Sales Manager. In 2022, she departed the station, only to return at the end of 2025. Now, she's the General Manager of this Indiana TV station.
He's been honored as a one of Broadcast's Best Finance Leaders on three occasions by RBR+TVBR and has spent nearly a decade at the company, with duties that include ABC Owned Television Stations. As October came to a close, this Disney Entertainment Television finance pro was promoted to CFO.
Some FM stations say they can’t run their HD Radio signals as strongly as they were built to, and a rule about one power limit is the reason. NAB and Xperi told FCC staff the agency’s reading of that rule changed in 2025, and they want it fixed.
Hubbard Broadcasting is tidying up the family tree. An FCC filing lays out a series of mergers that would fold license holders into market operating companies, retire an intermediate radio parent, and put eight TV stations under a new Hubbard Television Group, all without changing who ultimately owns the licenses.
For 13 years, search owned local advertising. Not anymore. Borrell Associates says streaming video is now the biggest category in the market, while broadcast TV is projected to fall by single digits this year, even as a wave of advertisers who never bought a spot go straight to video.
A pair of WideOrbit alumni is landing at RCS Worldwide. Tammy Halcomb, most recently of Gemini XIII, will run the company’s product organization, and Merideth Kelly, who started in newsrooms before building a career in software, will lead global client experience under CEO Susan Larkin.
The Crystal Radio Awards entry deadline has been extended to Friday, November 6, giving NAB radio member stations an extra week to showcase their outstanding community service. 50 finalists and 10 winners will be chosen and then honored in Washington, DC, during the NAB State Leadership Conference.
A year ago, the FCC said it wouldn’t set a firm end date for ATSC 1.0. Sinclair is asking it to change course and issue a sunset order, and that has the low-power TV world on alert. The LPTV Broadcasters Association is now telling the FCC to keep its stations out of any potential mandate.
