When ads come on during a podcast, the skip button can start looking quite tempting. So that has to hurt ad efficacy, right? Not quite, according to new research that shows more than half of podcast listeners who routinely skip ads have still acted on one.
Nautel has announced their 100th Transmission Talk Tuesday, and the topic will be "The Future of Broadcast." While that may be broad, Nautel has a definitive focus for the online event, scheduled for June 23.
Jimmy Farrell recently transferred to Hollywood, Fla., to serve as VP/Market Manager for the Cox Media Group properties serving the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market. Now, CMG has named Farrell's successor five hours north via I-95, in Jacksonville.
Few people in the history of American radio journalism can claim a career as long, as consequential, or as decorated as Harvey Nagler. As such, Streamline Publishing is honored to select the former CBS News Radio GM as the recipient of the 2026 Lifetime Leadership Award.
Fifty years ago today, "Silly Love Songs" by Wings was No. 1. New Yorkers were preparing for the 200th anniversary of the United States of America with the Tall Ships sailing up the Hudson River. And Allen Power started his first job in broadcasting. Come September 30, his 50-year career in radio will end.
The Hearst Television property serving Alabama's largest market as a NBC affiliate, with MeTV Network appearing on a digital multicast channel, has named a Digital Sales Manager. He succeeds Dennis Elkin, who was recently promoted to Local Sales Manager.
Progressive talk radio is coming to a region that's more Purple than ever, politically. Heartland Signal, through Mr. Rodney Gibbs, has struck a deal through "KFNN LLC" to acquire KFNN-AM and K287BX at 105.3 MHz, licensed to Mesa, Ariz. — stations put up for sale by a federal bankruptcy court judge.
A Class A FM and its Class C 1kw AM sibling, which has an FM translator companion, are poised to see an ownership shift, as Samuel Kennedy has brought in a business partner that is assuming a 50% stake in the parent organization of "Front Porch Radio for Southern Middle Tennessee."
An FM translator serving the Texas city of Waco is about to land in the hands of a new licensee, thanks to an asset purchase agreement submitted to the FCC for its regulatory approval.
As first reported on June 12, Christian Contemporary Music (CCM) noncomm network K-Love has found a home in Baltimore, and it is thanks to Diane Sutter — who has signed off on a deal brokered by Kalil & Co. Terms of the sale, including the price K-LOVE is paying, are now known.
In late February, Scripps moved ahead with a plan to reacquire 23 television stations sold at the end of 2020 to INYO Broadcast Holdings in order to complete its $2.65 billion acquisition of ION Media. This led the FCC to establish a pleading cycle. Final replies were due Friday, and DirecTV chimed in.
Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) has just promoted its VP/National Sales Manager overseeing its two audio properties serving the home of the 2026 National Basketball Association Champions to the role of General Manager.
The in-person event, scheduled from June 23-26, 2026, brings together receiver manufacturers, technology partners, broadcasters, and "industry stakeholders" to test and validate interoperability across a broad range of NextGen TV services and applications.
Fox Corporation has shared that it intends to acquire Nasdaq-traded Roku Inc. A definitive agreement will see FOX purchase Roku for $160 per share in a combination of cash and FOX Class A common stock, valuing Roku at approximately $22 billion in enterprise value.
All eyes are on California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who has expressed his interest in seeking court action to prevent Paramount Skydance from merging its just-acquired assets with Warner Bros Discovery. It would replicate a "hold separate" order issued to Nexstar preventing it from fully merging with TEGNA.
This collection of on-demand audio programs include those featuring Kate and Oliver Hudson, Lele Pons and Martha Stewart, and they are launching as video shows on the global streaming service fingered by the NAB as a "Big Tech" giant unfairly taking dollars and audience away from radio operations such as iHeartMedia.
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The financial infrastructure underpinning media has not kept pace with the industry it serves, says CAI Director of Solution Delivery Brendan Rovan. Two technologies are now converging to change that: AI agents and blockchain, he says in this special report to the Radio + Television Business Report.
As 2026 began, comments began arriving at the FCC in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would make as much as 180 MHz of the Upper C-band available for terrestrial wireless services provider. This would transpire via an auction to be held in 2027. What does this mean for broadcasters?
He's the General Manager of Baltimore-based radio broadcasting entity Brighter Media Group (BMG) and the Executive Vice President of Peter & John Ministries (PJM). By April 1 of next year, however, he'll no longer be in those rules — thanks to retirement.
