A Houston federal bankruptcy court judge has signed off on a Chapter 11 restructuring plan that will eliminate billions of dollars in debt held by one of the nation's two direct broadcast satellite companies. It resolves a bitter legal battle with a significant number of its lienholders.
The "local first" media company headed by CEO Bill Wilson has announced when it will release its Q3 2026 financial results. What can investors in Townsquare Media expect to learn?
The FCC at its September Open Meeting on Wednesday adopted rules designed to open up big swaths of additional spectrum for next-generation connectivity. Specifically, the Commission intends to "unlock" upward 1,000 MHz of spectrum in the 12 GHz and 42 GHz bands for a range of connectivity services.
Fifteen years after Atlanta lost its second NHL team, Scripps Sports hopes to fill the pro hockey void in Atlanta — at least via territorial broadcast rights. To accomplish that, it has signed a deal to bring the team that calls Bridgestone Arena its home to viewers via a Fox TV Stations property in the South's largest market.
In April 2024, in a dispute against Dish over "Must Carry" regulations, the Senior Deputy Chief of the Policy Division sided with the owner of a station seeking distribution across the Atlanta DMA, giving the licensee a win. Now, the FCC has negated that 2024 decision, siding with the direct broadcast satellite service provider.
The Gray Media flagship television station that enjoys a broadcast rights agreement with the Atlanta Hawks National Basketball Association club has scored an official broadcast sponsor for its season-long telecasts.
Advertising operations platform XR (Extreme Reach) and political advertising intelligence platform Kinetiq Political Insights have forged an integration initiative designed to help political advertisers across the U.S. "make faster, more informed media, market, and messaging decisions during the mid-term campaign cycle."
As January 2025 came to a close, RBR+TVBR learned that 78-year-old Dan Viles agreed to sell his digital low-power television station reaching New York's Capital District from the Catskills. Now, the Pittsburgh-based buyer of the station is spinning it — and HC2 Broadcasting is the company snagging it.
Two longtime Empire State radio broadcasting companies are combining assets. The transaction, yet to be filed for FCC approval, comes as Ed Levine is retiring as Galaxy Media’s leader.
One year after Congress pulled federal dollars for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, California is putting its own money behind local newsrooms — and radio is included. Gov. Gavin Newsom approved the "Community NEWS Act," which establishes refundable tax credits for news outlets that retain staff journalists.
As 2021 began, Bill Gittler signed off on an agreement to sell his radio stations to Dimes Media, a licensee operating in California's Central Coast created from the Richard D. Buckley Trust. Now, Dimes, led by President/CEO Eric Dimes Fahnoe, is spinning these stations located in southern Monterey County.
Valari Staab, the Chairman of NBCUniversal Local who oversees 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. She'll receive it at Forecast 2027 on November 12 in New York.
There's a new News Director for KCRA-3 & KQCA-58 in the Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto DMA, and VP/GM Ariel Roblin believes she is the "right leader" to succeed Derek Schnell, who recently rose to VP/News at Hearst TV.
Gray Media Chief Operating Officer Sandy Breland will serve as Television Co-Chair of Forecast 2027, which has an agenda that keeps growing by the week. Now in its 24th year, the annual broadcast and finance leadership summit will be presented on November 12 at the Harvard Club of New York.
Two of radio’s most recognizable voices are stepping behind the podium for Radio Ink and RBR+TVBR‘s Forecast 2027. One is a Radio Hall of Fame host and four-time Gracie Award recipient. The other has spent nearly 20 years in Boston sports radio.
It's a software application that allows broadcasters and media organizations move audio in all major AoIP formats, including Ravenna, AES67 and ST 2110-30, between facilities and into the cloud over standard IP networks, including the public internet. And, it has arrived courtesy of swXtch.io.
There's a new commander for the two heritage FM rockers serving the Tidewater Region of Virginia under the Hampton Roads Media Group banner, as Carol Commander has departed the role of General Manager at the Saga Communications-owned pair. Succeeding Commander is the stations' Director of Sales.
Its licensee name is Ventana Television, but when one takes a closer look at who is involved, they'll find the name of the Associate General Counsel at home shopping brand QVC. He's has signed off on a deal that will deliver a collection of low-power broadcast TV stations to HC2 Broadcasting.
"The Fan" will no longer be the official radio home of the National Basketball Association club that calls the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul home. And, in a move that makes the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act's pending Senate vote ever more urgent, the team's new flagship is on the kHz band.
A news pact has been forged between KXL-FM and KOIN-6, the station led by RBR+TVBR Top Local TV Leader Tom Keeler, who serves as VP/GM. It brings together "two established Portland news organizations to expand coverage of local news, weather and information across radio, TV and digital platforms."
