The court that put into effect a preliminary injunction preventing Nexstar Media Group from fully merging its acquired TEGNA assets has received a proposed amended schedule for when it will formally hear arguments in a trial that would determine whether the combination of the two companies is an antitrust violation.
The growing cost of streaming and how it's impacting Christian radio is a topic of significance to operators across the thriving segment of the U.S. radio broadcast industry. However, there's a lack of unity when it comes to fighting the royalty fee hikes, says Geoff Moore of Christian FM Media Group in this column.
There's a new Chairman of the Florida Association of Broadcasters (FAB) as well as a fresh Chairman-Elect, an additional Executive Committee member, and new names on the FAB Board of Directors.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has advanced proposed legislation designed to protect children and teens online — an accomplishment that sees the creation of an act that includes portions of 14 different pieces of intended legislation.
Danlel Suhr and the Center for American Rights are single-handedly responsible for investigations into "news distortion" and a review of whether or not long-running ABC roundtable talk show "The View" is a bona fide news program. CAR has told the Carr Commission it is clearly not news.
Across all TV audiences, the long-term rise in ad acceptance continues, with ad intolerance falling to a record low. Yet, newly released data from Hub Entertainment Research show that Gen Z viewers are more accepting of ads when they help reduce the cost of streaming services.
BIA Advisory Services has created the role of Vice President of Market Intelligence & Strategic Communications, and it sees an individual who has held senior leadership positions at Cox Media Group and Sinclair's "Drive Auto" division join the consultancy.
The Audacy Sports Talk audio brand found on a 50kw Class A FM and simulcast on the Class B FM formerly known as WBMX since early February have scored a multi-year extension of their broadcast rights agreement with the National Basketball Association franchise serving Chicago.
Serving towns including Glens Falls, Warrensburg and popular holiday village Lake George, a Class A FM offering a blend of Classic Hits as "93.5 The Lake" has been the property of Todd Nixon-led Sticks Media since early 2025. Now, that transaction is unwinding, as Nixon will not proceed with payments tied to the deal.
The broadcast licensee founded by Ivan Gois has sold all of its operational AM radio stations in the Constitution State. This facility, silent under a FCC STA since February, is now being sold. It will leave Gois with properties solely in Massachusetts.
The Broadcasters Foundation of America (BFOA), the charitable organization dedicated to providing financial assistance to broadcasters in acute need, has elected the executive producer of Live with Kelly & Mark and the former Sr. VP/Head of Digital Audio Content at Audacy to its board of directors.
"Our goal is to move the market beyond isolated agent announcements and toward a common foundation for trusted agent-to-agent media buying.," WPP Media shared in a lengthy announcement distributed on Thursday.
Five docket items are on the agenda for the next FCC open Commission meeting, scheduled for Thursday. Among them are two Public Safety & Homeland Security items for consideration by the three voting members of the agency.
The Latino Donor Collaborative (LDC) has released its 2025 LDC U.S. Latinos in Media Report™: Full Year Update and the 2026 LDC Strategic Roadmap for the Entertainment Industry. The data highlights "a widening chasm" between where Latinos consume English-language content and how they are represented on and off screen in the industry.
With connected TV hot with both consumers and marketers, bringing artificial intelligence-fueled products to the digitally delivered streaming video ecosystem is now in vogue. For Chicago-based Iridio, this sees the debut of an AI-powered channel identification engine.
Live TV streaming service Philo has become the latest digitally delivered video content platform to introduce pause ads across its full ad-supported footprint. The format, says Philo, is now accessible both directly and programmatically, "giving brand and agency partners flexible entry into one of streaming's highest-engagement ad moments."
FOX News Media has committed to delivering what it calls "expansive, multiplatform live coverage" honoring the 250th anniversary of the United States of America's declaration of independence from Great Britain. And, the programming starts on Wednesday.
A local TV news anchor for a pair of TEGNA stations serving Jacksonville and the Chief Executive Officer of Beasley Media Group are the latest inductees into the Florida Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
Steve Wexler and Dave Magnum were joined by Woodward Community Media's Director of Broadcast and a now-retired iHeartMedia Wisconsin Metro President as this year's inductees into the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. The four were feted at a Thursday night affair in Lake Geneva, Wisc.
The FCC is expected to adopt its final FY 2026 fee schedule later this year, and the NAB wants the Commission to reconsider a proposed 46% fee increase for broadcaster-operated earth stations. Why? The association believes the raise is disproportionate and penalizes broadcasters.
