There's a new individual in charge of sales for Latin America and parts of the Caribbean at Broadcast Electronics. He's based in Miami for the division of Elenos Group focused on broadcast TV and radio transmitters.
He was an award-winning journalist who became an iconic television figure in Southwestern Virginia. Now, many are paying tribute to Mark Spain, who has died at the age of 64 after a bout with cancer.
From 2016 until early in 2024 he served as President/GM of Hawai'i Public Radio, which offers distinct Fine Arts and NPR-driven spoken word audio networks across the Hawaiian Islands. Now, broadcasters across the state are mourning his loss.
The BFOA is the lone charity dedicated to supporting broadcast professionals who face challenging hardships from illness or disaster. Its mission is solely supported by colleagues within the broadcasting industry and relies on their benevolence each year to continue its monthly and emergency grant programs.
While broadcast television companies across the U.S. have been busily signing rights agreements with various sporting leagues as the RSN model crumbles, there's been concern that in the near future an OTT "Big Tech" deep-pocketed Goliath could come forward and snap up the rights to a big-ticket item. Netflix has just stepped up to the pitch.
A future 50kw noncommercial FM serving Florida's Forgotten Coast — an area ravaged by hurricanes in recent years — is being donated to a private not-for-profit educational institution based in Pensacola. The group transferring the station is led by Athens, Ga.-based Lowell Jackson.
Prior to his death on April 8, 2020, David C. Keister was the sole officer and director of Mid-America Radio of Indiana Inc. After his passing, an individual was appointed as the personal representative of Keister's trust. Now, a county superior court has order that must see a shift in control of the late owner's trust.
Is the future bright for broadcasters? That's a question posed to New York Interconnect CEO Andrew Kandel and Gray Television SVP of National Sales Becky Meyers in a "virtual candid conversation" shared this week by Matrix Solutions with its CEO, Mark Gorman, and Vertere Group founder and CEO Tim Hanlon.
"Equanimity is my word for 2025," says public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal. "It means calmness, collectedness and evenness of mind especially under stress. This is an ideal state for any speaker." It’s the state Ravinal, a public relations executive for many years, is choosing for herself as she sets goals for the coming year
Introducing "WNPT-VC," a new virtual ATSC 3.0 channel that's just been launched in Music City U.S.A. thanks to a partnership between Nashville PBS and the company that is leading the charge on the transition from ATSC 1.0 digital TV broadcasts: Sinclair Inc.
The privately held company that has proven to be a champion of new television broadcasting technology is now transmitting content in High Dynamic Range (HDR) via the FOX affiliate it owns in North Carolina's Triangle region.
A 30-year radio industry veteran has been selected to lead Michigan-based Black Diamond Broadcasting as its new EVP/General Manager. She rises from Director of Business Development, and before joining the company in 2017 was an Alpha Media Market Manager.
At year's end, a longtime face of the sales advocacy group for the broadcast television industry and a woman who has served as the organization's chair — in addition to her full-time role at The E.W. Scripps Co. — will be concluding their respective careers. What have Abby Auerbach and Missy Evenson learned across the years, in particular when asked to embrace change?
In this exclusive conversation, Xperi Corp. SVP/Broadcast Radio and Digital Audio Joe D'Angelo shares in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, what's in store for the broadcast media industry at this year's Consumer Electronics Show and offers hints that DTS AutoStage, HD Radio and TiVO are on track for a big year ahead.
A 10kw daytime-only AM radio station serving Clovis, N. Mex., from across the state line in Texas, faces a license revocation hearing should it not resolve its highly delinquent regulatory fees owed to the FCC.
The longtime Hearst Television newsroom leader who since 2021 has served as Assistant News Director at its WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh has been appointed bureau chief of the company’s Washington, D.C., news bureau.
The incoming head of the FCC has signaled that the Commission will give credence to a public interest law firm that has filed a petition challenging the pending merger of CBS News & Stations parent Paramount Global and Skydance Media.
Curiosity Inc., traded on Nasdaq, was founded nine years ago by Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks and his daughter, Elizabeth Saravia. Now, Curiosity is diving into the world of free ad-supported streaming television in a big way.
With the "AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act" officially dead in this Congress, an electric vehicle brand has revealed that its bringing new entertainment options to its line of cars and trucks. Could they threaten AM/FM consumption, or simply bring greater ease to audio content delivery platforms Rivian owners already use?
