Radio+Television Business Report

He's the licensee of such properties as a VHF low-power TV facility serving the Coachella Valley of California. Soon, pending FCC approval, that station will be in the hands of a "new" owner.

Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has officially closed. Now, there’s much focus on what the newly combined media giant known as Skydance means for Hollywood and streaming. But, there’s another side of the deal worth watching, says AdCellerant CEO Brock Berry.

He's served as Director of Sales for publicly traded Saga Communications' Charleston Media Solutions for the past five years. Now, he's being elevated to General Manager for the group of radio stations in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.

The Governor of Alabama removed and replaced five Alabama Public Television Board members, just days after a survey on state citizen's opinions of public television were released by the Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority. The five members were also members of the foundation authority.

The Nexstar Media Group broadcast TV station branded as "Siouxland's News Channel" has a new News Director. She's been in the role for one month, as the station made the appointment public on Tuesday.

TEGNA's KARE-11 in Minneapolis will simulcast some 15 Minnesota Timberwolves games in a previously announced deal with DAZN. Now, adjacent DMAs that the NBA team includes in its territory have just secured free-to-air homes for the select games. It's thanks to a third-party deal with Gray Media.

He was formerly a story desk manager for TEGNA's KHOU-11 in Houston. Now, he's getting a promotion and will lead the newsroom for a sibling station serving the Temple-Killeen, Tex., region. Past experience includes serving as a Regional Director of Digital Content and as Digital Managing Editor of WTSP-10 in Tampa.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Judge Loren AliKhan on Tuesday heard from attorneys representing both ABC and the FCC, as litigation continued as to whether civil rights violations are at the heart of the Commission's early license renewal proceeding for the eight ABC Owned Stations.

From the Great Recession to the AI boom, one reporter has been covering the stories that move markets. ABC News Chief Business, Technology, and Economics Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis joins Forecast 2027 to share her reporting on the economy.

The AV-P2803 Power Conditioner with Sequencer and AV-P5015N Power Distribution Unit with Intelligent Network Management have been released, and each offer what the company believes are flexible approaches to power distribution, controlled startup and shutdown, and improved system reliability.

The latest member of the Studio Essentials family of products, Zephyr Connect SE is built on a compact, fanless, silent hardware platform ideal for use in the studio or at the transmitter site. Zephyr Connect SE includes two bidirectional stereo codecs and is expandable to eight codecs via additional licenses.

Central Pennsylvania's lone NPR member radio station and its PBS-aligned TV station sibling is now under the control of the dominant public media entity serving the Delaware Valley. As such, it has named a new General Manager for the PBS and NPR member stations serving the home of Penn State University.

The licensee serving as the parent organization for the PBS Member station serving Des Moines has requested that the Video Division of the FCC's Media Bureau grant its request to stay on its VHF channel, rather than migrate to the UHF facility it holds a Construction Permit for.

An asset purchase agreement has been agreed upon that would see the transfer of control of an AM radio station and its companion FM translator end up in the hands of an individual tied to a reborn "WDGY" — an early rock 'n' roll-era Top 40 station in the Twin Cities. A West St. Paul, Minn., FM translator is also included in the deal. 

Forever Media, which has engaged in the sale of radio stations in Delaware, Ohio and the Keystone State in recent times, has agreed to part ways with two more properties. Both stations have FM signals serving the "Mon Valley" region due south of Pittsburgh. Who's the buyer in this deal brokered by Michael J. Bergner?

There were fewer commercially licensed radio stations — significantly less, it turns out — at the end of the third quarter of 2026. It continues a trend seen in the previous two quarters, the latest Broadcast Station Totals report from the FCC shows.

Global media agency Carat, Comcast streaming advertising unit FreeWheel, Comcast's NBCUniversal unit, and marketer-focused Newton Research have united to bring to market a programmatic agentic media product they believe is "built to optimize upfront investment" — allowing clients to balance brand analytics and automated reporting across NBCUniversal platforms.

Once again, executives at The E.W. Scripps Company will allow investors and Wall Street analysts to digest the company's quarterly earnings report along with a full dinner and a good night's sleep, as it will release the results on a Thursday afternoon but hold off on the commentary until the following morning.

A group comprised of 10 state and regional cable TV service associations has told the Commission that it will be moving forward with a Petition for Stay and injunction, pending judicial review, of its formal repeal of a Congressionally mandated national television ownership reach limit.

The National Association of Broadcasters has unveiled the new look of its Radio Board and its associated executive committee, selecting a key Townsquare Media C-Suite leader as the first vice chair of the executive committee for the board overseeing member AM and FM station licensees.