Radio+Television Business Report

The Sr. VP and Institutional Financial Advisor at CAPTRUST has been named the recipient of the prestigious Philip J. Lombardo Spirit Award, an honor that salutes an individual or company "that embodies generosity, integrity, and commitment" to the Broadcasters Foundation of America mission.

He's a veteran local media leader who current serves in the dual roles of General Manager and Director of Sales at KPAX-TV, the CBS affiliate in Missoula, Mont., owned by The E.W. Scripps Co. Now, he's being promoted and will serve as the statewide General Manager for Scripps' Montana Television Network.

Jim Schwartzel is one step closer to owning the FOX affiliate serving Southwest Florida. Concurrently. the Commission has granted a waiver that pushes the sale of Beasley Media Group's Fort Myers-Naples stations to his Sun Broadcasting to closing.

Kelli Turner has joined Radio Ink and RBR+TVBR's Forecast 2027 as Radio Co-Chair for its November 12 return to the Harvard Club of New York, bringing heavyweight broadcast and finance leadership to broadcasting's most prestigious conference. Register now before prices go up on Monday, February 2!

He joined Orban Labs in 2022 as an Applications Developer and progressed to the role of Project Manager in 2024. Now this software development, IT systems, and custom embedded designs expert has risen to VP of Product Development at the Philadelphia-area broadcast technology company.

For NPR listeners across the Sacramento market, the fiscal health and future of the stations offering Classical and spoken word programming are in a particularly dire fiscal situation. If the loss of federal dollars wasn't enough, CapRadio's ex-GM has been charged with embezzlement, grand theft and forgery.

He's been an active participant in radio station ownership in Appalachia for several years. Now, Roger Bouldin has opted to sell an AM radio station with an FM translator serving Huntington, W. Va. Who's the buyer?

He joined the "News 3 Now" team in Summer 2025 as Assistant News Director and over the past several months has served as interim news director during a nationwide search process for a station News Director. It turns out he was the best choice for this Morgan Murphy Media station all along.

What Will Drive Media Stocks in 2026? That's a question MoffettNathanson Senior Analyst Robert Fishman answers in a fresh investor note. He focuses on five themes his team expects to drive 2026. But, where are the broadcast media companies?

Hey, it's a good dividend already ... right?  Nexstar Media Group's Board of Directors has elected to maintain its current dividend rate. That said, it is one of the biggest cash rewards out there when it comes to broadcast media stocks.

The agenda for the 2026 Hispanic Radio Conference is firming up, and this year's affair signals a sharp focus on innovation and strategy across one of broadcasting’s hottest sectors.  The conference begins with a keynote address that challenges traditional thinking about how Hispanic broadcasters compete and connect.

The parent company of Rocky Mountain PBS, Jazz-focused KUVO-FM in Denver and HD2 "Urban Alternative" offering "The Drop" is the latest noncommercial educational entity that has chosen to downsize after a Republican-led Congress effort crippled federal funds distributed through the CPB.

A former home of a Polish-language Full Service radio brand serving Chicago has been sold. And, in a sign that kHz-band radio is imperiled in even the largest of markets, the final purchase price is in the tens of thousands of dollars — rather than hundreds of thousands of dollars.

CBS Atlanta, which debuted on August 16, 2025, as WUPA-69 took the network affiliation from Gray Media's WANF-46, has launched its new weekday early morning newscast. It's a 60-minute offering, airing in the 6am hour ahead of CBS Mornings.

Coloff Media LLC has decided to trim its holdings ever-so-slightly by agreeing to sell one AM and two FMs in an area north of Waterloo, Iowa. The buyer is a partnership that includes an individual who is a former Regional Director of Content for Townsquare Media.

The Board of Directors of ATSC, the television industry's Broadcast Standards Association led by President Madeleine Noland, has elected its 2026 Chair and Vice Chairs, welcomed new directors, and appointed 2026 officers.

The FM sports station serving Portland, Ore., and owned by Audacy that recently replaced a Hot Adult Contemporary brand has become the new flagship radio home for the local Major League Soccer club.

All three vote-making Commissioners on the FCC have said yes to revised foreign ownership review requirements the Republican majority believes "maintain strong national security review processes while providing greater clarity for foreign investment."

It's a transaction that first gained radio industry attention in August 2025. Now, the deal is complete, putting K-LOVE in Milwaukee-Racine with the acquisition of two FM radio stations that are shifting from respective commercial formats to non-commercial Christian music brands.

Dollars derived from Rogers' purchase of the stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment held by the parent of Bell Media played a key role in the year-over-year performance. So did the American League pennant won by the company's Toronto Blue Jays MLB baseball club.