In March 2023, a 250-watt translator with a formidable signal across the Denver-Boulder market dropped its all-Comedy format by adopting a gold-based Country presentation under the "Front Range Country" brand. Now, the Audacy Inc. audio service is being put in the hands of artificial intelligence, powered by Super Hi-Fi.
A new "soap opera" on network television, in 2025? That's indeed in the works at CBS, thanks to a three-way partnership between the Paramount-owned network, the NAACP and a division of Procter & Gamble Co.
Behind every headline, there’s a delicate dance between advertisers, broadcasters, and the message itself. Who keeps the lights on in democracy? A Forecast 2025 session featuring NAB President/CEO Curtis LeGeyt and Ad Fontes Media's Lou Paskalis is poised to bring in-person attendees a discussion one can't miss.
The American Association of Professional Baseball club carrying on the heritage of a storied Negro League franchise has signed a deal that will bring every home game in the 2025 season from Legends Field to viewers via a Gray Media broadcast TV station available across the market.
A 1kw Class C AM serving the Lancaster-Palmdale, Calif., area to the north of Los Angeles is being acquired by a local operator from a Nevada LLC associated with the owner of stations along California's Central Coast.
LPTV entrepreneur Jeff Winemiller is at it again, and this time he's signed off on a facilities swap with the licensee led by Randall Weiss. When all is said and done, Winemiller's Lowcountry 34 Media will be the owner of a property serving Atlantic City, N.J.
A "sports-first" live TV streaming platform trying to put the kibosh on a planned launch of the Venu Sports platform from The Walt Disney Co., Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery has secured a rights agreement with the company that owns such over-the-air stations as KFAA-29 in Dallas, KONG-16 in Seattle and flagship property WUSA-9 in Washington, D.C.
As RBR+TVBR was first to report on Monday, Nexstar Media Group has signed an agreement that, pending FCC regulatory approval, will give it a duopoly in the Cleveland market. We now know how many millions of dollars the company will pay to acquire the television station licensed to Akron, Ohio, in a deal brokered by Kalil & Co.
The publicly traded company that controls Estrella Media's radio and TV properties and is the owner of WQHT "Hot 97" and WBLS in New York has a new Chief Operating Officer as Albert Rodriguez has assumed interim Chief Executive Officer duties, a SEC filing reveals.
From July to September 2024, listeners spent 67% of their daily time with ad-supported audio with radio, 18% with podcasts, 11% with streaming audio services and 3% with satellite radio. That's a key takeaway from the latest Edison Research Share of Ear report card presented in partnership with Nielsen.
For some 50 consecutive years, the Grammy Awards telecast could be seen on CBS. A 10-year contract renewal signed in July 2016 between the network and the Recording Academy signaled the continuation of a long-standing deal, establishing a record for its duration. Come 2026, that historic relationship will come to its conclusion.
The Arlington, Va., diversified company that once owned The Washington Post through its historical ties to the late Katharine Graham has released its third quarter earnings report. How did the Graham Media Group unit perform?
The E.W. Scripps Co. has changed its mind on when it will release its third quarter 2024 results and host a conference call for analysts and investors to discuss the performance. Now, the report will come four days earlier than originally scheduled. There's a good reason for the change.
The Chairwoman of the FCC has confirmed that the five vote-makers on the Commission will decide at the November Open Meeting if program origination for FM booster stations — the lynchpin for GeoBroadcast Services' "ZoneCasting" technology — is permissible beyond an experimental basis. The NAB and many broadcast station owner groups are against it.
In a move that "ensures performers are protected and empowered" in the era of Artificial Intelligence, the SAG-AFTRA performers' union has teamed with Ethovox to ensure performers can participate in a consensual A.I. model.
Hispanic consumers are fueling 16% of total consumer packaged goods (CPG) growth in the United States, with spending trends that vary from non-Hispanic counterparts in both dollar and unit sales, as well as the channels they shop.
The VP/Station Manager of the TEGNA-owned ABC affiliate serving North Texas has earned a promotion to President/GM, the company announced on Wednesday.
A station celebrating 75 years serving this Midwest metropolis has named a new Sales Manager to serve under local leader Tracy Brodgen Miller. And, she's inbound at the Nexstar Media Group property branded as "FOX4" from a similar role in the Show-Me State's Eastern population hub.
SiriusXM Media has opened GroupM clients to a new audio-focused data clean room integration with LiveRamp, powered by Habu, thanks to an exclusive arrangement announced on Wednesday by the satellite and streaming-focused audio content creator and distributor.
It's a move that Audacy Inc. says is part of its corporate "re-imagination," and it involves a new head of Senior VP of Research and Insights, as Idil Cakim has departed to start her own business. Now in the role is an individual that most recently served as the Vice President of Ad Sales Research at WBD and started his career in key sports-focused roles.
