Radio+Television Business Report

The standards body for all 5G standards has approved interleaving, giving it a potentially big boost. That's a big deal for broadcast television station owners who aren't keen on ATSC 3.0, says "SuperFrank" Copsidas, the low-power TV entrepreneur championing "5GB" in the U.S.

Gray Media, the company that recently rebranded from Gray Television, is saluting two long-time local broadcast television leaders, each of who are retiring at the end of 2024. One is in the Peach State, while the other is in the Palmetto State.

AI-focused technology company Veritone Inc. has earned a multi-year contract extension agreement with CBS News, allowing the Paramount Global unit continued access to products and services it has been using while expanding the partnership in a notable way.

The flagship station of the Atlanta Hawks Radio Network won't be changing anytime soon, thanks to an extension of a multi-year relationship between the NBA franchise and the audio content creation and distribution company that is today majority-owned by Soros Fund Management.

With advertising revenue set to top $100 billion this year, and a global advertising audience of 2.2 billion, Mark Zuckerberg's creation is both the most-populous and best-monetized social media platform in the world. Is there a learning lesson here for broadcast media?

A Class B AM radio station with a 5kw directional daytime signal from two towers and a 4.5kw nighttime signals from 4 towers serving the Lansing, Mich., area, is being sold by Christian Broadcasting System Ltd. The buyer is a bigger broadcast ministry, with an office located in nearby Ann Arbor, Mich.

Want to capture young Americans between the ages of 13 and 17? Being relevant on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat may be essential for your broadcast media properties, a newly released analysis from Pew Research Center concludes.

The end of "Radio Boston" is part of “a reimagined approach to local coverage” at WBUR-FM, the top-rated News/Talk station owned by Boston University. But, no staff are losing their jobs, as WBUR station management says staff associated with the program will be reassigned.

An agreement was announced on Thursday morning by Educational Media Foundation and Radio Nueva Vida parent Association for Community Education, Inc. Terms of the transaction, which sees EMF become the sole member of ACE and no funds exchanged, awaits a LMS filing with the FCC.

Starting Monday, the Lotus Communications radio stations serving the Pacific Northwest's biggest market will have a new leader. And, he brings over 20 years of expertise in sales, marketing, and media broadcasting.

A woman who rose to national prominence for her unsuccessful bid to become Governor and, later, a U.S. Senator representing the Grand Canyon State has been tapped by the forthcoming Trump Administration to head the Voice of America.

A former ESPN Radio host who previously spent more than 10 years at a Townsquare Media Sports Talk radio station in Sioux Falls, S.D., has been ordered by a federal judge to pay more than $5 million after pleading guilty to participating in a phony ticket re-selling operation.

She is formerly the Chief Revenue Officer at OpenAP, where she built the company's revenue practice from the ground up. Introducing the new Chief Commercial Officer at Silicon Valley-based Anoki AI, which offers sales tools for Connected TV.

Fifty-two years ago, Top 40 radio was graced with a Miami cocktail lounge improv performance turned into a hit record, as "Why Can't We Live Together" brought Timmy Thomas acclaim. Now, the name Tim Thomas is back in the news, but this time it involves the acquisition of a group of radio stations in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.

The junior Republican Commissioner at the FCC has been selected to serve as a keynote speaker at the annual summit staged by the voice Inside the Beltway of small and independently owned MVPD and broadband service providers across the U.S. 

She most recently served as Executive Director of Unscripted Content and Production for Sony Pictures Entertainment, overseeing projects for both the Latin American and U.S. Hispanic markets. Before that, she spent more than a decade at TV Azteca in Mexico City.

Top TV streaming platform Roku has expanded an existing programming partnership with a Comcast division, with a new agreement in place that makes Roku content such as The Roku Channel available to FreeWheel demand partners.

“The new iHeartRadio app further underscores iHeartMedia’s mission to use the power of audio to build companionship and connection,” said Conal Byrne, CEO of the iHeart Digital Audio Group. “This experience blends the familiarity of the car radio with digital innovation to enable users to easily find the stations, artists and podcasts they know and love.”

The owner of NewsNation, WGN Radio, and the largest collection of broadcast television stations in the U.S. has confirmed that it is moving ahead with a reduction-in-force initiative. This move comes after a similar employee trimming move at The CW, which Nexstar Media Group controls.

The media workflow software creator and vendor launched in 2007 by Jinny and John Laderer and today led by CEO Mary DelGrande has entered the Canadian marketplace, thanks to a partnership with Orbyt Media.