An eczema drug jointly developed by pharmaceutical companies Regeneron and Sanofi continues to stand above all comers when it comes to the amount of spot plays detected last week at Spot TV. That's according to new data from Media Monitors. How does the Spot Cable report compare?
Starting January 1, the ABC affiliate in the sprawling Tampa-Lakeland-Sebring DMA owned by The E.W. Scripps Company will have a new VP/GM, as the company has promoted from within to find its new leader.
The Cox Media Group-owned NBC affiliate serving Western Pennsylvania is preparing for a big change on its 5pm, 6pm and 11pm newscasts. On December 13, a 40-year veteran of the station's news team will depart the station.
There's another change in the employee roster at the nation's No. 1 audio content creation and distribution company, and it will see a new individual take on its engineering and technology needs. After 32 years, Jeff Littlejohn will be leaving iHeartMedia.
One Top Local TV Leader could not be more satisfied with his leadership roles within ABC Owned Stations, which have seen him recently relocate from Fresno to Houston. "Make no mistake, this is an amazing time to be a part of the television industry," says Michael Carr.
Broadcast Media's Most Prestigious Leadership Conference — Forecast 2025 — begins on Wednesday morning at the Harvard Club in breezy Midtown Manhattan, and the VIP-exclusive annual symposium has just secured two big names from the advertising and marketing world.
The VP of Sales for iHeartMedia's radio properties across Amish Country and the Lehigh Valley has been promoted to Market President, putting her in charge of the company's properties in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton and Reading, Pa., radio markets.
She's the former Chief Marketing Officer of Angi Inc., and directed the rebrand of what was once Angie's List. Now, she has been tapped to serve in the role of VP and "Chief Experience Officer" for the owner of Premion and a collection of broadcast TV stations including flagship CBS affiliate WUSA9.
It is presently one of three signals offering listeners Country music found across a wide swath of the Keystone State under the "Froggy" brand. It covers the western portion of the Pittsburgh market; Wheeling, W. Va.; and Cadiz, Ohio. Soon, it will be another Member station tied to an Educational Media Foundation brand.
In February 2023, the estate of Tejano music pioneer and evangelical broadcast ministry owner Paulino Bernal was put in control of his wife. It was in June 2024 when the FCC received the necessary paperwork required to transfer the late owner's AMs to the family matriarch. Now, a LMS filing indicates that the estate has agreed to part ways with one of those stations.
On November 1, the call letters of a Class B1 FM serving the Columbus, Ohio, market from the southeastern suburb of Baltimore, Ohio, changed along with its programming. Now, just days after the K-LOVE Christian Contemporary non-comm network debuted under a lease deal, the network's parent is agreeing to purchase the facility.
“The broadcast industry can use their powerful voices to improve the lives of their listeners.” How are these words from broadcast industry veteran Kelly Orchard, who holds a Master's in Psychology, perhaps more important than ever? Learn by listening to this classic RBR+TVBR InFocus podcast, hosted by editor-in-chief Adam R Jacobson.
It was anticipated, but unconfirmed. Then, in the 2pm Eastern hour, Salem Media Group's third quarter 2024 earnings report arrived. How did the company focused on Christian-themed and conservative secular spoken word programming perform in the three-month period ending September 30?
A particularly problematic situation in the Washington, D.C. market, involving the owner of CBS affiliate WUSA9 is once again engaged in difficult negotiations with a MVPD regarding a new retransmission consent agreement. Could this lead to a "blackout" of the station to paying customers of a regional competitor to Comcast?
The new multi-year linear and digital rights agreement sees the rebranded FanDuel Sports Network Midwest, formerly a Bally Sports property, serve as the St. Louis Cardinals' exclusive local media partner.
Amid industry-wide conversations regarding a significant reduction-in-force initiative at iHeartMedia, "key leadership promotions" have come to the company's Los Angeles radio stations. At the same time, two veteran programmers — husband and wife — have resigned from KFI and "AM 570 L.A. Sports." What does this mean for a cluster of stations that are among iHeart's top billers?
The NBA's Atlanta Hawks franchise, the Diamond Sports Group's FanDuel Sports Network (formerly known as Bally Sports), and Gray Television have forged a partnership that will allow Peachtree Sports Network and the company's unaffiliated "Peachtree TV" to simulcast a handful of the team's games this season.
Promotions have come to two individuals who each have held key sales positions for iHeartMedia in the Windy City and in the Big Apple. Each individual will report to iHeartMedia Division President Bernie Weiss.
Gray Media stock lost nearly 26% of their value on Friday. The dip comes in reaction to the broadcast television station owner's third quarter earnings, in which political ad dollars fell short due to changes in expectations in U.S. Senate races. Gray also put a spotlight on "additional cost containment initiatives."
The founder and President/CEO of Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) will be the focal point of a special tribute during the opening ceremony of this year's XXI World Summit on Political Communication, a major event in the Spanish-speaking media world taking place at Florida International University later this month.
