Radio+Television Business Report

Hope Media Group has "revised oversight" of its radio and digital efforts by promoting from within to fill the role of Chief of Content at the parent of national Christian-themed noncommercial networks WayFM and Vida Unida, in addition to its flagship CCM property.

It's a Tulsa-headquartered owner of broadcast media stations operating in such markets as Merced and Monterey-Salinas, Calif. Until now, it included a mid-sized Louisiana city in its roster of markets. That's about to change for Stephens Media Group.

Auddia is moving forward with its plans to bring new nontraditional revenue to AM and FM broadcasters through a subscription-based ad-free streaming environment. This, Auddia says, is designed to give users more control over their radio-listening experience.

She's guided a generation of listeners through some rough patches in their lives. And, she's had her own challenges she's worked through, too. Now, the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF) is saluting syndicated radio personality Delilah by awarding her with its fourth annual Insight Award.

The arrival of the results from Beasley Media Group turns out to be a good one for the company led by CEO Caroline Beasley. That's not to say challenges seen by the publicly traded company have totally evaporated.

Australia's Mediaproxy, known for its software-based IP compliance monitoring and multiviewing products, will be showing off new additions to its wares at the 2025 NAB Show, at a Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall booth. 

Despite a six-month low in overall media and telecom transaction value, radio emerged as a bright spot in February, driving six of the ten largest deals. That's according to new data from S&P Global Market Intelligence supplied to Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink and Radio + Television Business Report.

For seven years until last week, he was associated with iHeartMedia and some of its biggest audio brands superserving African American consumers and fans of hip-hop and R&B music. Now, he'll be working with Victor Giacomelli and CEO Albert Rodriguez at the publicly traded owner of "Hot 97" and WBLS.

The woman who joined Urban One's stations in Richmond in February 2019 as Director of Sales has been elevated some six years later to the top spot, reporting to Audio Division co-President Eddie Harrell Jr.

The co-founder and former Chairman/CEO of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC parent Yum! Brands has been selected to serve as Chairman of the Board of SpinCo, the planned spin-off of select media brands currently under the Comcast Corp. umbrella.

Maintaining and extending "U.S. leadership in wireless" has been one of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's top priorities. "Getting our spectrum policies right translates directly into bringing Americans across the digital divide, creating jobs, and growing our economy," he says. That's why he wants spectrum auction reauthorization now.

From star shortstop Elly de la Cruz to a pitching staff that includes Hunter Greene, the Cincinnati Reds are expected to improve upon 2024 this season. For local fans of the Major League Baseball team, watching their games has just gotten a little easier.

“As we approach the milestone 50th anniversary of the Gracie Awards — celebrating five decades of honoring the remarkable contributions of women in media — strong, visionary leadership is essential,” said Becky Brooks, President of AWMF.

At the end of 2025, the President of News-Press & Gazette Co.'s broadcast division will be giving up the role as he has announced his retirement. But, NPG employees won't entirely be seeing him disappear from the company.

FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya is howling that he and his Democratic colleague, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, have been unlawfully dismissed from their jobs by the president. Could the FCC be next for Trump, even with the upcoming resignation of the senior Democrat at the Commission?

Digital video editing specialist Avid is welcoming three new individuals to its C-Suite, with a new Chief Technology Officer, Chief Customer Officer and a Senior VP of Product now at the Massachusetts-based company.

The owner of an FM translator serving the Mississippi city of Canton has entered into a  Consent Decree with the FCC that resolves a matter in which it faced a fine for being late with its respective license renewal applications.

The Audio Division is seeking public comment on a plan it has drafted that would amend the Table of Allotments in a small Texas town. Why? An existing vacant Class C2 FM there is not in compliance with the minimum distance separation requirements of the FCC.

A Class C3 FM News/Talk station with a lineup of syndicated hosts including Clay Travis & Buck Sexton and Sean Hannity will soon be in the hands of new owners, as George Flinn Jr. has decided to sell this property due north of the Tampa-St. Petersburg metropolitan area to the party operating the FM since 2010.

After more than two decades of service, including serving as General Manager for nearly the past six years, Chris Cotugno is retiring from the CBS News and Stations property serving Pittsburgh. Who is taking Cotugno's chair at the station?