Industry News

The industry lobbying group that is the face of small and independent cable TV service providers inside the Beltway has promoted from within to fill the SVP/Legal and Regulatory Affairs role.

A broadcast television station ownership group founded by CEO Bill Fielder that tapped Don Fisher as President and Chief Revenue Officer one year ago has expanded its local currency agreement with a competitor to Nielsen.

Sinclair Inc.'s "Sinclair Television Group Inc." group and "certain affiliated entities" have entered into a Transaction Support Agreement with a group of secured creditors — including lenders holding term loads under its existing credit facilities and some noteholders on the terms of new money financings.

As the 3pm Pacific hour began on Friday, January 10, CBS Los Angeles — the twin TV stations of KCBS-2 and KCAL-9 — had been live and in continuous coverage of the Southern California firestorm for more than 72 hours. Notably, this included multiplatform coverage extending to the Pluto TV FAST channel platform, bringing live coverage to viewers across the U.S. 

On May 3, 2024, Gordon Ackley resigned as the Chairman of the Republican Party in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The reason? To support his aging father, who lived elsewhere. Now, Ackley is moving forward with the sale of two FM radio stations he owns in the territory.

 Washington Nationals play-by-play en español will continue to be heard across two audio brands serving Hispanics who prefer Spanish across the National Capital Region, thanks to a deal between the Major League Baseball franchise and Costa Media.

The FCC Enforcement Bureau's Region One Regional Director has issued a pair of warning letters to property owners, alerting them to the presence of unlicensed radio stations that they could be held liable for, lest they silence them immediately.

The President of Scripps Sports, formerly the individual who directed the operations of The E.W. Scripps Co.'s broadcast TV stations, has been named the recipient of the Broadcasters Foundation of America (BFOA) 2025 Golden Mic Award.

Host Jeff Welton will speak with Burley Stapley, Corporate Chief Engineer at Blanchard River Broadcasting for the first upcoming session. The two will discuss soldering skills as well as “must-haves” and other newly-important essentials for the toolkit.

“Under Mike’s sales leadership, 2024 was our best year ever in the U.S.,” said Orban Labs President David Day. “In this new role, our worldwide sales network will now enjoy the benefit of Mike’s decades of in-the-field processing experience.”