Radio+Television Business Report

Live TV streaming service Philo has again expanded its free TV lineup, adding six channels  — five from Lionsgate and one from QVC Group — to its standalone, no-cost-to-access channel lineup.

As Hispanic Heritage Month begins, new data from Edison Research show Latino audio listeners are tuning in and asking for more. Cultural connection is driving demand for Spanish-language content, local stories, and hosts who reflect their lived experience.

The presently bankrupt licensee of three Lone State State radio stations has successfully received Commission approval to shift a vacant FM allotment from one Texas municipality to another.

The Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, along with the leading Democrats on the Communications and Technology Subcommittee and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, have called on the FCC's Inspector General to launch an investigation into Chairman Brendan Carr.

Guideline examined its local media spend trends modeled on economic data, and it estimates 36% of states have negative GDP for Q2, with an additional 20 states trending downward in the second half of 2025. These economic headwinds will likely slow media spend, Guideline concludes.

Ad spend in the U.S. reached $137 billion in 2025. Impressions rose to 16.3 trillion. Where and how is all this budget being spent? The newly released State of Digital Advertising 2025 takes a look at the big picture before diving into the details, providing a global, cross-channel view of the state of the industry.

"Younger marketing people may be more inclined to favor nothing but social media," notes Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy. Yet, while they do favor social media, Sunshine finds they may be interested in their older counterparts in good ol' traditional, linear media channels.

In an opinion piece from its editors, the publication founded 70 years ago by William F. Buckley focused on conservative analysis responded to ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's late night show and comments made by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on the matter. It's declaration is to kill the Commission.

It's being heralded as "a groundbreaking innovation in broadcast audio capture." Introducing a product from Shure that's designed for sports and studio, delivering "front-row sound to viewers while reducing the number of microphones and cables required."

The broadcast media company that's made MeTV Network a household name across the U.S. is adding another property to its TV station stable. This time, the company led by Norman Shapiro is agreeing to purchase a low-power TV channel serving the South's largest market. Serving as the seller's broker is Kalil & Co.

The Ranking Member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee on Thursday went to the full floor of the U.S. House of Representatives and called on Brendan Carr to resign. The Senate Democratic Leader issued a 10-second video in which he seeks the same thing.

An application has been filed with the Commission that would see Shoreline Communications Inc., a husband-and-wife licensee who are also partners at a Columbia, Ky., law firm, become the owner of an FM in Williamsburg, Ky., and its sibling in Jellico, Tenn.

The "AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act" is poised for a full floor vote in the House of Representatives. This iteration of the bill features a key "compromise," one driven by "stakeholders" such as the auto industry. Yet, that still doesn't satisfy the person whose association hosts the annual CES Show each January.

FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty offered a luncheon keynote on Thursday at the Free State Foundation, sharing why "we need to support today’s New Golden Age of America, where our communications networks are the most advanced, secure, and widely available in the world." She also touched on Jimmy Kimmel and Chairman Carr.

Just two days after it shared how it was promoting from within to fill two newly created roles that reflect "the evolving structure" of its sales organization, Skyview Networks has made a second round of business moves it says is designed to "ensure we have the right leadership in place to guide our continued growth."

The NBC affiliate serving South Florida since its sign-on 71 years ago has a new News Director, and it is welcoming an individual who is relocating from The E.W. Scripps Co.'s ABC-affiliated sibling in Tampa-St. Petersburg, where he was Asst. ND.

The Allen Media Group's free-streaming digital sports platform focused on the nation’s 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) has inked a new partnership with one of the biggest advertisers using linear broadcast media, becoming the presenting sponsor of select 2025 HBCU football classics.

The lone Democrat-aligned FCC Commissioner on Thursday issued a follow-up statement in response to ABC’s decision to indefinitely suspend late-night talk host Jimmy Kimmel for making false statements about the alleged assassin of Turning Point USA founder and conservative political activist Charlie Kirk.

Constitutional litigator Daniel Suhr and his Chicago-based "CAR" are applauding FCC Chairman Brendan Carr for acting in the public interest by scolding ABC for comments made by Jimmy Kimmel on his now-suspended late-night talk show. CAR took it one step further by filing a complaint at the Commission against KABC-TV.

As public radio begins its new life without federal support through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, NPR executives are adjusting the organization’s budget with Member stations in mind. The NPR board recently met and prepared a balanced budget for the fiscal year that begins October 1, and two big moves are in the works.