As part of the overarching larger merger of the companies, the FCC has approved Alpha Media’s waiver of the Commission’s local radio ownership rules to transfer control of its five licensed stations in the Tyler-Longview, TX market to Connoisseur Media.
While Allen Shaw in recent years sold WINC-FM 92.5 in nearby Winchester, Va., to Educational Media Foundation, he kept the Fredericksburg AM/FM combo linked to Centennial Broadcasting II. Now, he's growing, not selling, in Fredericksburg and adjacent Stafford and Spotsylvania Counties.
He has been with the FOX Television Stations (FTS) properties serving the Nation's Capital since 2014 and with the company for 20 years. Now, he's been promoted to VP of News and Content for WTTG-TV and WDCA-TV in Washington.
Trading on the OTCQX and with its stock hovering below $1 for more than two months, Salem Media Group has in recent months ramped up its video content while recently welcoming conservative digital strategist Harrison Weinhold to accelerate podcast growth. Will that be enough to reverse Salem's fiscal ills?
Several broadcast television stations that are presently operated by Sinclair Inc. through shared services agreements are being sold to the company led by CEO Chris Ripley, four new regulatory filings awaiting FCC approval have revealed.
The Fraser Institute finds that loosening restrictions on foreign investment and removing regulations that constrain how firms can compete in Canadian telecommunications and broadcasting industries would benefit Canadians through increased service offerings, improved product quality, and lower prices.
He's a familiar face to RBR+TVBR readers as one of the Top Local TV Leaders of 2024. Now, Billy Robbins is taking on a larger, newly created corporate-level role for Sinclair Inc.
An FM radio station that had been off the air under Special Temporary Authority with a construction permit for a mountaintop facility south of Provo, Utah, has officially resumed operations. That news comes alongside a Notification of Consummation shared on Tuesday by the FCC four months after the deal closed.
In Q2, revenue improved to $1.22 billion, from $1.19 billion. But, that's thanks to increases in its education, manufacturing and healthcare businesses. TV broadcasting and automotive segments experienced year-over-year dips in the second quarter.
The renewed agreement includes expanded collaboration, increased automation, and ongoing support for station-level activations that deliver measurable results that drive ratings and revenue. Since 2005, the two companies have collaborated to create "high-performing, listener-focused solutions."
For Urban One, the Digital story will be potentially more difficult than for its peers. In Q2, the results were impacted "by weaker than expected performance" in both its national advertising and digital segments. Reduced streaming CPMs are part of the reason.
It is a consolidation of news-focus local programming OTT platforms — and the first of what could be several divestments from the company led by Chris Ripley. Zeam said the investment “strengthens the foundation of local broadcast journalism, helping stations remain competitive, grow reach, and monetize more effectively.”
BIA Advisory Services' revised 2025 U.S. Local Advertising Forecast projects total local advertising revenue to reach $169 billion this year, reflecting a 2.4% decline compared to the previous year. This updated forecast is a 1.5% decrease from the company’s earlier estimate of $171.4 billion.
Larry Crain has signed off on an agreement that will see the transfer of control of two AMs, two FM translators and four FM stations in Arkansas to a licensee led by Robert D. Connell that's all about freedom. In fact, that's the company's name.
He's become known across the radio industry as the President/CEO of broadcast technology company MaxxConnect. But, Josh Bohn also happens to be the Managing Member of Signal Mountain Broadcasting, an Alabama-based operation that's agreed to sell a daytime-only AM and its low-power TV sibling.
How to Black American listeners spend time with radio and other audio mediums? While it's been long known that African Americans overindex when it comes to their on-air and on-demand audio consumption, the latest Audio Today 2025 report from Nielsen Audio codifies fresh data illustrating this point.
It comes as a big surprise to many. In a single sentence offered by its CEO at the start of its Q2 2025 earnings call, Caroline Beasley revealed that Beasley Media Group is selling its five radio stations in Fort Myers for $18 million. RBR+TVBR knows who the buyers are.
She began her media career in her hometown of Jackson, Miss., and after more than five years as a radio personality, she transitioned to TV news as a producer for WAPT-TV in Jackson, some 17 years ago. Now, she's been appointed Director of News and Multiplatform Content, starting August 25, at WGN-9.
Here's the good news when it comes to Beasley Media Group's Q2 2025 earnings report: the radio station owner's net loss declined. However, it appears that expense controls are to thank, as the net revenue and adjusted EBITDA each fell. A surprise transaction in its home market is also a likely factor.
They are described as "strategic executive promotions in enhanced leadership roles," and they see the VP of Business Development rising to the role of Chief Operating Officer while its seven-year VP of News is being elevated to the role of Chief Innovation Officer. There's also a third promotion at Morgan Murphy Media.
