In mid-January, Imagicomm Communications confirmed it was selling all of the stations it acquired from Cox Media Group. The first deal involved Marquee Broadcasting. On April 2, Todd Parkin's Rincon Broadcasting struck a bigger deal. Now, Imagicomm's remaining properties have found a buyer.
How will expected FCC deregulation of broadcast media ownership impact mergers and acquisitions? An Monday afternoon 2025 NAB Show Panel sought to tackle that question in an informal chat featuring a prominent veteran Washington, D.C., attorney; a top media broker; and BIA Advisory Services' Managing Director.
For 20 years, the NBC affiliate serving Cleveland owned by TEGNA has enjoyed a relationship with the Major League Baseball franchise formerly known as the Cleveland Indians. Now, the station has expanded its relationship with the team today known as the Cleveland Guardians.
How does AI truly impact media companies today? What does the consumer really want in the always-on, multi-platform, world of ever-changing content tastes–and can AI really find those? Those questions and more were the focus of a AWM breakfast panel discussion Monday at the 2025 NAB Show.
At a press conference held Monday afternoon, the executive leaders of four of the nation's biggest TV ownership groups shared more about their joint venture created to provide robust wireless data services powering the "Internet of Things."
The Trailblazer Award, named for music industry pioneer and longtime BMI President/CEO Frances Preston, is the MIW's highest accolade. It is presented annually to a woman who, through industry leadership and accomplishments, champions and creates opportunities for other women in Radio.
A new Nielsen report released Monday on behalf of the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) illustrates how brands can connect with the African American community to impact, grow and win with inclusion.
It bills itself as a travelers' information station offering information on items of interest to those visiting the Space Coast of Florida. But, this Class B AM with an FM translator has fallen on hard times. Its owner has unpaid debt to the FCC. To resolve the matter, the facilities are being sold to a parochial operator.
Brendan Carr has left an indelible imprint on the FCC in less than three months. And in the latest rule "modernization" effort to emerge since he succeeded Jessica Rosenworcel, Carr is ready to review the Commission's muddy view of foreign ownership.
How are stations using the right strategies on the sales and revenue side to keep the quest for profits positive? That's a question that proved to be the focal point of a discussion on Sunday afternoon at the 2025 NAB Show moderated by the Chair and CEO of Chicago's Midway Broadcasting.
A radio/digital/social/video media company focused on La Grande and Burns, Ore., and the Columbia Basin has agreed to grab an FM translator serving the community of Union, Ore. The seller is an educational institution.
Visitors to GatesAir’s NAB Show 2025 booth will once again be taken through a journey of its current-generation transmission and networking products across three key product brands for wireless content delivery: Flexiva (FM and HD Radio), Intraplex (STL and Distribution) and Maxiva (TV and DAB/DAB+).
The NB2-10G-TRX is the second device added to the next-generation NanoBrix Series, which expands its scope of signal processing functions to serve more formats and networking needs common in today’s broadcast, streaming and AV media ecosystem.
SwXtch.io, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IEX Group, Inc., has signed two partnership agreements with Diversified that officially makes it a cloudSwXtch reseller. The deal will see Diversified work closely with swXtch.io to raise visibility and brand recognition in North America.
ENCO has brought to market a new cloud relay service that establishes a secure connection to on-prem captioning workflows for third-party remote stenographers and captioning services working in live broadcast environments.
The first full day of the 2025 NAB Show concluded Sunday evening with Cocktails & Conversation, presented by Beasley Media Group, Quu, Benztown, vCreative, Skyview Networks, Xperi Corp., ENCO and Streamline Publishing's Radio + Television Business Report and Radio Ink. We have some photos from the event.
By the end of the first day of sessions and expo floor activity across the expansive Las Vegas Convention Center, it became known that one of the Commissioners will not be offering a Keynote Address on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the other Commissioner, scheduled to appear Monday, is reportedly attending at her own expense.
The FCC has released its broadcast station totals for the first quarter of 2025, reflecting the three-month period ending March 31. The biggest takeaway? A huge surge in noncommercial FM radio stations, the result of a recent FCC action designed to bring new educational stations to the FM band, skewed the numbers.
The VP of Sales and Partnerships for Sinclair-owned AMP Sports has been elevated to Sr. VP of Sales for the unit and for Tennis Channel. She began her career at the Walt Disney Company some 18 years ago.
Across the Pacific Northwest, Alexandra Communications, under the direction of Thomas and Cheryl Hodgins, has operated a collection of AMs, FMs and FM translators in a variety of locales. Now, they're preparing to take ownership of a pair of AM stations in rural eastern Oregon.
