Radio+Television Business Report

Kansas Association of Broadcasters President Allison Mazzei has shared the details as to who the latest inductees will be into the Kansas Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Additionally, four other broadcasters will be honored at a ceremony during the KAB's upcoming convention.

A newly released report on local news from Pew Research Center finds that more Americans get news and information about crime than any other local topic except the weather. But how they get that news — and how they react to it — varies widely.

Come September 1, a "blackout" — by law — of all Disney-owned properties including ESPN and ABC stations could be seen for all DirecTV customers. That's when a five-year agreement ends, and there's a flurry of media reports suggesting the two sides are very far apart on a new deal.

"I‘m beyond grateful to be in such an awesome city surrounded by extremely talented journalists." That's what the newest arrival to a Los Angeles television station's news team had to share on Facebook, as she has departed the Cox Media Group-owned dual CBS and Telemundo affiliate serving Seattle.

An NBC affiliate serving Boise, Idaho, has been granted FCC approval to upgrade its facility from a VHF channel to a UHF channel. It presents a win for TEGNA.

Are Local Advertising Sales in Sudden Freefall? That's a question that served as the basis of a 45-minute webinar presented on Wednesday morning by Borrell Associates, with some 625+ registrants eager to learn where the dollars are trending.

His experience in Radio includes running his own diagnostic company, Airplay GPS, and from January 2016 through March 2021 enjoyed a tenure at Cumulus Media and its Westwood One operation as a Programming Analytics and Strategy VP. Now, he's taking his talents one step higher at Audacy.

It is building a new station in Little Rock, the company says. It likely involves Rock music, and it will be replacing the Gospel programming on two FM translators and an AM radio station it is acquiring in a freshly filed deal awaiting FCC approval. Who's the seller? It is Salem Media Group.

Reporting to CEO David S. Christiano, Anthony Morelli will oversee daily operations across USSI Global’s broadcast and networking solutions, digital signage solutions, and electronic business and consumer solutions units.

If you understand the basics — regular meetings, providing feedback, and scheduling field days —  but want to take things to the next level, a September 11 session at the Radio Masters Sales Summit is just the learning opportunity you've been looking for.

This year's IBC conference, which begins in two weeks in Amsterdam, will be the final broadcast technology affair for a 24-year Orban veteran who serves as its SVP of Global Sales and European Operations. That's because he's retiring.

Educational Media Foundation (EMF), the Christian radio broadcasting giant that is the parent of the CCM-formatted K-LOVE and Worship Music Air1 noncommercial networks, has named a Chief Information Security Officer to serve in its Ministry Leadership Team.

The General Manager for the Nexstar Media Group-owned station serving Albuquerque as a dual CBS/FOX affiliate has passed away, the station announced late Monday.

The Anaheim Ducks NHL franchise has partnered with the parent of the Victory+ OTT platform created for the Dallas Stars and with a Fox Television Stations-owned broadcast property in Southern California — a move that sees 65 of the team's games head to free-to-air TV.

A CBS affiliate that offers MyNetwork TV programming on one of its multicast channels wasn't able to meet a June deadline for a VHF-to-UHF facility upgrade. It asked the FCC to unwind the deal, thus impacting the Table of Allotments. An OK was just given by Barbara Kreisman.

The NAB on Tuesday released a "sweeping election preparedness initiative" designed to provide broadcasters with the resources, tools and training needed to navigate the complexities of the 2024 election cycle. The association's election preparedness initiative includes three core elements.

Pamal Broadcasting's stations across Upstate New York and lower Vermont continue to excel, with tremendous ratings and revenue success for some heritage Adult Contemporary and Top 40 brands. How does the company do it? Find out in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, as we talk to COO Chuck Benfer.

Now silent under Special Temporary Authority, the licensee of an AM near Mobile has asked the FCC to move the station. But, the Assistant Chief of the Media Bureau's Audio Division wants further evidence that such a move "constitutes a preferential arrangement of allotments."

A Class A FM radio station serving a community to the west of Corpus Christi, Tex., filed its license renewal application with the Commission more than 90 days after it was due. Now, it may have to pay up for its timeliness fail.

The transfer of the common stock of a licensee following her death from one revocable trust to another within the family, minus FCC authorization, resulted in an transfer of control that should have not happened so soon.  To resolve the matter, the FCC and the licensee have entered into a Consent Decree.