New York Festivals Television & Film Awards and Radio Awards will bestow its Lifetime Achievement Award on the man who serves as President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Many remember him from his time as the head of NBC News.
The Radio + Television Business Report has independently confirmed that CBS News Radio will be winding down its operations over the next several weeks. The news was shared via an internal memo from CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and president Tom Cibrowski.
Now that Nexstar Media Group effectively owns TEGNA, which saw its stock conclude its trading at a $20.03 valuation and is being converted to "NXST" shares, the company founded 30 years ago by Perry Sook is moving forward with its intent to offer two rounds of senior secured notes to bondholders.
The Media Bureau head granted, with minor conditions, Nexstar Media Group's merger with TEGNA. It all but erases the 39% national ownership cap, setting up a court challenge being waged by eight state Attorneys General and DirecTV. Divestures have been agreed to, but the terms make it clear any sales are unlikely.
Gray Media and the Atlanta Braves have confirmed that the Major League Baseball Club's 2026 home opener against the Kansas City Royals on March 27 will appear on both "BravesVision" and on Gray-owned television stations.
It's not so much a surprise that it happened, but that it happened on March 19 perhaps caught some industry observers off-guard. The $6.2 billion transaction that rewrites local media ownership rules is now complete, with both the Department of Justice and the FCC granting approval of TEGNA's takeover by Nexstar.
What fascinates public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal about acceptance speeches is that they compress a lifetime of work into seconds. Winners typically get about 45 seconds, so every word matters. This raises a question: How do you deliver a great acceptance speech when the spotlight suddenly finds you?
A discussion of how Congress "can build on those lessons to modernize our laws to promote innovation, strengthen competition, and drive investment in modern communications networks” has been placed on the calendar for Thursday, March 26.
She joined FOX Television Stations in 1999 and until now has served as Local Sales Manager for the FOX-owned duopoly in Houston. Now, she's been promoted to VP/Director of Sales for the company's two stations serving the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose DMA.
It's a noncommercial hub for classic and "Red Dirt" country music with a Class C2 FM and accompanying FM translator serving Alamogordo, N. Mex. Pending regulatory approval, a new owner will be in control of "Active Radio."
Guideline is moving forward with the expansion of its Ad Intelligence Insights service with the release of Local Dynamics, a subscription report designed to enable agencies, publishers, and station groups to meet evolving market demand with transaction-level benchmarking.
In April 2021, he was hired by American General Media to lead its eight stations in Albuquerque. Now, he's heading to St. Simons Island, Ga., to oversee a group of local radio stations serving the Brunswick, Ga., market, due north of Jacksonville.
The multicultural media company with Albert Rodriguez at the helm that's parent to the Estrella TV network is seeking to "strengthen and expand" its news operations. This has led to bringing on a former President of News for the Univision network as a Senior Advisor.
In early February, Mary Quass-led NRG Media shared it is exiting the Omaha-Council Bluffs radio market after more than two decades. Now, broker of record Kalil & Co. has shared the news that NRG Media is agreeing to sell a collection of Wisconsin properties to the privately held operation led by Peter Tanz.
She's been an integral leader at Graham Media Group since November 2019. In October, she was appointed Chief Revenue Officer. Now, this local TV leader is adding responsibilities at the station known as "LOCAL 4" held until December 10 by Bob Ellis.
Nexstar Media Group's rule-smashing, industry-reshaping merger plan with TEGNA appears to be on track for a closing date in July. Yet, the specter of legal action designed to throw a speedbump — or a banana in the tailpipe — of the transaction wagon had arisen as a likely possibility.
Thank the Attorneys General of eight states for bringing a potential block of the deal to life.
It played an integral role in getting the word out that eight Attorneys General have sued to try to stop Nexstar from completing its merger with TEGNA. Now, DirecTV has confirmed that it has filed its own federal antitrust lawsuit with the aim of doing what Washington lobbyists couldn't — killing the transaction.
For the past 16 years, he has held nearly every position within the newsroom at a variety of different stations, starting out as a multimedia journalist, photographer, editor, investigative unit member, and helicopter photojournalist, and later serving as anchor and reporter. Meet the new VP of News for KOVR-TV and KMAX-TV.
An AM, FM and FM translator serving the city of Monmouth, Ill., and its surrounding communities will soon become assets of Prairieland Communications LLC, based on a purchase agreement submitted for FCC regulatory approval.
While LLMs are powerful, they are also "knowledge-locked" to their training data, potentially leading to ‘hallucinations' and incorrect responses. To bridge this gap, grounding is essential to connect AI to supplemental, real-world data sources, says Nielsen-owned Gracenote in a new report.
