The FCC's Media Bureau, just days before President Biden left office, dismissed a Petition to Deny the license renewal of a FOX Television Stations property on the grounds that it aired content during the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election cycle it believes is false and misleading. The petitioners are appealing that decision.
The "sports-first" virtual MVPD that will combine with Hulu + Live TV once its proposed acquisition by The Walt Disney Co. wins regulatory approval has launched multicultural content bundles intended to super-serve domestic consumers with international programming. The first bundle targets South Asians.
A Class A noncommercial FM radio station serving a Lone Star State community along Interstate 30 between Texarkana and Dallas' northern suburbs is being sold. The buyer's name may fool you, though, as it reflects its interests in broadcast television.
The Association of Independents in Radio (AIR) has established itself as an entity that trains, mentors, and advocates for freelance and contract-based audio professionals. Now it is stepping forward with data designed to offer a blueprint of just how much these non-employee industry figures should earn.
For a generation of radio broadcasting industry professionals, the name "Infinity" may conjure up images of Mel Karmazin, Howard Stern, The Don & Mike Show and Opie & Anthony. Now, the Infinity name is returning thanks to the company that merged with CBS Radio — the successor to the original Infinity Broadcasting.
Four digital multicast broadcast networks owned and distributed by Sinclair Inc. will be seen on a group of television stations held and operated by the nation's No. 1 owner of TV properties, thanks to a freshly signed agreement announced today.
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. has appointed a former Airbnb top legal executive to serve as its new EVP/General Counsel and Secretary, effective March 3, 2025. He succeeds Patrick Donnelly who is retiring.
Nexstar has named a VP of Political Sales, responsible for building and managing the company’s newly created national political sales division, creating and developing go-to-market political ad strategies across all of its platforms, and generating significant growth in linear, digital, and connected TV political revenue.
The Copyright Royalty Judges sitting on the Copyright Royalty Board have announced that they've received a series of notices of intent from SoundExchange to audit seven radio station licensees concerning royalty payments made over two different three-year periods.
New York Festivals Television & Film Awards is honoring pioneering sports journalist and broadcasting groundbreaker Lesley Visser with the New York Festivals 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award.
The only woman serving as an FCC Commissioner will be participating in a roundtable discussion at Florida International University on Wednesday afternoon with a Federal Trade Commission Commissioner and five key U.S. broadcast media executives to discuss and debate "barriers to entry" for Hispanic and Latino media.
The five FM radio stations owned and operated by iHeartMedia in the Winston Salem-Greensboro-High Point region of North Carolina have a new Market Manager. She reports to Dave Carwile, President for iHeartMedia Carolinas.
A local media executive with years of experience in markets including Raleigh, where he's been VP/GM of Capitol Broadcasting Co.'s two TV stations for seven years, has been tapped as President/GM of WCAU-10 and Telemundo sibling WWSI-62 in Philadelphia. He'll begin his new duties on St. Patrick's Day.
He's a Cuban immigrant who serves as an Army Reserve Ambassador in California, where his full time job is as President/CEO of Meruelo Media, the licensee of radio and television stations owned by entrepreneur Alex Meruelo. Come February 28, he'll be relinquishing his leadership role at the Meruelo-helmed operation.
TechFreedom has filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court of the U.S. to declare that the FCC's "hands-off method of running the $9 billion Universal Services Fund violates the Constitution.
Television viewing in January 2025 was up 5% compared with December 2024, and that was driven largely by current events and seasonal factors, new Nielsen data show.
The "LiMu Emu" origin story is the latest chapter in a growing effort from an auto insurance specialist that's clamored its way to the top of the Spot Ten Cable report, based on spot plays — a sign that a category that had been quiet in the immediate post-pandemic years could be actively competitive again.
The leading trade association advocating for the nation's local broadcast TV industry has released a new study investigating multimedia usage and effectiveness. The top finding? TV, viewed on the TV screen, has the highest reach and time spent of all media platforms studied, for all age groups and categories measured.
This industry veteran served as interim Chairman of the Board of Saga Communications in 2022. He also ran Doubleday's radio stations and was a WMCA in New York "Good Guy" during its Top 40 era in the 1960s. Now, many across the radio industry are pausing to mourn the man known professionally as Gary Stevens.
The multi-year exclusive partnership gives Westwood One Sports broadcast rights to all U.S. Soccer Federation-hosted matches, including all USWNT and USMNT friendlies, Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinal matches, and the SheBelieves Cup. The first broadcast is scheduled for Thursday night.
