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Order adopting Consent Decree with KGHL Radio, LLC for Transfer of Control of Stations KGHL(AM), Billings, Montana, and K234CP, Billings, Montana

FCC Media Bureau News Items - Wed, 09/27/2023 - 20:00
The Media Bureau issues an Order adopting a Consent Decree resolving the unauthorized transfer of control of KGHL Radio, LLC, licensee of Stations KGHL(AM), Billings, Montana, and K234CP, Billings, Montana

Hunterdon Central High School Board of Education, Station WCVH(FM), Flemington, New Jersey

FCC Media Bureau News Items - Wed, 09/27/2023 - 20:00
The Media Bureau enters into a Consent Decree with Hunterdon Central High School Board of Education, Station WCVH(FM), Flemington, New Jersey

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Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, Upper Wenatchee Valley TV Association Inc., Stations K12LV-D, K08JP-D, K10LG-D, Dryden, WA; K13ER-D, K40AE-D, K09ES-D, K11EZ-D, Cashmere, WA

FCC Media Bureau News Items - Wed, 09/27/2023 - 20:00
Issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture to Upper Wenatchee Valley TV Association Inc., in the amount of $10,500 for violations of Commission rules.

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New Book Shares Stories of the American Forces Vietnam Network

Radio World - Wed, 09/27/2023 - 17:20

A newly-released book titled “Hot Mics and TV Lights: The American Forces Vietnam Network” tells the story of the military broadcast network that served U.S. service personnel during the Vietnam War.

At the height of American involvement in the war, Armed Forces Vietnam Network served more than 500,000 fighting men and women at one time — first with radio, then with a number of television stations.

The author, military journalist Marc Phillip Yablonka, said much of what has previously been written about the American Forces Vietnam Network “has been overstated and far from comprehensive, including the most famous work: the movie ‘Good Morning, Vietnam.'”

Hot Mics and TV Lights shares the perspective of 37 individuals who served with AFVN over the course of the war.

“Although many of the stories are humorous, AFVN suffered significant casualties,” wrote Yablonka. “Five broadcasters were taken prisoner, and at least one radio announcer earned a Purple Heart while on air. But typical war stories do not dominate this book.”

Instead, Yablonka said readers will hear the memories of “Bobbie the Weathergirl,” Vietnam’s biggest TV celebrity, and Wheel of Fortune game show host Pat Sajak when he was an AFVN deejay.

Yablonka said Hot Mics and TV Lights gives readers a broad sense of what those serving with the network experienced.

“[It’s] not just another book about the Vietnam War, but rather the chronicle of a storied broadcast network and its personnel who did their jobs as a costly war was being waged, often just outside their studio doors.”

Hot Mics and TV Lights can be purchased on Amazon.

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Analyst Lays Out U.S. Radio Revenue Forecast

Radio World - Wed, 09/27/2023 - 16:35

Local and national radio ad revenue in the United States will continue to decline slowly in coming years, according to a forecast from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

And although radio’s digital revenue will grow, it won’t be enough to avoid a drop in total revenue over the coming six years. The firm thinks total radio revenue in 2023 will be about $15.15 billion but will drop to $14.26 billion by the end of 2028.

“The local ad market continues to be stronger than the national side of the spot ad business for broadcast stations, with major brands and ad agencies shifting budgets to streaming, mobile and social media platforms,” wrote Principal Research Analyst Justin Nielson.

“Our 2023 projection breaks down to $21.86 billion from TV stations — including core national and local spot, political and digital/online — and $11.97 billion from radio stations, which includes national and local spot and digital, excluding network and off-air.”

Nielson wrote that radio’s big sales categories of auto, retail, travel and entertainment were burdened by the pullback in advertising during the pandemic and now are hurt by interest rates and price inflation.

“Consumer spending that rebounded post-pandemic with shelter-in-place and masking orders being lifted has now come under pressure, although has not dipped into recessionary levels yet,” the analyst wrote.

He noted radio’s competition from streaming audio and on-demand options such as Spotify and Pandora, as well as an overall decline in listenership due to WFH plus issues with AM radio being removed from some EVs and hybrids.

The firm is projecting that U.S. radio’s core local spot ad market will decline 3% to $8.49 billion in 2023, then decline 1% in 2024, down 3% in 2025 and then down 1% to 2% over the remaining forecast period. National radio ad revenues are forecast to decline by 4.5% to $1.97 billion in 2023 and by 6% in 2024, then start to decline more steeply, by 7% to 8.5%, after that.

“We project digital gains of 6.5% in 2023, 6% in 2024 and a range of 5.7% to 5.1% growth through the rest of the projection period. Radio station owners are continuing to invest in streaming, podcast and digital marketing service initiatives, with digital revenues expected to rise to $1.98 billion by the end of 2028.”

Off-air revenue is forecast to grow 3% in 2023 and 2.3% in 2024. He said live events remain a growing segment for radio and will reach $2.45 billion by the end of 2028.

“Radio’s lower ad cost, local audience and relatively high return on investment compared to other media will keep it relevant, although digital investments point to future growth opportunities, with the spot ad market for radio expected to decline over the forecast period,” Nielson concluded.

Over five years he expects radio station local and national spot ad revenues, including digital, to decline at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.98% in rated markets, with non-rated markets declining at a CAGR of negative 2.68%.

“Total radio revenue, including national and local spot, digital, off-air and network revenue, is expected to decline slightly at a five-year negative CAGR of 1.2% from an estimated $15.15 billion in 2023 to $14.26 billion by the end of 2028.”

The company published the chart below with more details.

 

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Shure Introduces an SM7 With Active Preamp

Radio World - Wed, 09/27/2023 - 16:11

Shure’s SM7 microphone family has a new member.

Called the SM7dB, it is a dynamic vocal mic with cardioid polar pattern like the SM7B but adds a built-in active preamp that can be bypassed with a switch. 

“The SM7dB provides creators and audio engineers with the exact rugged construction and legendary audio quality of the SM7B, with the addition of a phantom-powered, built-in preamp designed by Shure,” the manufacturer says in its press release.

“This integrated preamp provides a supplementary +18 or +28 decibels (dB) of clean gain, eliminating the need for a separate preamp, and freeing users from the hiss and noise introduced by many audio interfaces when their preamps are driven to the levels necessary to provide enough gain for the SM7B.”

Shure says the added gain brings the sensitivity up to a level optimized for most audio interfaces. “This guarantees users enough gain on hand for their audio to be heard with maximum clarity in a recording, on a broadcast or while streaming, regardless of their audio interface.” 

The mic also the same EQ controls as the SM7B, with bass roll-off and presence boost. Retail price is $499.

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Saga Board Repeats Shareholder Reward With Dividend OK

Radio+Television Business Report - Wed, 09/27/2023 - 16:10

Some of its peers have yet to reinstate a quarterly dividend suspended following the onset of the COVID-19 virus in the U.S. some 3 1/2 years ago. For Saga Communications, cash rewards to its shareholders has been a hallmark of stock ownership. Now, Saga’s board has said yes to another quarterly cash dividend of significance.

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Brendan Carr Assails Rosenworcel ‘Net Neutrality’ Plan

Radio+Television Business Report - Wed, 09/27/2023 - 14:05

It didn’t take long for the senior Republican on the FCC to offer a public comment on a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking being circulated among the Commissioners from Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel that would restore Title II broadband classification. He’s dead-set against the idea. But, is the GOP unable to stop it?

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Carr Calls Net Neutrality Proposal Unlawful

Radio World - Wed, 09/27/2023 - 14:03
Brendan Carr

We don’t have to wonder where FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr stands on whether to restore net neutrality.

“Carr Opposes Plan for Government Control of the Internet” is the headline of his statement in response to Chairwoman Rosenworcel’s announcement Tuesday.

Carr, senior Republican on an FCC that now has a Democratic majority, calls the plan unlawful. He said Americans want more freedom on the internet, not government controls.

“Six years ago, Americans lived through one of the most Orwellian campaigns in regulatory history. They were told that the 2017 decision by my Republican FCC colleagues and me to overturn the Obama administration’s failed, two-year experiment with government control of the internet would mark ‘The end of the internet as we know it’ and that ‘you’ll get the internet one word at a time.’ None of the apocalyptic predictions came to pass. Quite the opposite.”

Carr argued that broadband speeds now are up, inflation-adjusted prices are down, competition has increased and “record-breaking broadband builds brought millions of Americans across the digital divide.”

He said “utility-style” regulation of the internet is about control, not improving the consumer experience.

“But do not take my word for it.  Two of President Obama’s former solicitors general — some of his top lawyers at the DOJ — wrote just last week that Title II regulation of the internet ‘would vastly expand the commission’s authority and would transform the way a federal agency regulates a vitally important element of our economy and the personal and social lives of hundreds of millions of Americans.’ That includes targeting pro-consumer offerings under a boundless ‘general conduct’ rule.”

He believes the proposal “opens the door to broadband rate regulation,” will slow rural broadband expansion and will increase prices. He also calls it “a big gift to Big Tech,” since Title II regulations hamper their competitors and “leave Big Tech companies free to continue operating in a biased and non-neutral manner.”

Carr concluded: “Rather than heading down the doomed and damaging path toward Title II, the FCC should focus on advancing the many important policies over which the commission does have authority  —from rural broadband and spectrum to public safety and illegal robocalls.”

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‘Cord Cutting,’ AVOD Key Factors In Cable Network Ad Decline

Radio+Television Business Report - Wed, 09/27/2023 - 13:45

Domestic cable networks have been under pressure from declining subscribers for the past decade. This, S&P Global Market Intelligence analyst Scott Robson says, has lead to lower ratings and less advertising revenue.

“While increasing marketers’ cost per thousand viewers helped to mitigate the declines, the launch of new ad-supported video services has started to take share from traditional linear cable networks,” he says.

That’s why he estimates cable’s gross advertising revenue fell 3.4% in 2022, after peaking in 2016 and experiencing a 2021 pandemic-related bump.

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Sullivan Slides Into Higher iHeartMedia/Phoenix Sales Slot

Radio+Television Business Report - Wed, 09/27/2023 - 13:15

The Vice President of Sales for iHeartMedia‘s eight radio brands serving Arizona’s Valley of the Sun has added SVP stripes.

This means this sales pro will be responsible for “driving client success, leading the sales management team, and working closely with sellers and growing revenue” in an ever-growing region stretching from Wickenburg to Queen Creek and Mesa.

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No Lights? Paint Job Needed? That’s A Potential FCC Tower Foul

Radio+Television Business Report - Wed, 09/27/2023 - 12:59

A veteran broadcast radio station licensee has received a formal warning from the FCC that the single tower housing the transmitter of a Class B AM radio station that once served the Delmarva Peninsula east of Washington, D.C., is not up to snuff with Commission rules.

If the tower isn’t painted and doesn’t resolve its lighting deficiencies, Sima Birach could be handed a fine.

This would be an added headache for Birach, as the station suffered a devastating fire in August 2022.

 

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FM Translator Window Petition Rejected By Audio Division

Radio+Television Business Report - Wed, 09/27/2023 - 12:30

A one-line sentence from a Geneva, Ala.-based individual requesting that the Commission open up a general FM translator window no later than 2025 is not sufficient enough to be considered by the federal agency, Audio Division Chief Al Shuldiner has concluded.

 

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Here’s The 2024 Broadcast Leadership Training Program Class

Radio+Television Business Report - Wed, 09/27/2023 - 12:30

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The NAB Leadership Foundation (NABLF) has officially kicked off the 2024 Broadcast Leadership Training (BLT) program.

This year’s classes officially began last week at NAB Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Since BLT’s inception, nearly 400 broadcasters have graduated from NABLF’s flagship program and over 70 percent have been promoted one or more times since graduating. In addition, 60 graduates have owned or currently own broadcast stations, and eight BLT graduates currently serve on the NAB Board of Directors.

Designed for broadcasters interested in ownership or corporate leadership, the executive MBA-style program teaches participants the fundamentals of purchasing, owning and operating radio and television stations over the course of 10 in-person weekend sessions, including a session held at NAB Show in Las Vegas.

“I look forward to the sessions, discussions, events and guest speakers that will help the 2024 BLT class take the next steps in their careers and grow the broadcast industry,” said NABLF President Michelle Duke. “The BLT program has created countless opportunities for graduates and this year’s impressive group of participants will continue that legacy of innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership.”

BLT Founder and Dean Diane Sutter, also the founder and President/CEO of ShootingStar Broadcasting, added, “We once again have an amazing group of talented, senior-level broadcasters for BLT ‘24 who have come together to grow and learn how to better lead our industry into a successful future. We thank and appreciate them and our amazing sponsors who make this all possible.”

This year’s program sponsors include Bonneville International, Beasley Broadcast Group, Cox Media Group, Fox TV Stations, Futuri, Graham Media Group, Gray Television, Hearst Television, Legend Communications, Morgan Murphy Media, National Association of Broadcasters, Nielsen Foundation, Paramount, Scripps, TEGNA and TelevisaUnivision.

The full list of 2024 BLT participants can be found here.
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