The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025, known in the current Congressional session as H.R. 979, was finally brought to consideration in the House E&C Committee on Wednesday. With strong bipartisan support, it was sent to the full U.S. House of Representatives for a full floor vote — but not without a key adjustment.
At the same time, Civic is making a move to tighten its market focus by creating a two-region structure. This sees Civic Media select a President for the Southern Region and, concurrently, a Vice President for the Northern Region. Additional moves see Civic Media naming a SVP of Product, a VP of Marketing, and Tech VP.
The U.S. Census Bureau has released the Educational Attainment in the United States: 2024 table package. It examines the education level of adults age 18 and older by age, sex, race, nativity and other demographic and social characteristics.
In this RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Video Podcast, the founder of broadcast media brokerage Tideline Partners joins RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson to give his insight on the evolving transactions marketplace, and how everything in Washington, D.C. is impacting the dealmaking environment.
The 2025 affair will also see NABLF President and NAB Chief Impact Officer Michelle Duke honored with the AWM Legacy Leadership Award. Meanwhile, the 2025 Gracies Leadership Awards will celebrate six executives "whose achievements continue to redefine leadership and innovation across the industry."
The new Video Division Chief within the FCC's Media Bureau has opened up a comment period for a proposal that would see a PBS Kansas facility shift from a VHF channel to a UHF position — a move that would upgrade the station serving the Hutchinson market.
It is a Class D AM radio station with a 500-watt daytime signal audible across much of the New York Tri-State Area and until two years was the first station linked to Whitney Global Media — the enterprise led by the late Bill O'Shaughnessy. Now, the current owner of this kHz-band facility is selling it.
A Class C3 FM serving the Hot Springs, Ark., area to the west of Little Rock, is seeing a change in control, one that sees a husband-and-wife duo cede control of the facility to one Alice Bates following the wife's death in April.
An operator known for its radio, TV and digital offerings focused on Christian-themed programming in the Pacific Northwest has received the Media Bureau's OK to convert a new noncommercial TV station from a VHF facility to a more desirable UHF channel.
For decades, the role of an ad agency was integral in the development of effective creative including television advertisement. Now, proving ad shops remain relevant is perhaps one of the toughest tasks of Madison Avenue. Universal Ads is doing its part to make the role of an ad agency less important than ever.
New Bern, N.C.-headquartered Wheatstone Corporation is exiting the IBC 2025 conference and expo with confidence that its newly introduced spectral audio processor will be embraced by radio stations around the world. Why? Big sound ... and big savings are the lure.
Skyview Networks, the national radio enterprise led by President/CEO Steve Jones, has promoted from within to fill two newly created roles that reflect "the evolving structure" of its sales organization.
The Pittsburgh-headquartered advocacy and lobbying group representing small and independently owned MVPD providers across the U.S. is welcoming a new EVP/Chief Operating Officer. He will succeed John Higginbotham, who has held the role for five years.
The Managing Partner of Crest Hill Advisors LLC has joined Lerman Senter PLLC as Counsel to the firm. It brings a new chapter in the career of a telecommunications industry veteran considered by the law firm to be "a leader of the regulatory bar."
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr isn't playing around when it comes to "modernizing" local media ownership rules and practices he considers outdated. A Forecast 2026 panel session will break down what’s on the docket for the coming year and how it directly impacts broadcasters. It is a conversation you'll get to be a part of.
There’s a new podcast coming to iHeartMedia’s podcast network focused on “elevating Latino voices and stories,” and the September 17 debut features two of the nation’s most influential Hispanic journalists together for the video series.
Amazon Ads and SiriusXM Media have "forged a strategic programmatic audio advertising integration" designed to provide marketers using Amazon DSP the ability to access the subscription-based satellite and streaming audio operation's digital audio portfolio.
Tood Noordyk and his Great Lakes Media has agreed to hand an AM radio station in a small city east of Marquette, Mich., with the all-important "AM revitalization" perk at 97.7 MHz to an entity that happens to be the second-largest licensee of radio stations in the U.S.
On January 16, 2024, the owner of an AM radio station serving Volusia County, Fla., died. Now, paperwork has been submitted with the FCC shifting the station licensed to New Smyrna Beach to the woman who hosts the station's morning show and is a key figure behind the scenes, too.
"Making big-screen movie nights both easy and exciting, the Aurzen Roku TV Smart Projector D1R Cube offers the Roku experience in a portable, powerful design," Roku says. The new product is designed for both indoor and outdoor use, on any wall or screen—"perfect for movie nights, game-day gatherings, or weekend movie marathons," says Roku.
