Radio+Television Business Report

It's a question the VAB asks. Even after an in-depth analysis of Google parent Alphabet Inc.'s latest 10-K filing with the SEC, the organization dedicated to a fair, transparent and accurate TV measurement marketplace is "still left dealing with a lot of unanswered questions and non-disclosed facts."

As of October 2024, more than 25 different radio station ownership groups were among those that had signed agreements to use a spec spot production platform co-created by ENCO Systems, Benztown, and Compass Media Networks. The company headed by Mary Berner has been added to that list.

As of early March, WISC-TV in Madison, Wisc., will have a new VP/General Manager. He arrives at Morgan Murphy Media from Sinclair Inc., and a position overseeing sales and marketing for one of its stations in Salt Lake City.

Susan Larkin was appointed to the slot left vacant by Field by Radio Board Chair Collin Jones. Prior to becoming Audacy's COO, she served as Regional President for Audacy’s San Francisco and Sacramento markets, and as Market Manager for its New York stations.

SBS says a saboteur on Sunday clipped all of the wires to KROI-FM in Houston's transmitter. RBR+TVBR first learned of the incident on Sunday afternoon, putting the market return of Hispanic radio icon Raul Brindis at SBS's $7.5 million acquisition in an emergency situation. As of 11am Central Monday, Brindis was on the air.

He made national news headlines in late 2022 for openly challenging Cumulus Media's COVID-19 vaccination policy, and has enjoyed much attention for his conservative political ideology that has made him a popular podcaster. Meet the new Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

He's been known for his tower climbs. Now, he's at it again — this time as FCC Chairman. Brendan Carr spent a part of Monday with a crew working atop an 1,800-foot broadcast tower in Alabama.

Following the retirement of Jeff Genthner, Steve Simpson will assume oversight of the two FanDuel Sports Network regions and spearhead all team partnerships across the region. FanDuel Sports Network is the former Bally Sports RSN, owned by a subsidiary of Sinclair Inc.

Whether it’s a colleague who constantly interjects or a client who disregards your input, handling interruptions with professionalism and poise is essential. To do that you need some tools in your speaker toolbox. Public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal obliges in this column.

He has experience at some of the world's biggest music conglomerates, including BMG, Bertelsmann, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group. Introducing the new Chief Commercial Officer at PURE Jingles.

A&D Incorporated is the licensee name representing Amy and Doug Driesel, the latter of whom has used the name "Doug DeForest" professionally. They've just struck a deal to acquire a pair of radio stations in the Show-Me State from Fred Dockins.

Travel between Lewiston and Eastern Idaho, and you'll be able to tune to Salt & Light Catholic Radio in four distinct geographical areas. Now, it is ensuring that its FM broadcast facility in North Central Idaho won't lose its programming in the coming years.

As RBR+TVBR reported on February 20, a Boise, Idaho-based radio broadcasting company serving Boise and Twin Falls is venturing into a neighboring state. Terms of the "membership interest purchase" between Iliad Media Group Holdings and the parties behind The Montana Radio Company, the group Iliad is acquiring, are now known.

The Supreme Court for New York State on Thursday set big monetary penalties against the largest broadcast TV ownership group in the U.S., asking it to repay DirecTV for fees associated with what is today an unaffiliated Washington, D.C.-focused facility branded as “DC News Now.” Nexstar will continue the battle.

A key Democratic U.S. Senator has written to the Acting Assistant Attorney General within the Department of Justice's antitrust division, urging Omeed Assefi to "closely scrutinize" the proposed acquisition of Fubo by The Walt Disney Company.

Cheryl McHenry has won acclaim and attracted generations of viewers to Cox Media Group's WHIO-7 in Dayton. In three months, the veteran news anchor at the CBS affiliate — one of the nation's most dominant — will be saying goodbye to viewers across Ohio's Miami Valley.

It has a 110,000-watt signal atop San Bruno Mountain, allowing this station to cover nearly all of the San Francisco DMA. That said, the Bay Area is notorious for its hills and valleys, which can make FM reception particularly troublesome. KQED-FM is now acting to resolve that problem in the East Bay.

A low-power television station serving a portion of the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico has entered into a Consent Decree with the Video Division of the FCC's Media Bureau to resolve issues pertaining to its application for a license to cover.

A newly released report from Pew Research Center finds that 63% of Americans believe inflation is a very big problem for the country. This is comparable to May 2024. But, it is down from 70% in 2022.

First announced at NAB Show 2024, the integration introduces a SPECai logo within vCreative’s vPPO platform, with expansion to vProMedia coming soon. The AI-driven process guides users through script creation with voiceover selection from various AI voices and music bed selection from Benztown’s libraries.