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Two items originally up for consideration at today’s FCC August Open Meeting have been removed from the agenda.
Why? With no opposition from the Commissioners, they’ll move forward.
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Graham Holdings Company on Wednesday released its second quarter results. But, how did the Media division perform within this highly diversified company that has its historical roots linked to Catherine Graham and The Washington Post?
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Chalk up another broadcast media Street Beat as the Q2 earnings parade makes it way through North Texas and Ventura County, Calif.
Salem Media Group, which has a presence in both locales, smashed the predictions of Zacks Equity Research by delivering very strong earnings per share and revenue performances in the second quarter.
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The NAB has revealed the finalists for the 2021 NAB Marconi Radio Awards, honoring radio stations and on-air personalities for excellence in broadcasting. The winners will be announced October 13 at the Marconi Reception, held during the 2021 Radio Show in Las Vegas.
The Marconi Reception will begin immediately following Wednesday’s “Putting Podcasting to Work for Local Revenue and Marketing” session. A ticket to the Marconi Reception is included with Radio Show registration.
Established in 1989 and named after inventor and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi, the NAB Marconi Radio Awards is the industry’s signature awards program.
This year’s NAB Marconi Radio Award finalists are:
LEGENDARY STATION OF THE YEAR
LEGENDARY MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Ben Downs, Bryan Broadcasting
Joel Oxley, WTOP-FM in Washington
Joe Bell, Beasley Media Group (Philadelphia)
Ben Mevorach, WINS-AM in New York
Mimi Brown, WEQX-FM in Manchester, Vt./Albany, N.Y.
NETWORK/SYNDICATED PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
DL Hughley, Reach Media
George Noory, Premiere Networks
Rickey Smiley, Reach Media.
DJ Digital – XXL Higher Level Radio, Townsquare Media Group
Ace & TJ Button, iHeartRadio
MAJOR MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Joe Soto, WVAZ-FM, Chicago, IL
Ellen K, KOST-FM, Los Angeles, CA
The Musers, Dunham, Miller & Keith, KTCK-AM, Dallas, TX
Melissa Forman, WLIT-FM, Chicago, IL
Hawkeye in the Morning, KSCS-FM, Dallas, TX
LARGE MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Jack Harris, WFLA-AM, Tampa, FL
Ann Kelly, WDUV-FM, Tampa, FL
C4 and Bryan Nehman, WBAL-AM, Baltimore, MD
Mike Calta, WHPT-FM, Tampa, FL
Dan Mandis, WWTN-FM, Nashville, TN
MEDIUM MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Dan Potter, KRMG-FM, Tulsa, OK
Kevin Miller, KIDO-AM, Boise, ID
Harlen the Sports Guy and Pigskin Bob, KYKX-FM, Tyler, TX
Simon Conway, WHO-AM, Des Moines, ID
Buzz Jackson, KIIM-FM, Tucson, AZ
SMALL MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Cosmo and Lauren, KTXY-FM, Columbia, MO
Chris and Rosie, WUSQ-FM, Winchester, VA
John Raynar, KKHJ-FM, Pago Pago, American Samoa
Brian Lee and Chris Wolfe, KZOQ-FM, Missoula, MT
Frito and Katy, KNDE-FM, College Station, TX
MAJOR MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR
WQHT-FM, New York, NY
WKYS-FM, Washington, DC
WBZ-FM, Boston, MA
KYW-AM, Philadelphia, PA
WINS-AM, New York, NY
LARGE MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR
KTMY-FM, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
WALK-FM, Nassau-Suffolk, NY
WTMJ-AM, Milwaukee, WI
WVKL-FM, Norfolk, VA
WKRQ-FM, Cincinnati, OH
MEDIUM MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR
WSGW-AM, Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI
KRMG-FM, Tulsa, OK
WHO-AM, Des Moines, IA
WHBC-AM, Canton, OH
WERO-FM, New Bern, NC
SMALL MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR
KVOM-FM, Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR
WJJY-FM, Brainerd, MN
WFMD-AM, Frederick, MD
WTAW-AM, College Station, TX
WNRP-AM, Pensacola, FL
BEST RADIO PODCAST OF THE YEAR
“We Need to Talk,” WGTS-FM, Washington, DC
“Pregnancy Pearls,” Audacy
“Garage Logic,” Hubbard Radio
“Purple Daily,” KSTP-AM, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
“Outkick the Coverage with Clay Travis,” Premiere Radio Networks
AC STATION OF THE YEAR
WLTW-FM, New York, NY
WTMX-FM, Chicago, IL
WREW-FM, Cincinnati, OH
KSTP-FM, St. Paul, MN
KOIT-FM, San Francisco, CA
CHR STATION OF THE YEAR
KNDE-FM, College Station, TX
KTXY-FM, Columbia, MO
WHTZ-FM, New York, NY
WPOI-FM, Tampa, FL
WBLI-FM, Nassau-Suffolk, NY
CLASSIC HITS STATION OF THE YEAR
KRTH-FM, Los Angeles, CA
WOGL-FM, Philadelphia, PA
WCBS-FM, New York, NY
WMGK-FM, Philadelphia, PA
WXGL-FM, Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
COLLEGE RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR
WRHU-FM, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
WMSC-FM, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
WRRC-FM, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
WPSC-FM, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ
WSOU-FM, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
COUNTRY STATION OF THE YEAR
WYCT-FM, Pensacola, FL
WXFL-FM, Florence, AL
KNUC-FM, Seattle, WA
KCLR-FM, Columbia, MO
WYCD-FM, Detroit, MI
NEWS/TALK STATION OF THE YEAR
WSB-AM, Atlanta, GA
WTOP-FM, Washington, DC
KSSZ-FM, Columbia, MO
WLW-AM, Cincinnati, OH
KNX-AM, Los Angeles, CA
RELIGIOUS STATION OF THE YEAR
WGRB-AM, Chicago, IL
KKJM-FM, St. Cloud, MN
WGTS-FM, Washington, DC
KLTY-FM, Dallas, Fort Worth, TX
KFIA-AM, Sacramento, CA
ROCK STATION OF THE YEAR
KLOS-FM, Los Angeles, CA
WPLR-FM, New Haven, CT
WGBF-FM, Evansville, IN
WIYY-FM, Baltimore, MD
KCMQ-FM, Columbia, MO
SPANISH STATION OF THE YEAR
KLLI-FM, Los Angeles, CA
WXNY-FM, New York, NY
KLNV-FM, San Diego, CA
WLZL-FM, Washington, DC
SPORTS STATION OF THE YEAR
WMFS-FM, Memphis, TN
KXNO-AM, Des Moines, ID
WIP-FM, Philadelphia, PA
KTCK-AM, Dallas, TX
WXYT-FM, Detroit, MI
URBAN STATION OF THE YEAR
WALR-FM, Atlanta, GA
WGCI-FM, Chicago, IL
WEDR-FM, Miami, FL
WWPR-FM, New York, NY
WMBX-FM, West Palm Beach, FL
To the far northwest of Amarillo, Tex., is a Class C2 33kw FM that has mainly served the area’s Hispanic audience in recent years.
Now, that service is likely to continue, as the property has been sold to Viva Media.
Want to learn more about the potential benefits of operating a Spanish-language radio station? Consider attending the 2021 Hispanic Radio Conference!
CLICK HERE FOR ALL OF THE DETAILS!
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Microsoft Corporation has asked the FCC to take another look at an Order that revised its rules governing Distributed Transmission Systems (DTS).
That action led the NAB and the association representing the interests of public television stations across the U.S. to formally respond by assailing Microsoft’s request.
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In the marketing and advertising world, the term “Latinx” has emerged in recent years as one used when discussing Hispanic Americans within Generation X. Some have argued that the term needs to be retired, as few GenX Hispanics use the term themselves.
A new Gallup poll solidifies this argument, while also showing that Blacks aren’t clamoring to be defined as “African American.”
Discover the true power of the Hispanic consumer, no matter how you choose to refer to them. Attend the Hispanic Radio Conference, Sept. 22-23, in Miami. CLICK HERE FOR THE DETAILS!
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TEGNA has promoted the woman who holds the dual roles of LSM and GSM of its ABC affiliate in Lexington, Ky., to the role of President/GM of its bigger Bluegrass State sibling in Louisville.
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Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group (AMG) has selected a VP of Advertising Sales and Client Partnerships with the highly focused role of representing all platforms associated with its African American-targeted brand theGrio.
Taking the role is Jocelyn Langevine. Her task: to bring advertisers to theGrio website, the broadcast and digital television network theGrio.TV, and theGrio free-streaming app to be introduced later this year.
Langevine comes to AMG from ViacomCBS, where she held both Director of Integrated Marketing and Senior Director of Integrated Marketing titles. Prior to ViacomCBS, Langevine worked at ESSENCE magazine, where she was Director of Marketing & Multiplatform Development of ESSENCE and Executive Director of the ESSENCE Festival. Langevine also held previous marketing and branding positions with NBCUniversal Media, BET Networks/Viacom, and CBS Outdoor.
TheGrio free-streaming app aims to provide super hyper-local news, information, weather, sports, and traffic geo-fenced to the user’s zip code, as well as free movies, television shows, documentaries, and entertainment channels.
Langevine will also focus on cross-platform initiatives and brand integration for theGrio.
Langevine reports directly to Cindy Kelly, President of Advertising Sales for AMG’s Entertainment Studios Networks, and is based at the AMG offices in New York City.
The parade of second quarter fiscal report cards ramped up on Tuesday, with the nation’s largest owner of broadcast television stations sharing their results as the sun rose across North Texas.
For Nexstar Media Group, it was a fine three-month period ending June 30, with earnings per share and revenue surpassing Street estimates.
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One year ago, Cumulus Media‘s stock price was six cents below the $4 mark, a far cry from the $20.90 closing value seen in late August 2018, just weeks after CMLS began trading on the Nasdaq GlobalMarket following the company’s emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.
Today, despite some softness across July, Cumulus shares are poised for a full recovery. It just reported Q2 earnings that, while not stellar, easily surpassed Street expectations — sending CMLS up by nearly 3% as of 11am Eastern.
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One week ago, respected financial house Zacks Equity Research revealed that it expected Sinclair Broadcast Group to post a quarterly loss of $4.23 per share in Q2, with revenue growing to $1.6 billion.
How accurate was the Zacks forecast? The EPS was slightly below expectations, while revenue was right on the money when subtracting non-media dollars.
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He’s been a President at Entravision Communications, where he had a hand in launching the company’s national radio arm. He’s also spent time at the now-defunct Radio Unica and at Univision. Today, José Villafañe is both the CEO of Hispanic media rep firm MNA Sales, and national Hispanic radio network Nueva Network.
You can soon add radio station owner to the curriculum vitae.
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In one of the more novel promotions to involve a radio brand in recent memory, the nation’s No. 1 owner of AMs and FMs has teamed up with the Connecticut Lottery on the rollout of an instant win scratcher game that could give the lucky winner a top prize of $10,000.
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The affiliates associations for ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX television stations have collectively filed a petition for clarification of the FCC’s Report and Order on its sponsorship identification requirements for foreign government-provided programming on broadcast UHF and/or VHF facilities.
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The sixth day of active bidding in the FCC’s “Auction 109” concludes with the 26th round of activity, a 30-minute window between 4:30pm-5pm Eastern.
Six more rounds of bidding are on the slate for Wednesday (8/4).
What’s the current snapshot from Washington? The nation’s No. 1 owner of radio stations could wind up winning a big FM in the capital of the Golden State, filling a void left by the company formerly known as Entercom.
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Gray Television just selected her to succeed the retiring Frank Brady, an individual at the helm of an NBC affiliate in West Virginia.
She, like Brady, has been at the station — WVVA-6 in Beckley, W. Va. — for 15 years.
What does the longevity of these tenures say about life at a small-market Big Four affiliate? Listen to this RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM and hosted by Adam R Jacobson, and you’ll get the answer … and more!
Listen to “The InFOCUS Podcast: Charity Holman, WVVA” on Spreaker.
When it comes to retransmission consent agreement battles between broadcast TV stations and MVPDs, DirecTV under AT&T ownership was a difficult entity to negotiate with for a bevy of UHF and VHF owners.
With Tuesday’s creation of a new company named DIRECTV, following its spin from AT&T, will broadcast TV companies including Cox Media Group, TEGNA, Hearst and Cowles benefit when their next round of individual retrans talks start?
With private equity group TPG Capital fueling the $7.6 billion transaction, the DirecTV, AT&T TV and U-verse video services are no longer owned and operated by AT&T.
This creates a whole new company with approximately 15.4 million premium video subscribers at the end of Q2. To make the deal happen, AT&T received 70% in DirecTV; thus it remains the majority owner. TPG has a 30% interest in DirecTV, and paid $1.8 billion for the shares.
Nevertheless, DirecTV is not a unit of AT&T as of today.
Should broadcast TV companies with a difficult retrans history get excited? No. The DirecTV board will include CEO Bill Morrow and voting members Steve McGaw and Thaddeus Arroyo, appointed by AT&T.
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Not included in this transaction are WarnerMedia’s HBO Max streaming platform and regional sports networks, both of which are part of the pending WarnerMedia-Discovery transaction; Vrio (AT&T’s Latin American video operations, which are being sold to Grupo Werthein); U-verse network assets; and AT&T’s Sky Mexico investment. DIRECTV will continue to offer HBO Max to subscribers along with any bundled wireless or broadband services and associated customer discounts.
If you receive your cable TV services from Cox Communications, there’s no fear of losing access to any ViacomCBS-owned station anytime soon.
In fact, Cox customers are gaining access to the company’s collection of streaming services.
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