Radio+Television Business Report

With the sale of WKEY-FM in Key West, Fla., it was understood that Buddy Shula would put all of his efforts into the two-brand audio content creator and distributor serving listeners in Western New York. Indeed, that is happening.

It serves Rolla, Mo., from a tower near Salem, Mo., and serves a portion of the Show-Me State due east of Fort Leonard Wood. Now, the husband and wife team that have owned and operated this Rocker are selling the Class C3 FM after 21 years of service.

Its parent company has a partnership with Shopsense AI that's about to get a bit sporty. That's because Bell Media-owned TSN, styled as the Canadian equivalent of ESPN, is now included in the mix. Introducing the new TSN Shop, delivering a "curated shopping experience for TSN viewers through Shopsense AI’s leading shoppable TV technology."

The broadcast technology company known as swXtch.io has extended a partnership with Bridge Technologies that sees the two companies coming together for the monitoring and validation of "high value" media streams.

The licensee of low-power broadcast television stations led by CEO Randy Weiss has signed off on a deal that will see a transfer of control of a LPTV property serving Little Rock to an entity co-owned by Larry Morton and Greg Fess.

The American Education Foundation has signed off on an asset sale agreement that will see Spoon City Media, a La Porte, Ind., based entity led by Matt Moore, purchase its Class B AM serving Peoria, Ill., along with two associated FM translators. 

Bank of America Securities analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich has initiated coverage on Paramount Skydance Corp. Investors will hardly be excited over Ehrlich's initial analysis, which points to a long, slow growth trajectory for the company led by David Ellison. What could this mean for peers of the CBS parent?

It operates a Christian Talk & Teaching network with affiliated stations in some 18 U.S. states and in such markets as Kansas City, Memphis, Nashville, Merced and Fort Wayne. Now, Bott Radio Network is poised to enter Iowa's state capital.

For the sixth consecutive year, RBR+TVBR is pleased be accepting reader nominations for its 2025 Top Local TV Leaders list. We've received more than 150 votes so far ... be sure to get yours in today, as the final day for submissions is September 9.

A memo received by staff indicates that about 15% of PBS staff will be eliminated. It's a direct result of Republican efforts on Capitol Hill to put a kibosh on federal funding of the CPB.

Havas Media Network/North America is expanding the leadership role of the Chief Executive Officer for Noise Digital by naming him Head of CSA/North America. It's an appointment that comes some 27 years after Noise Digital's creation.

With the closing of Connoisseur Media's acquisition of Alpha Media, the newly expanded radio station broadcasting group has given the role of Sr. VP of Programming to a 12-year company veteran. As such, the Executive VP of Content for Alpha has exited.

Sports fans who use Roku devices to access video entertainment will now be able to find the games they wish to watch via the integration of YouTube TV in the "Roku Sports" platform.  The timing coincides with the start of the 2025 National Football League season, making access to "NFL Sunday Ticket" easier.

He brings four decades of radio and broadcast experience that includes working as a board operator for Boston Red Sox games while attending Emerson College and is the son of the founders of Pacific Recorders & Engineering. Introducing the new Director of Western U.S. Sales for Telos Alliance.

KTLM-TV, known as “Telemundo 40” to viewers across Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, has named a new News Director. He’ll be joining the NBCUniversal Local’s Telemundo Station Group property on September 29.

The Chicago-based television broadcasting company that's responsible for bringing the MeTV Network brand to screens across the U.S. and to select radio stations, too, is expanding its UHF stable. It's thanks to an agreement that will give it ownership, pending FCC approval, of a property in Portland, Ore.

There was a big surge in reduction-in-force efforts among U.S.-based employers during the month of August, with two key media advertising categories primarily responsible for the bleak year-over-year and month-to-month trends.

It's well known that, more than ever, consumers of video content are turning to digital and streaming platforms and watching it on screens of all sizes. It turns out it is now a global phenomenon — one that has led to the worldwide shrinking of linear television ad spend, new data from WARC show.

Digital radio production company Super Hi-Fi, dedicated to "high margin radio" while exploring AI opportunities, has completed an update to its core AI technology platform. It increases AI system speeds across its entire radio operating system workflow by three times, the company says.

It is a primary goal of Beasley Media Group to bring a bevy of digital dollars to the coffers. An Amazon-owned company is being tasked to help. In related news, there's a new PD for "Country 103.7" in Charlotte, and its the woman who has been programming "Kiss 95.1" for the last four years.