John L. Humphries is retiring as the head of Hearst Television’s Upstate South Carolina television station that also serves storm-battered Western North Carolina.
His successor has been selected, and it involves a promotion.
Minneapolis investment bank Piper Sandler has released its 48th semi-annual survey of U.S. teens in partnership with non-profit student organization DECA, which prepares the emerging leaders and entrepreneurs of tomorrow. Among the findings of interest to broadcast media executives are this demographic's top tech and social media choices.
The President of Texas-based Hispanic Family Christian Network has signed off on the sale of a pair of low-power television stations. One property, in San Angelo, Tex., is getting a little "Sunshine." The other, in California' Coachella Valley, is poised for some "Fair Play."
In mid-August, Georgia Association of Broadcasters President Bob Houghton announced his retirement. This led the former President/CEO of Tri-State Communications, an ex-NAB Radio Board President, to step into the GAB post.
Now, he's moved ahead with the sale of a group of radio stations he'd been associated with.
He's a Sinclair Broadcast Group executive known for the success of the syndicated pro wrestling program "Ring of Honor." There was also a role as Director of Sales at WFLX-29 in West Palm Beach under then-owner Malrite Communications. Joe Koff is remembered for having a "great career," says one broadcast TV ownership group head. Koff has died of cancer at the age of 73.
The secret to successful public speaking starts with organizing your message, says public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal. "You can dazzle an audience with stellar delivery abilities but without structured reasoning, your talk will fail to impact them in ways that matter," she says in this column.
He's the licensee of three unbuilt noncommercial FM radio stations in the Lone Star State, as well as two AMs in the Houston market. Now, this Hispanic ministry is gaining a low-power digital TV station, bringing television to its stable of stations.
New York Festivals' Radio and TV & Film Awards have launched an 8-video campaign, "What Defines Greatness" and "Sounds Over The Years." These two distinct themes showcase innovative, trailblazing winners from NYF's lineup. Featured work includes productions from each competition, including CBS Radio News and CBC News.
A leadership training fellowship for public media station managers is being developed by St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Poynter Institute is developing and administering. It is being funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
It’s an executive level program following the success of the Editorial Integrity and Leadership program.
Huntley, Mont., a community near the city of Billings, is getting its first local service. At the same time, a license modification of another FM is transpiring. Call it a win for Matthew Wesolowski.
After joining Graham Media Group's flagship television station in August 1995, Devin Scillian has announced he will retire from television in the coming weeks. Scillian is perhaps the most familiar face in Detroit when it comes to local news, and has been a key figure in WDIV "LOCAL 4"'s dominance in the market.
Broadcast software provider Mr. Master is adding three new tools designed to give radio operators greater control and flexibility over their advertising systems to its AIM platform. The products - Traffic Control, The Tracker, and On Demand - are available as AIM add-ons.
If you're a Charlotte radio listener, or perhaps were once one, you're likely familiar with Paul Schadt. He's been in the market since the early 1980s, and since 1997 at WKKT "96.9 The Kat," the Country radio station owned by iHeartMedia. Come February 2025, Schadt will be hanging up the headphones. But, he will be an active retiree.
The FCC has formally unveiled the tentative selectees from 93 groups of mutually exclusive applications for new low-power FM station construction permits filed during a December 2023 window.
The entertainment and sports programming network within the ABC arm of The Walt Disney Company could be on the hook for thousands of dollars in fines payable to the FCC for its apparent misuse of emergency tones during a promotional segment for the start of the 2023-2024 NBA season.
The ABC affiliate serving Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties, the only television station licensed to the Warren Buffett-owned BH Media, is warning viewers that it could suddenly go dark on Dish within hours.
The NBA franchise owned by Miriam Adelson and family members has successfully secured eight DMAs that will transmit their games produced by TEGNA's North Texas operation on broadcast TV stations in the respective markets. Gray Media, Sinclair Inc. and Nexstar Media Group stations are all in the mix.
A Commission-hosted database featuring MVPD notifications of a broadcast TV station "blackout" due to a retransmission consent impasse goes beyond the agency's statutory authority. That's what the NAB's Deputy GC for Legal and Regulatory Affairs told an advisor to Nate Simington last week, arguing that the plan should be abandoned.
SiriusXM subscribers have until now enjoyed audio access to three NBCUniversal News Group channels. As of today, they are getting two more choices, thanks to an expanded agreement between the two companies.
In mid-August, Howard Greiner was named Metro President for iHeartMedia in Nashville, leaving Upstate N.Y. Bob Morgan was named its area leader. Now, the Market President for the company's Mid-Hudson Valley and Sussex County stations is adding New York's Capital District to his duties.
