Radio+Television Business Report

Since February 2014, she has served as President/GM of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises’ WNJU-TV, the New York broadcast property branded as "Telemundo 47." As of today, she is no longer in the role.

“This is a meaningful win for Xfinity subscribers, and we look forward to welcoming even more fans into the world of MeTV Toons, a television destination unlike any other,” said Weigel Vice Chairman Neal Sabin.

MediaCo Holding Inc.-owned Estrella TV has struck a strategic content collaboration with a 12-year-old news organization founded by journalists who fled the regime of the late Hugo Chavez. The move gives the Spanish-language broadcast TV network direct access to expanded coverage of Venezuela.

The new year has brought a whole new crop of advertisers to the top of the brand activity report for Spot TV as determined by iHeartMedia-owned Media Monitors. On top? A P&G brand since 1985 it acquired in order to prevent rival Unilever from plucking it themselves.

The FCC ended 2025 by granting regulatory approval to twin filings made by two Sinclair Inc. subsidiaries in mid-November, paving the way for the transfer of control of television stations from an entity led by Eugene Brown.

He's been considered by some as "a recognized leader in advanced advertising and Connected TV innovation, with a career defined by uniting technology and media to drive growth and scale." His experience spans early Advanced TV breakthroughs at Microsoft-Xbox. Meet the new Fuse Media CRO.

Nearly fifty years ago, an upstart FM radio station with a huge promotional budget was sold to a Cleveland-headquartered operation co-owned by Norm Wain and Bob Weiss. In October 2020, Wain died at the age of 92. Now, Weiss has passed away, his son — newly retired from Urban One/Raleigh — confirms.

The distinctive radio play-by-play announcer of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Florida State Seminoles — a member of the inaugural 2024 class of the Florida Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame — is retiring from his role with the National Football League franchise's audio broadcasts. 

A federal judge has granted Cumulus Media a sweeping preliminary injunction against Nielsen’s contested radio ratings policies, sharply curtailing how the ratings provider can price and sell its national product while the antitrust case proceeds.

The marketing arm of ATSC 3.0 led by Anne Schelle has launched an industry-led effort focused on ensuring that over-the-air TV households have a cost-effective and user-friendly way to access NEXTGEN TV services while continuing to rely on free, local broadcast television.

DirecTV, in a filing tied to the FCC's exploration of broadcast TV network affiliation relationships, contends that consumers should be able to pay for the channels they actually watch and desire to receive, abolishing the tiers and group pricing seen for decades by a fading business losing customers to FAST channels and OTT.

The publicly traded radio station ownership group founded by the late George Beasley is celebrating its upcoming 65th anniversary, while also seeking to address fiscal challenges associated with its collection of broadcast properties.

In November 2009, Chuck Francis, as the owner of Remerge Media, penned a Media Information Bureau column on how radio can capitalize as "an effective and affordable marketing vehicle." Today, Francis is the founder and owner of Take & Bake Marketing — and his words still matter to Radio today.

The Hearst Television station considered to be its flagship property, an ABC affiliate branded as "Boston's News Leader," is bumping a game show to the wee hours of the morning in order to accommodate a new midday local newscast.

The last day of 2025 also served as the final day interested parties could submit comments to the FCC in regard to Media Bureau docket No. 25-331, which seeks insight into whether or not TEGNA should be acquired by Nexstar Media Group. Among the groups chiming in are organization dead-set against the deal.

Ed Henson is a broadcast licensee. He’s also a veteran media broker who believes the National Association of Media Brokers remains a vital group of dedicated professionals who have the experience and knowledge to best navigate buyers and sellers toward the best possible deal agreement.

The 5G Broadcast Strategic Task Force (5BSTF) – supported by Rohde & Schwarz and comprised of Media Broadcast, TDF, Cordiant Capital, Emitel, CRA, BTCY, and RAI, are moving ahead with the development of a joint commercial roadmap across six European markets representing more than 270 million people.

Nexstar Media Group shares are poised to finish 2025 on a high note, with eight months of steady upward momentum super-charged by its announcement that it seeks to acquire TEGNA in a game-changing deal awaiting FCC regulatory approval — and a necessary local ownership rule thaw.

The NPR Member station serving the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater market and neighboring Sarasota-Bradenton and Lakeland-Winter Haven, along with its Classical sibling, have a new General Manager.

Press Communications is pressing the FCC — along with 18 other licensees of Class C and Class D AM stations — to reinstate a 2016 FM translator filing window (with minor modifications) for kHz-band properties. If granted, the rule making would allow for "substantial" FM translator transmitter site and channel moves.