Radio+Television Business Report

A low-power television station serving the city on the banks of the Monongahela, Ohio and Allegheny Rivers is being handed to a non-profit business development consortium of 32 public media organizations headquartered in Boulder, Colo.

The dynamics of a new school year and the return of football collided in August to disrupt summer TV trends, signaled by gains for broadcast and cable for the first time since April. That's according to Nielsen’s monthly report of The Gauge, the media industry's snapshot of total TV and streaming consumption.

Celebrating its 10th anniversary at IBC, London-headquartered plug-and-play IP video connectivity specialist NDI enjoyed its largest presence to date at the world's largest broadcast technology expo outside of the NAB Show in Las Vegas.

Solid State Logic has brought to market the latest update to its live sound platform, and it includes a new MPL 16-8 mic/line stagebox and enhancements SSL says are "designed to expand immersive mixing workflows and enable even greater flexibility, control, and performance for live sound professionals."

Tomorrow, at long last, the "AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act" is getting a full consideration by the House Energy & Commerce Committee — an important step in getting a mandate on free-to-access kHz-band radio broadcasts in all cars, trucks or vans sold in the U.S.

Nixer Pro Audio is cheering the launch of its new CV1 all-in-one Audio-over-IP monitoring unit designed for broadcast control rooms, production suites, recording studios and live performance workflows. It used the now-concluded IBC 2025 conference as the launching pad for the product.

One of Australia’s leading audio content creation and distribution companies that's the parent of the Hit and Triple M radio networks has secured an exclusive sales representation and distribution agreement with Audacy.

The FCC's Enforcement Bureau late Friday extended the deadline for stations to upload responses to their Commission-hosted online public inspection file in response to Equal Employment Opportunity audit letters for 2025.

The U.S. Black Chambers Inc. (USBC) and the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) have revealed that NABOB’s President/CEO will receive the prestigious Chairman’s Award from The Living Legends Foundation Inc. (LLF).

The NAB Leadership Foundation (NABLF) has revealed its Broadcast Leadership Training (BLT) Class of 2026. The program began on Friday, marking the start of a 10-month executive MBA-style curriculum designed to prepare the next generation of broadcast leaders.

The non-profit, non-partisan technology policy think tank is urging the nation's highest court to deny the Trump Administration's emergency application seeking to "deprive" the Federal Trade Commission of its independence.

Ad tech company VideoAmp is welcoming the addition of the former Chief U.S. Advertising Sales Officer at Warner Bros. Discovery to its Board of Directors. 

Just how frustrating is it for account executives working at local broadcast television stations across the U.S. in today's times? According to newly released data from Guideline, total media spending for local TV is down by more than 50% from just eight years ago.

The radio stations owned by the nation's largest purveyor of audio content in areas of Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin have a new Area President, and he reports to Division President Shosh Abromovich.

He's been associated with a TV station in Lansing, Mich., owned by The E.W. Scripps Co., for some 26 years and had been its Station Manager and Director of Sales. As of today (9/15), he's now in nearby Grand Rapids — and in the dual roles of GM and Director of Sales — for a Scripps sibling.

There's a new Chief Revenue Officer at LTN, and he'll be charged with driving the company's global growth while strengthening its position in IP-based distribution as the industry shifts from satellite dependence.

The broadcast media company controlled by Patricia and Brian Lane and led on a day-to-day basis by COO Gene Steinberg has signed off on the sale of a television station serving a small city in the state of Washington. The buyer? It is a regional operator with a formidable presence in the Pacific Northwest.

A licensee of low-power broadcast TV stations serving Lee and Collier Counties in Southwest Florida has made concurrent filings with the FCC seeking its regulatory approval for the sale of the properties to two distinct owners. One of the owners is a major religious broadcasting ministry.

The latest Media Monitors Spot Ten reports are out for both Spot Cable and Spot TV. For local targeted advertising seen on cable TV channels, there's one big standout brand. And, it is the QSR that's the home of the Whopper.

Much of the programming heard on Bell Media's radio properties is thanks to a partnership forged with the No. 1 audio content creator and distributor in the U.S. That arrangement will continue, thanks to a newly signed agreement with iHeartMedia.