Radio+Television Business Report

It has been making many leadership moves across its newly integrated stations and its properties in its heritage markets. Now, Connoisseur Media has made a series of sales promotions at its stations in Connecticut and in Nassau-Suffolk, N.Y.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Athletics Department has reached an agreement allowing The E.W. Scripps Co.'s Scripps Sports to air five UH football games across the company's television stations in the western half of the U.S.

A daytime-only 5kw radio station with 4 towers serving the Hispanic communities in Manchester and Nashua, N.H., and neighboring Lawrence and Haverhill, Mass., has been handed a Notice of Violation from the FCC for failing to identify its call letters and city of license to its listeners.

Licensees of low-power broadcast TV stations are no different than the full-power TV licensees when it comes to revenue. That's why the LPTV Broadcasters Association has put together an upcoming webinar focused on ways low-power TV station owners are looking for ways to cover costs and generate revenue.

Jeff Winemiller has been a prolific buyer and seller of low-power television stations in recent years. He's at it again — as he's agreed to acquire a pair of LPTV properties serving a city that's home to Utah State University.

The New York Festivals 2026 Radio Awards, celebrating creative excellence in audio storytelling, is open for entries. And, the Radio Awards is "expanding its reach" with the introduction of the new category. It's a move NYF says is reflective of the growing role of visual storytelling in audio-driven media.

Gray Media’s 24-hour national digital news network known as "Local News Live" is putting the final touches on a new "uplifting" weekly program that will make its debut across this weekend on television stations across the U.S. owned by the publicly traded company.

Audacy is scaling back its presence in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., which had more than 300 employees taking up some 67,000 square feet in the weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the in-office business environment across the globe.

He's widely known as the individual who helped to create The Museum of Broadcast Communications and for various programs on WGN-AM. Now, many are pausing to remember the life and contributions of Bruce DuMont, who has died at the age of 81.

It was a transaction that was quietly submitted for FCC regulatory approval ahead of the Labor Day holiday. Now, iHeartMedia is awaiting the OK for it to convert a lease arrangement for a 250-watt FM translator serving the capital of the Lone Star State to a wholly owned asset.

The Museum of Broadcast Communications has announced the 2025 Legends inductees into the Radio Hall of Fame. The honor recognizes on-air personalities, programmers, and executives who made lasting contributions to radio and have since passed away.

A Sinclair Inc. spokesperson shared a statement with RBR+TVBR on Friday outlining how Sinclair and the Soohyung Kim-controlled and Deb McDermott-led Standard Media agreed to a Joint Sales Agreement and Shared Service Agreement for the Providence station known as "ABC6." This will make WLNE an operational sibling to WJAR.

Based on a report in The Wall Street Journal, a major merger is in the works, and this has seen David Zaslav and his Warner Bros. Discovery team engage in major talks with David Ellison and his newly ensconced team at Paramount Skydance. What could this mean for the cable TV and streaming business?

Wilner Baptiste has received a forfeiture order from the FCC nearly one year after receiving a proposed fine for operating an unauthorized radio station known as “M-One Radio Live” or “M-One Live Radio” in a city to the northwest of the City of New York.

It is being called an "impartial, data-driven tool" that provides both current and historical costs for housing, utilities, selected groceries and gas by region and metropolitan area. And, it is now accessible across each of the digital platforms associated with the eight ABC Owned Stations under Disney ownership.

He's been at NPR since 2024, when he was named Managing Editor, Editorial Review and established an internal review process that added independent oversight to every story. Before that, he spent nearly eight years at CNN. Now, he is succeeding Edith Chapin at the nation's main secular noncomm audio brand.

A Jackson, Minn., association is moving ahead with the transfer of control of a group of low-power television facilities in the state to a not-for-profit cooperative comprised of 12 directors.

John Kyle II and his King Forward LPTV ownership enterprise has agreed to part ways with a low-power TV station serving the Valdosta, Ga., market.  Who is the buyer?

The entity that controls the Daystar network and a TV station owner led by Matthew Davidge have come to terms on an asset sale in Texas that's been submitted for FCC regulatory approval. At the same time, the Daystar parent has a deal in place for a Spokane LPTV property with a different Davidge-led licensee.

Sinclair’s AMP Media podcast division and its television station branded as "CBS22" in South Bend, Ind., have confirmed their participation in the Athletes First Tailgate Tour when it stops by the University of Notre Dame on Saturday for the school's football match-up against Texas A&M.