Until Saturday afternoon, the NBC affiliate serving Western Pennsylvania had been blocked by law from subscribers to Verizon Fios' cable television services due to a two-month long retransmission consent impasse. Then, just ln time for Super Bowl LX, the dispute ended.
On Capitol Hill, the most important hearing in more than two decades for broadcast television will be held on Tuesday morning. And it is now known who will round out the roster of four witnesses that includes Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy and NAB President/CEO Curtis LeGeyt.
After expressing statements that suggested he wasn't fond of the combination of the nation's largest single owner of broadcast television stations with the company formerly known as Gannett, President Trump took to his own social media website to express a change of heart.
The FCC Commissioner is standing by the Commission's push to adopt sweeping media ownership reforms, echoing the comments of the NAB and many of its broadcast industry members that outdated regulations prevent stations from competing for ad revenue needed to reinvest in local communities.
From summer 1990 through today, the individual known to listeners as "Doc Holliday" became a household name in the Orlando market, thanks to memorable roles at "XL106.7" and, until 2010, the Cox Media Group Country station serving Central Florida. Now, the host whose legal name is Jeffrey Duncan is being mourned.
It's a market where Cumulus Media has some of its most-consumed radio stations, including WFTK "96 Rock," Classic Hits WGRR, WRRM "Warm 98," Classic Rock WOFX "92.5 The Fox" and WNNF "Queen City Country." As of today, those five FMs have a new VP/Market Manager.
From the start of 2001 through May 2015, she was a key leader within the Wireline Competition Bureau of the FCC, rising to Chief in July 2012. Since October 2015, she had been associated with law firm HWG LLP, where she became Partner.
Now, many across the National Capital Region are mourning the loss of Julie Veach.
A 30-second political ad paid for by an organization devoted to bringing U.S. Hispanic voters to the polls on Election Day warns of the potential higher bills MVPD subscribers will pay should TEGNA and Nexstar Media Group merge. The ad takes aim at both FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and President Trump.
"Message confusion doesn’t stay contained; it spreads through employees, the media, and public perception and will cost more to clean up later," warns PR professional turned public speaker Rosemary Ravinal. "That’s why leaders at all levels and industries benefit greatly from message discipline."
The radio broadcasting company headed by Jeff Warshaw that instantly mushroomed in size by acquiring Alpha Media has named a Regional Manager of National Sales for the West Coast, overseeing activities across five markets under the leadership of Tina Murley.
ShareBuilders, provider of an eponymous CRM platform for media sales teams, is rolling out a new integration with AI video technology specialist Waymark. It is designed to give sales teams the tools to generate and manage AI-generated spec spot videos without leaving CRM.
On January 22, the FCC released a public notice that could have easily gone unnoticed, as it dealt mainly with the Robocall Mitigation Database Report and Order. One broker of radio stations took note of one provision of the FCC rule change, which took effect Thursday, and has a warning for all licensees.
Free TV Networks (FTN), now a division of NBCUniversal spin-off entity Versant, has signed off on a series of new multi-platform distribution agreements that include digital multicast and streaming distribution. CBS O&Os are now in the mix.
Make no mistake: Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) does not align itself with the view expressed by the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) organization that "modernization" of the FCC's national television ownership cap should be shunned.
It is a spoken word information hub for St. Johns County, Florida, serving the historic city of St. Augustine. Pending regulatory approval, this 500-watt AM from a single tower with an FM translator at 102.1 MHz will soon be in the hands of a new owner.
He says his company is "building a digital media and content powerhouse" — namely thanks to the strength of its Crave OTT streaming platform. For Mirko Bibic, President/CEO of Bell Media parent BCE, "strong results" seen in 2025 were tied to this strategic priority. But, how did BCE perform in the fourth quarter?
Year-over-year sales were flat. Subscriber rolls were down compared to the final three months of 2024. Earnings per share estimates were much more robust than the actual results. That latter win led investors to express pleasure with the Q4 2025 fiscal health report from Sirius XM.
An arm of the publicly traded broadcast TV station ownership group led by President/CEO Chris Ripley has agreed to pay thousands of dollars to a group of plaintiffs who sued Sinclair and several of its broadcast TV peers in October 2018. They filed antitrust claims linked to alleged price fixing for advertising.
The NAB is relocating the "TV and Radio HQ" from the West Hall to a "new, highly visible location." The other big news? the Small and Medium Market Radio Forum will take place on Sunday, April 19, "positioning it at the start of NAB Show when the full broadcast community is on site."
There's a new individual who has been tasked with overseeing radio stations in 30 markets across the South, Southwest and Texas for iHeartMedia. It's someone who served as Head of Sales Enablement and Business Development at the broadcast TV company that hopes to be acquired by Nexstar.
