The individual who serves as the COO and President of Local Media for Sinclair Broadcast Group has signed a new employment agreement with the over-the-air TV station licensee, retroactive to the start of 2025. What does this mean for Rob Weisbord?
The indefinite suspension by the ABC Television Network of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" — officially concluding Tuesday (9/23) — is what the associate dean of academic affairs and Boston College Law School professor Daniel Lyons says "is part of a long, unfortunate FCC tradition of 'regulation by raised eyebrow,' where informal threats shape media behavior without formal action."
It's a partnership designed to make it easier for consumers to access the direct broadcast satellite service's content: The DirecTV App is now available on VIZIO smart televisions, the companies announced on Monday.
"We continue to execute our strategic plan during an economically sluggish second quarter, including investing in multiple growth initiatives, while simultaneously driving further reductions in our operating costs." That's what Raul Alarcon Jr. says of his company's Q2 results as it also parts ways with Elisa Torres.
With the FCC poised to revisit the 2022 Quadrennial Review in the coming months, the NAB is pushing full force for the elimination of local radio ownership limits. Its legal team met with advisors to Commissioners Anna Gomez and Olivia Trusty days ahead of the Commission's next open meeting.
The company behind a low-power TV station licensed to West Haven, Conn., has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court over the FCC's denial, and appeal courts' concurring views, that have prevented the facility from upgrading to Class A status under the Low Power Protection Act.
A new media rights deal will keep the NBA's Phoenix Suns, WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and G-League Valley Suns on broadcast TV for the next three seasons. It's thanks to a fresh agreement signed by Mat Ishbia and Gray Media's Phoenix stations, former Meredith Local Media properties.
"Broadcasters must be able to make programming decisions free from government influence — a responsibility the First Amendment entrusts to America’s local TV and radio stations." That's what NAB President/CEO Curtis LeGeyt expressed in commentary shared Sunday by the association.
As RBR+TVBR first reported on September 17, the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025 was sent to the full U.S. House of Representatives for a full floor vote by the Energy & Commerce Committee with a neutered sunset period of the law. As John Catsimatidis sees it, "The sunset clause is unnecessary."
A North Carolina state Superior Court Judge on Thursday ordered Total Traffic & Weather Network, owned by iHeartMedia since August 2017, to pay $50 million to the family of the late Jason Myers — a Charlotte TV meteorologist killed in a November 2022 helicopter crash that also claimed the pilot.
The key Senate Republican has fired a warning shot at the head of the FCC, challenging Brendan Carr's belief that "public interest" concerns are reason enough to open Commission probes into comments made by late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel regarding the late Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
"Younger marketing people may be more inclined to favor nothing but social media," notes Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy. Yet, while they do favor social media, Sunshine finds they may be interested in their older counterparts in good ol' traditional, linear media channels.
Live TV streaming service Philo has again expanded its free TV lineup, adding six channels — five from Lionsgate and one from QVC Group — to its standalone, no-cost-to-access channel lineup.
As Hispanic Heritage Month begins, new data from Edison Research show Latino audio listeners are tuning in and asking for more. Cultural connection is driving demand for Spanish-language content, local stories, and hosts who reflect their lived experience.
The presently bankrupt licensee of three Lone State State radio stations has successfully received Commission approval to shift a vacant FM allotment from one Texas municipality to another.
The Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, along with the leading Democrats on the Communications and Technology Subcommittee and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, have called on the FCC's Inspector General to launch an investigation into Chairman Brendan Carr.
Guideline examined its local media spend trends modeled on economic data, and it estimates 36% of states have negative GDP for Q2, with an additional 20 states trending downward in the second half of 2025. These economic headwinds will likely slow media spend, Guideline concludes.
Ad spend in the U.S. reached $137 billion in 2025. Impressions rose to 16.3 trillion. Where and how is all this budget being spent? The newly released State of Digital Advertising 2025 takes a look at the big picture before diving into the details, providing a global, cross-channel view of the state of the industry.
In an opinion piece from its editors, the publication founded 70 years ago by William F. Buckley focused on conservative analysis responded to ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's late night show and comments made by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on the matter. It's declaration is to kill the Commission.
It's being heralded as "a groundbreaking innovation in broadcast audio capture." Introducing a product from Shure that's designed for sports and studio, delivering "front-row sound to viewers while reducing the number of microphones and cables required."
