Radio+Television Business Report

Television viewing in January 2025 was up 5% compared with December 2024, and that was driven largely by current events and seasonal factors, new Nielsen data show.

The "LiMu Emu" origin story is the latest chapter in a growing effort from an auto insurance specialist that's clamored its way to the top of the Spot Ten Cable report, based on spot plays — a sign that a category that had been quiet in the immediate post-pandemic years could be actively competitive again.

The leading trade association advocating for the nation's local broadcast TV industry has released a new study investigating multimedia usage and effectiveness. The top finding? TV, viewed on the TV screen, has the highest reach and time spent of all media platforms studied, for all age groups and categories measured.

This industry veteran served as interim Chairman of the Board of Saga Communications in 2022. He also ran Doubleday's radio stations and was a WMCA in New York "Good Guy" during its Top 40 era in the 1960s. Now, many across the radio industry are pausing to mourn the man known professionally as Gary Stevens. 

The multi-year exclusive partnership gives Westwood One Sports broadcast rights to all U.S. Soccer Federation-hosted matches, including all USWNT and USMNT friendlies, Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinal matches, and the SheBelieves Cup. The first broadcast is scheduled for Thursday night.

Gagl Solo now offers a subset of Gagl Standard features and is designed to allow one participant on a browser to connect to the studio codec. Comrex sees it as a product designed for getting high-quality audio into the studio with ease and reduced cost.

Dejero will be demonstrating its critical connectivity solutions at NAB by simulating a live remote broadcast production; streaming video live from Las Vegas to its NAB Show booth (SL8516) at scheduled slots for the duration of the show, scheduled from April 6-9.

Through a strategic partnership with FBRC.ai, PropelME will showcase the next generation of AI-powered technologies that are redefining storytelling and production. FBRC.ai will curate innovative solutions and immersive programming that highlights the next generation of AI-driven production tools.

Broadcast audio technology company Telos Alliance has brought to market what it is calling a "significant software update" for its Axia Quasar XR and SR line of AoIP mixing consoles.

Dick Carr served as Vice President for ABC and Mutual Radio Networks and was an executive producer for national programs featuring Larry King and Dick Clark, among others. Even in retirement, Carr continued his passion for radio, hosting a nationally syndicated Big Band program.

The E.W. Scripps Co. has promoted the leaders of its Detroit and Salt Lake City stations, respectively, to the twin roles of Regional Vice President of Local Media. In these roles, they will continue as general managers for their home local television stations as well as overseeing a regional group of Scripps local stations.

The Center for Sales Strategy (CSS) has a new Senior Vice President of Sales. It is a woman with more than 25 years of experience who is inbound from Cox Enterprises, where she held various senior leadership roles, including Chief Revenue Officer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  

The Scripps Howard Fund and Scripps Howard Foundation, each nonprofit organizations linked to The E.W. Scripps Co., awarded some $9.8 million to community and journalism programs during 2024, a nearly 10% increase from 2023.

That's a question being asked by Zacks Equity Research, as it regularly looks at the "latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks." Did "GTN" make the list?

A Class A digital television facility serving the Norfolk area from Yorktown, Va., is being sold to the company behind the MeTV classic television brand and is related Oldies radio format.

A privately held owner of broadcast television stations in markets ranging from Charlottesville, Va.; to Wichita has named a past president of the Virginia Association of Broadcasters to serve as its Director of Digital Revenue — a newly created position.

He teamed with Barry Dickstein as the co-owner of a group of radio stations before evolving the operation in 1994 to StoneGate Capital Group. He was also a successful media brokerage advisor, and later in life an entrepreneur and Justice of the Peace. Now, family and friends are gathering to remember Joel Hartstone.

The publicly traded broadcast television company formerly known as Gannett has widened the role of the individual who directs its mergers and acquisitions and business development needs by having him take control of its distribution negotiations and retransmission consent talks with MVPDs.

Flag Family Media will be able to close on its $600,000 purchase of a News/Talk radio station serving Fargo, N. Dakota. A listener had objected to the deal based on a Facebook post by a host at the buyer's current radio stations, on the grounds that what he said demonstrated why it would be “dangerous” for the sale to happen.

The Major League Baseball club that can list Philadelphia, Kansas City and Oakland as its former homes has reached an agreement with iHeartRadio to broadcast all of the team's regular season, Spring Training and any potential post-season games on a big AM serving the city its calling home until it ends up in Las Vegas.