Three FM stations and an AM sibling in Springfield, Ill., are being bought by Woodward Communications Inc. To close the deal to meet current FCC local ownership limits, it is divesting WCVS-FM, with Tideline Partners signed on as the broker. A buyer has been found, and for a recently acquired FM in Bloomington, Ill., too.
It's been a topic of discussion in industry circles over the last several years. Now, it is official: One of NBCUniversal Local's most prominent news anchors, a fixture of live over-the-air television in the New York Tri-State area since 1974, will officially retire following the 6pm newscast on WNBC-4 in three weeks.
Mike Agovino is joining a fellow radio industry veteran — San Diego's Mike Glickenhaus — in growing partnership development at a company launching an omnichannel media commerce platform that connects supply-side and demand-side partners through an open marketplace.
Travel up Highway 14 from Santa Clarita and you'll reach the Antelope Valley, sandwiched between Bakersfield to the west and Victorville to the east. Here, L.A. FM radio reception is sketchy. This could explain why Educational Media Foundation is agreeing to purchase a 3kw Class A facility that is presently offering Country music to listeners.
He's a principal in a regional tower site leasing, maintenance, and development company based out of Cheyenne, Wyo., as well as the sole owner of Mountain Community Translators. Vic Michael has been a prolific trader of low-power radio stations in recent years, and he's now agreed to a facilities swap with a broadcast ministry.
In this column, public speaking coach and veteran Public Relations executive Rosemary Ravinal explores the underlying reasons why people lie, and how to detect it. It could provide learning lessons for your own public speaking needs.
With a nod to last week's Forecast 2025, how to become an enabler when it comes to innovation and new technology served as the focus of a forward-thinking television industry discussion moderated by Pearl TV Managing Director Anne Schelle at the in-person TVB Executive Summit, held Thursday in New York.
A longtime broadcast alerting advocate who founded an international coalition of broadcasters, tech companies and trade associations using ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast technology for advanced public alerting and informing is exiting the group. This puts Dave Arland in the role of Executive Director.
He joined Cumulus Media seven years ago to serve as VP/Market Manager of its Chicago radio stations. Now he is tacking on similar duties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region amid a reduction-in-force initiative at the publicly traded company that has seen an 85% dip in its stock price over the last year.
It takes its name from the city and county in California where The Trade Desk is headquartered, and is a new streaming TV operating system that sees The Trade Desk partner up with smart TV original equipment manufacturers and other streaming TV aggregators to deploy the OS.
Television broadcasters with stations in markets ranked No. 101 through No. 110 by Nielsen will need to adhere to the FCC's 2023 Audio Description Order starting with the new year.
The future of local advertising, shifts in ad spending patterns, key business categories investing in local television, and the prospects of mergers and acquisitions in the broadcast industry in 2025 were shared this morning by BIA Advisory Services CEO Tom Buono ahead of an in-person appearance at the TVB Executive Summit.
The Chris Devine-founded GeoBroadcast Solutions has been given the FCC's unanimous nod to fully move ahead with the implementation of its "ZoneCasting" technology by expanding the opportunity to use FM boosters for program origination.
The inaugural EBF Inspire Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, presented by the Emma Bowen Foundation (EBF), has been handed to the broadcast television company led by Michael J. Hayes that played host to the venue where the honor was bestowed: Hearst Tower.
It calls itself "a foundational partner for omnichannel advertising." Now, it is set to grow in a significant way, as it has agreed to purchase a publicly traded independent software platform focused on the creation, delivery, measurement, and optimization of advertising.
Come December 1, 49 years of service at Hearst Television will come to an end for Larry Vancini. This will see a new individual take on the corporate role of Director of Broadcast Information Technology, and it is an individual who since 2002 has served in various engineering and IT roles at the company's two TV stations in Greensboro, N.C.
Most Americans know of New York's State Capital and its namesake city in Georgia. Yet, there is also an Albany in Kentucky, and in this municipality an FM radio station is being sold by Pamela J. Allred and her Albany Broadcasting Company.
The 28th World Television Day recognizes multiplatform TV as a cornerstone of democracy. According to its organizers, "It informs the public with reliable, trusted sources and promotes media diversity by showcasing a wide array of perspectives—a vital function in an era defined by rising misinformation and 'fake news'."
Gray Television announced following Wednesday's Closing Bell on Wall Street that it has completed a series of transactions that collectively reduced the company’s principal amount of debt outstanding by $278 million since October 1 — bringing its total principal debt reduction to $519 million since the start of 2024.
Her term is formally up in the middle of 2025. But, she's exiting with the change in administration from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to President-elect Donald Trump and J.D. Vance.
