The judge overseeing the plan to emerge from debtor-in-possession status submitted by Spanish Broadcasting System has been given the green light, putting the wheels in motion for the company founded in 1983 by supermajority owner and equity interest holder Raúl Alarcón Jr. to reorganize SBS.
A public interest organization has been joined by a "group of concerned citizens" in filing a Petition to Deny the early license renewals of ABC Owned Stations' properties. To be clear, Media Action Center and Frequency Forward are not trying to block the stations' license renewals. Rather, they see the action as the lone way to gain standing.
An expanded relationship with Amazon Ads has been inked by the leading audio content creation and distribution company in the U.S., serving as a local reseller of its audio and video inventory. This builds a bigger bridge between iHeartMedia and a "Big Tech" company broadcasters and the NAB are fighting on Capitol Hill.
Media companies weren't immune to the declines for seen by such tech brethren as Apple, Microsoft and Meta, with Sinclair shares falling on Thursday by $1.09 per share to $12.94 and Gray Media slipping $0.37 per share to $3.58. It is the Nexstar Media Group slide that may have some industry observers jittery.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has taken aim at a campaign from ABC designed to gain viewer support in its quest to maintain the "bona fide news program" equal time exemption for daytime chat program "The View." As Carr sees it, "We're going to follow the facts and the law wherever they take us."
The annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has been a regular epicenter of ad partnership pitches for iHeartMedia for the last several years, and this year is no exception. From C-Suite leaders to Questlove, Ryan Seacrest, Eva Longoria and Diplo, three days of activity have already been seen.
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday adopted rules to modernize the Emergency Alerting System (EAS) and "preserve the public’s trust in EAS" by requiring targeted cybersecurity improvements that the FCC believes will protect against hijacking by cybercriminals and U.S. adversaries.
Since 2024, Jacobs Media's "Jacobs D.R." has worked across secular and religious stations to unlock their digital potential. A July 16 webinar will share some of the key conclusions from those experiences.
TitanTV Inc. is welcoming a new Technology Specialist, and he'll be charged with supporting the company’s technology infrastructure and help ensure its systems, tools, and services continue to meet the needs of broadcasters, partners, and customers across the country.
She's been a key ad sales leader at Bahakel Communications in Charlotte since joining its Bahakel Digital arm in summer 2020 as Director, becoming VP/Sales for the company to begin 2023. Now, she's joining Gray Media to lead its NBC affiliate in the Florence-Myrtle Beach, S.C., market.
As America marks its historic 250th birthday, TEGNA is "telling the story of the nation through the people who shape it every day" through a year-long, cross-platform storytelling initiative highlighting everyday Americans "whose acts of service, generosity and leadership are strengthening their communities and the country."
The RAB, Commercial Radio & Audio Australia, Radiocentre UK, and Radiocentre Ireland jointly commissioned and presented research under a unified global case for audio’s role in the media mix at the Cannes Lions festival, which concludes on Friday in the South of France.
Four Democrats took the FCC's Media Bureau to federal court this week, arguing a March guidance document unlawfully extended discounted political advertising rates beyond what Congress authorized, potentially affecting how broadcast stations price political inventory.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has been pressed to say no to a proposed recapitalization plan submitted by broadcast licensee Corus Entertainment by a collection of minority shareholders. Why? They want a pledge for keeping editorial diversity and local news coverage.
She may be reluctant to talk to the press about the flurry of radio station deals she's signed off on, but Christina Biegun has emerged as one of South Florida's biggest discussion topics in recent months. Why? Her Little Dog Media Group has been scrappy in scooping up AM radio stations with FM translators. Now, she's struck again.
Last fall's government shutdown has produced an unexpected downstream effect for broadcasters: FCC penalties will not increase in 2026. The Enforcement Bureau confirmed this month that civil monetary penalties will remain frozen at 2025 levels.
On Tuesday, it became known that Ernesto Caballero Acevedo had returned to Spanish Broadcasting System to serve as General Sales Manager of KRZZ "93.3 La Raza" in San Francisco. Now, that station's two Los Angeles siblings have a new GSM.
As attorneys from Brooks Pierce and Cooley LLP representing all four network TV affiliate groups state, "Even if that subscriber leaves cable or satellite for a virtual MVPD provider, the broadcaster’s revenue suffers because of the below-market economics of the vMVPD opt-in paradigm."
It's a Class B FM licensed for 20kw with much of its signal covering water. Still, it reaches enough of Newport News, Norfolk and Virginia Beach to warrant this station's acquisition by K-LOVE Inc. In exchange, it is handing an FM in the Palmetto State to the seller.
The fundraiser is an annual effort to raise critical funds that support our mission of providing financial assistance to broadcast professionals facing severe hardship due to debilitating illness or disaster. The BFOA has distributed more than $20 million in aid to radio and television professionals over the past 15 years.
