Industry News

Starting December 2, the ABC and CW affiliates serving Western Tennessee will have a new News Director. And it is a news veteran who was previously Managing Director of "CNTV" in Central Florida.

John Fredericks, the Virginia-based conservative talk show host whose show can be heard on stations across the south and in the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, markets, is growing his regional radio station stable by agreeing to purchase a group of West Virginia properties.

A Class C3 FM presently home to a Classic Country format simulcast on W262AG, explaining the "JAX Country 100.3" branding, is being sold. When the deal is done, the buyer will have no less than six brands superserving Spanish-speaking and Latino audiences in the Jacksonville market.

It presents itself as a faith-based network dedicated to spreading the word of Christ in an omnichannel way across the globe. Founded by Marcus Lamb in 1993, Daystar TV is now dealing with an ugly family feud of sorts — one that involves allegations of abuse from the founder's son, who has been ousted from the organization as a result of his claims.

In a move that the Comcast unit believes will "revolutionize live sports coverage," NBCUniversal has teamed up with Walmart to launch a new shoppable experiences opportunity that brings unique measurement capabilities to the owner of the Peacock OTT platform, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, and NBC Owned Stations.

The owner of "Hot 97" and WBLS in New York has officially paid Emmis Communications for its stake in what is publicly traded MediaCo Holding Co., controlled by Standard Media — the entity that failed to acquire TEGNA that is led by Soohyung Kim.

The Program Director and afternoon host on "Eagle 98.1" in Baton Rouge has earned a promotion. Introducing the new Operations Manager for Guaranty Media's group of radio stations in the Louisiana state capital of Baton Rouge.

Accessible emergency information requirements are at the heart of a waiver extension request that has been made alongside a Petition for Rulemaking submitted by the NAB with the FCC, an action designed to clarify rules pertaining to aural representations of visual, non-textual content such as radar maps and other graphics on a secondary audio channel.

Canadian regulatory policy regarding AM/FM "radio processes" have been under fire from fiscally challenged publicly traded companies that have been selling properties or, in some cases, shutting down stations altogether. It now appears the CRTC is ready to consider a "modernization of radio processes."

From technological innovations that could impact the future of local TV to the FCC under forthcoming Chairman Brendan Carr, Deutsche Bank Director of Equity Research Ben Soff shared the Wall Street viewpoint on how linear TV could benefit during a TVB Executive Summit session held Thursday. This podcast offers coverage of that discussion.