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Danlel Suhr and the Center for American Rights are single-handedly responsible for investigations into "news distortion" and a review of whether or not long-running ABC roundtable talk show "The View" is a bona fide news program. CAR has told the Carr Commission it is clearly not news.

Across all TV audiences, the long-term rise in ad acceptance continues, with ad intolerance falling to a record low. Yet, newly released data from Hub Entertainment Research show that Gen Z viewers are more accepting of ads when they help reduce the cost of streaming services. That’s just one takeaway from Hub’s most recent edition of its semi-annual TV Advertising: […]

The Ninth Circuit is deciding when it will begin to formally hear arguments in Nexstar Media Group's appeal of a preliminary injunction signed by a California Eastern District Court Judge preventing it from fully merging its acquired TEGNA assets. If OK'd, the trial wouldn't start until after Independence Day — next year.

How WDOG, a low-power FM station in New Philadelphia, Ohio found its sonic identity

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BIA Advisory Services has created the role of Vice President of Market Intelligence & Strategic Communications, and it sees an individual who has held senior leadership positions at Cox Media Group and Sinclair's "Drive Auto" division join the consultancy.

The Audacy Sports Talk audio brand found on a 50kw Class A FM and simulcast on the Class B FM formerly known as WBMX since early February have scored a multi-year extension of their broadcast rights agreement with the National Basketball Association franchise serving Chicago.

Serving towns including Glens Falls, Warrensburg and popular holiday village Lake George, a Class A FM offering a blend of Classic Hits as "93.5 The Lake" has been the property of Todd Nixon-led Sticks Media since early 2025. Now, that transaction is unwinding, as Nixon will not proceed with payments tied to the deal.

The growing cost of streaming and how it's impacting Christian radio is a topic of significance to operators across the thriving segment of the U.S. radio broadcast industry. However, there's a lack of unity when it comes to fighting the royalty fee hikes, says Geoff Moore of Christian FM Media Group in this column.

In September 2025, RBR+TVBR first reported on a transaction that saw Relevant Radio acquire WLAT-AM 910 and W269DE at 101.7 MHz in New Britain, Conn. That left the seller with a remaining AM and its companion FM translator in Manchester, Conn., and a Hartford-area AM that was taken silent under Special Temporary Authority on March 19. The Manchester properties […]