Industry News

Two of the City of New York's most recognizable broadcast TV news anchors — one of whom retired just weeks ago after revealing a diagnosis of early-stage Alzheimer's Disease — are among the individuals to be inducted as the Class of 2026 of the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

Country Radio Broadcasters will present its highest honor to longtime Country Countdown USA host and prolific on-air talent Lon Helton with its 2026 President's Award during the Country Radio Hall of Fame ceremony on August 3 at Virgin Hotels Nashville.

In a stunning and sudden move impacting four Canadian media markets, Rogers Sports & Media on Tuesday shut down operations at its all-News stations outside of the nation's largest market while also pulling the plug on two all-Sports AMs serving key Western locales.

The Chicago-based broadcast television operation behind the MeTV Network and eight other digital multicast offerings has brought to life an audience-based advertising platform designed to bring advanced data-driven audience buying opportunities to each of these diginets.

Updated guides providing broadcasters with practical guidance for conducting self-inspections of their stations have been released for AM, FM and both UHF and VHF television stations by the NAB. The guides are a free member benefit to NAB and SBE members.

The D.C. think tank focused on a world in which "technology enhances freedom, and freedom enhances technology" on Monday filed reply comments in response to the FCC's request for comment regarding ABC chat show "The View" that implore the agency to cease interfering with politically based discussions.

A 23-year veteran of Fox Television Stations who two years ago expanded his duties by becoming the leader of its stations in Orlando and Gainesville, in addition to Tampa Bay, will soon be wrapping up his career. The longtime newsroom leader at "FOX 35" in Orlando is poised to assume Jeff Maloney's duties. 

Global IT consultancy Fincons Group, a systems integrator long tied to organizations such as MFM, has appointed a new Global Business Unit Media General Manager, charged with leading the organization's "strategic direction, operational excellence, and commercial expansion worldwide."

An AM/FM combo serving a small Montana town situated along the Beaverhead River, and Interstate 15, an hour to the south of Butte are heading to a new owner. That's pending FCC regulatory approval, of course, of their transfer to an "Angel."

A pair of Maryland NPR members are partnering in a way that bridges their news-gathering assets, collectively tapping into their newsrooms while navigating through the fiscal realities of mid-2026. For audiences in the Delmarva region, they'll hear more from Baltimore Public Media, led by Craig Swagler.