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The "2026 State of Local News" report from the Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern University counts 238 U.S. counties as "news deserts." That is up 26 from last year and the largest single-year jump in Medill’s research. In the past year, 170 newspapers closed or merged, nearly three a week.

Effective January 1, the NAB will bring its Government Relations and Legal teams together. This is the result of the coming departure of its 14-year Chief Legal Officer. His role will be absorbed by a Chief Advocacy Officer, someone Curtis LeGeyt calls "a trusted leader and a skilled strategist who knows how to turn broadcasters’ priorities into results."

Association plans to bring its government relations and legal teams together

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Nearly one year ago, the Miami Heat NBA franchise and WPLG-10 in Miami unveiled a deal that made "LOCAL 10" the local home of a small slate of team games. It's the official broadcast home for the 2026-2027 season, too, adding more games to the slate. This left an opportunity open in West Palm Beach.

In 2014, the York Revolution minor-league professional baseball team bought an AM radio station that today uses its companion FM translator to broadcast as "Sports Radio 98.9." Now, the licensee is reorganizing, and it is thanks to its decision to load the bases, if you will, by grabbing three properties from Forever Media.

In May 2026, Connoisseur Media sold radio stations in Millbank and Watertown, S.D., to Riverfront Broadcasting. Then came another transaction involving the company founded and led by Jeff Warshaw and the Yankton, S.D.-based licensee led by Carolyn Becker. Deal details for that transactions are now public.

The next phase of FOX Advertising's agentic advertising platform, powered by FOX AdStudio, has ramped up, with five agency and technology partners signed on for live campaigns and commercial linear media transactions.

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a stay to the National Republican Congressional Committee and the FCC of a Fourth Circuit order that would have forced the Carr Commission to release a formal ruling on a controversial public notice Democrats assert added political action committees to the "lowest unit rate" qualifier list.

Radio developments include updates to SPECai and aiTrack

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For millions of TV viewers, she's a familiar mid-morning face thanks to her longtime association with NBC's TODAY. Soon, segments produced by her wellness company will begin appearing on Gray Media television stations across the U.S.