Radio & Television Business Report

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Over roughly 75 minutes — following a 45-minute delay — there were plenty of verbal protests from Democrats over the very nature of Danielle Thumann Severs' consideration to serve as a Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission. Key Democratic leaders were absent.

Yes, there was an $8 million quarterly loss for the nation's largest owner of broadcast radio stations and biggest creator of audio content in the U.S., as political revenue fell short of the company's goal. That said, iHeartMedia has enjoyed sizable growth in its podcast revenue — so much that it will become its own reporting segment in 2027.

In an announcement that arrived late Friday, Circle City broadcast TV viewers who rely on DirecTV to get their local channels will now be able to get the local ABC, MyNetworkTV and The CW Network affiliates.  At long last, DirecTV and DuJuan McCoy-led Circle City Broadcasting have come to terms on a carriage agreement.

For well over a year, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations minority has been conducting an inquiry into the Trump Administration’s "attacks on the First Amendment," which they believe includes the FCC. As such, they want Chairman Carr and the heads of the Enforcement and Media Bureaus to respond by the end of November.

She shared the news of her return to public media in a social media post, reuniting her with New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) President/CEO Jim Schachter, whom she worked with at New York Public Radio. Introducing the new Chief Growth Officer at NHPR, a former iHeart Audience Network executive.

Upon review of the Q3 2026 earnings reports filed by publicly traded broadcast media companies, it's abundantly clear that political advertising gravitated heavily toward TV. That impacted the nation's largest media company superserving African American consumers, among a host of other continuing challenges.

There's a new product feature for the iHeartRadio app now activated that has been designed to give users the ability to "simply and quickly" toggle back and forth between full-function mode and the "just essentials" Lite Mode found on the live and on-demand audio app — — depending on their usage and needs at any time.  

News/Talk still tops the dial, Adult Contemporary still leads music, and younger listeners are finding their favorites in Country, Pop, and Alternative. Nielsen’s latest quarterly look at radio formats finds steady listening across the board as football season kicked off and baseball headed to its pennant races.

It's a deal brokered by Kalil & Co., and it will see two of the Cuban American communities' most-storied AM radio stations come under the ownership of the Boca Raton, Fla.-based organization best known for "The Rob Carson Show" and for is eponymous conservative-leaning cable TV news network.

The former CEO of free advertising-supported video platform Tubi will be succeeding Jennifer Witz. The new SiriusXM leader has also led music video hub Vimeo.

It's a promotion from within at the publicly traded broadcast television station ownership group under a radical transformation driven by CEO Adam Symson, and it puts a woman with nearly two decades of experience in the newsroom in the role of Chief Technology Officer at The E.W. Scripps Co.

There's upward momentum this week at Spot TV for a venerable QSR brand that revolutionized hamburger consumption with "Speedy" and then brought in the kids with the clown named "Ronald." It's welcome news from the Golden Arches — especially after it cancelled its global FIFA World Cup participation after the 2026 North American affair.

As someone who struggled with stuttering early in life, public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal learned that the road to becoming a confident communicator is rarely straight or smooth. As she celebrates another trip around the sun, Ravinal presents a few things she wish someone had told her about public speaking earlier in her career.

Sharing visions. Projecting revenues. Discussing the strategies that will guide and drive the broadcast industry in the coming year. Streamline Publishing's Forecast conference is where the high-level executives are free to share it all ... and exclusively in the room where it happens. You can still be a part of it all.

In broadcasting, term sheets are a key scoreboard, and private equity, strategic buyers, and lenders are all keeping a watchful eye on which companies have the scale, discipline, and positioning to win the next cycle and which will become someone else’s asset. By this time next year, many questions will have answers. At Forecast 2027, you'll be one step ahead.