CMG, Verizon FiOs Fail To Avert Pittsburgh, Boston ‘Blackout’
Welcome to the latest carriage fee impact to arise for a broadcast television company, adding to a long string of impasses resulting in "blackouts," by law, of some of a cable TV service provider's most-watched channels. This one involves the hub of New England and the pride of the three rivers.
Nexstar: Not Forcing A MVPD To Take NewsNation
In mid-June 2025, the MVPD formerly known as Cincinnati Bell took its retransmission consent battle against Nexstar Media Group to the FCC. Now, the Commission has spoken, ruling against altafiber by saying Nexstar did not violate any "bad faith" regulatory policies administered by the agency.
CAR to Carr: ‘Lift The Cap’ For Broadcast TV Owners
CAR head Daniel Suhr singlehandedly convinced the Carr Commission to reinstate "news distortion" petitions against three of the "Big Four" networks dismissed under delegated authority in the waning days of the Biden administration. Now, Suhr may have handed local TV stations owners a big Christmas wish.
Arkansas PBS Ditches Network To Stay Alive
For nearly 60 years, Arkansas’s only statewide public television network has worked to inform and inspire viewers through stories that educate and strengthen its communities. From June 30, 2026, that programming will be absent of anything from PBS — a casualty of Congressional CPB defunding.
Pinterest To Purchase Connected TV Performance Ad Platform
For the first time, Pinterest will combine its intent-rich audience signals with a Connected TV engine, so marketers can clearly measure how television lifts the results of their performance ad campaigns. It is doing so with tvScientific, in an intriguing move for a social media platform.
The Latest ‘Meme Stock’ Wave: Ridden by iHeartMedia
Just like industry peer Beasley experienced, Discord chat rooms about investment opportunities — as seen on social media platform X — are actively talking up iHeartMedia stock. With 30 minutes to go in trading on Thursday, their posts appeared to be working, with "IHRT" shares up by more than 8% from Wednesday.
From E to Zzz for Monte Spearman’s HPRN
The third time has proven not to be the charm for Monte Spearman and his High Plains Radio Network (HPRN), as a reengineered deal to sell a series of radio stations to E Radio Network LLC has failed to close, FCC documents reveal.
Cumulus Cashes In With Nashville HQ Sale
More than two decades after buying it, Cumulus Media has sold its Nashville headquarters. For the fiscally challenged company, it is a good decision, based on the sale price and the amount the company led by Mary Berner paid for the Music Row-adjacent property.
Family Radio Spins A Mid-Hudson FM Translator To HVPR
A noncommercial licensee that involves "WALL Radio" purveyor Bud Williamson and WKZE Radio co-owner Andrew Gladding recently agreed to acquire a Danbury, Conn., AM radio station. Now, they're agreeing to purchase a Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-area FM translator.
RMLC Ready To Say Goodbye To Bill Velez
The Nashville-based non-profit organization that represents commercially licensed radio stations when it comes to music licensing matters has selected the former General Counsel at Audacy Inc. as its next Executive Director, as Bill Velez will be retiring on January 1, 2026 — ending a 17-year tenure.
An Iconic Cuban-American AM Voice Is Extinguished
Under Amancio Suárez, and a few years later Heftel Broadcasting, WAQI-AM "Radio Mambí" would become a Spanish-language spoken word force for the Cuban exile community in South Florida. Now, forty years since its birth, Radio Mambí is coming to an end.
Rogatinsky Spins A Longtime Palm Beach Property
In September 2012, a lawyer-turned-licensee of broadcast radio stations in the Sunshine State agreed to acquire a Class A AM radio station in Palm Beach County. Thirteen years later, the facility and a sibling FM translator serving northern parts of the county with Haitian Creole programming are being sold.
The Beasley Stock Bubble Bursts In 24 Hours
Thanks to "meme stock" Discord chat among gamers and followers to dubious trading option-makers with followers on X, "BBGI" exploded in growth on Wednesday. Within the first 90 minutes of Thursday's trading on Nasdaq, the wild increase in value had all but evaporated.
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Ravi Kapur Says Yes to Ventana LPTV Stable
It's a deal consummated on October 31 but not filed for FCC regulatory approval until now. And, it sees one of the biggest names in South Asian-focused media in the U.S. agree to purchase 22 low power television stations in various markets across the nation.
Nielsen: November Viewing Driven By Sports
A five-week measurement of November 2025 by Nielsen shows that live sports drove broadcast channels to their best "share of TV" in a year while also fueling viewer increases at streaming platforms such as NBCUniversal's Peacock and CBS-aligned Paramount+.
EXCLUSIVE: Lewis Succeeds Kozack At TelevisaUnivision
RBR+TVBR has confirmed the cafecito chatter around town that a notable advertising industry veteran has succeeded John Kozack at TelevisaUnivision, the world's largest Spanish-language content creation and distribution company.
With ‘Banfield’ Sunset, NewsNation Positions Pavlich
She's known among viewers of FOX News Channel, FOX Nation and FOX Business and for her work appearing in such publications as Nexstar Media Group-owned Capitol Hill daily The Hill. Now, Katie Pavlich is taking a much more prominent role at the Nexstar-owned cable TV network known as NewsNation.
Nueva Network Teams With AdGrid On ‘Hispanic Audience Accelerator’
The offering, says Nueva Network, "combines Latino cultural intelligence with modern ad-tech to give brands a single, scalable way to reach U.S. Hispanic audiences across digital audio, video, and Connected TV."
WARC: ‘Big Tech’ In Driver’s Seat For Global Ad Market Growth
Global advertising spend is now on course to close out 2025 with growth of 8.9% to $1.19 trillion, an upgrade from WARC’s September forecast. Why? Don't look to linear media, as WARC says the change is due to strong results from "Big Tech" platforms and a muted impact on global trade from tariffs.
KPMG: Gen Z Confident In AI’s Future Workforce Shift
Half of Generation Z (Gen Z) interns expect 20% of their jobs to be automated by AI when they start full-time roles, but 92% are confident in their ability to adapt to AI advancements in their fields.
That's according to a new survey from KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm.
Ex-MFM, BCCA Head Chosen To Lead LABF
The former President/CEO of the Media Financial Management Association and its Broadcast Cable Credit Association subsidiary has been named Executive Director of the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF).
Altos Ventures GC Added To Bitcentral Board
The provider of professional media products for broadcast and digital video is welcoming a Silicon Valley executive to its Board of Directors. "A highly accomplished executive with a track record of leadership across technology, venture capital, and corporate governance," his expertise will play a key role at Bitcentral.
New TuneIn Owner Debuts An In-Dash Auto Interface
It's the new owner of the global TuneIn audio streaming portal and the parent of stations including "Boom 97.3" in Toronto. In the U.S., it is the purveyor of all-music channels on MVPDs such as Hotwire Communications. Now, Stingray has launched a co-branded music, podcast and radio platform for automakers.
Triton Digital, Omny Studio Go With Video Podcasting
Triton, a global technology and services provider to the digital audio, podcast and broadcast radio industries, updated its Omny Studio product by expanding the platform’s capabilities to include comprehensive support for video podcasting.
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