Nexstar’s Wall Street Success Story Continues
On August 14, 2025, Nexstar Media Group shares surged to an all-time high of $211.31, and then began a three-month downturn. Since then, however, Nasdaq-traded "NXST" has experienced a sharp rebound, with a strong upward trajectory that began in early December.
It hasn't ceased.
POTUS Pushes AM Radio Bill As Congress Drags Its Feet
It was reintroduced at the start of 2025, and again attracted overwhelming bipartisan support from Members of Congress. Yet, the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act has stalled in both the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. The Commander-in-Chief has made it clear he wants forward movement on the proposal.
WXYZ Marks The Spot For ResilienX Pilot
It's a company that describes itself as a "systems integrator for safe, scalable beyond-visual line of sight operations for unmanned and autonomous aircraft." It is also an increasingly important technology entity to the broadcast TV industry, which explains why The E.W. Scripps Co. is teaming for a pilot project.
Get Ready For Another FCC Oversight Affair
Fresh off a Senate Commerce Committee gathering that saw Democrats gang up on Chairman Brendan Carr by vociferously condemning his leadership, the House E&C Committee will be holding its own FCC Oversight Hearing next week.
NBCU Launches ‘Agentic AI’ Ad Buying Offering
Advertising has entered the artificial intelligence age in a whole new way, thanks to a partnership between NBCUniversal and Comcast's FreeWheel unit; independent agency RPA; and Newton Research. With the four entities working together, one can now buy "premium video" using agentic AI across both linear and digital platforms.
VAB: New Standards Need for Video Audience ‘Guarantee’
The Video Advertising Bureau is recommending the choice of either "Households" or "Persons 2+" as new co-standards for video audience guarantees. The recommended move "evolves the legacy buy/sell practice of guarantees on narrower, linear-TV-centric standards such as Adults 25-54," says the VAB.
Galaxy’s Maine Move Leads Leadership Shifts
The Syracuse-based company that owns radio stations in Central New York founded by President/CEO Ed Levine has moved ahead with a series of internal leadership promotions. Among the moves is the elevation of its Chief Revenue Officer to the position of Chief Operating Officer.
Bongino Officially Returning to Westwood One After FBI Exit
Conservative politically focused spoken word star and radio personality Dan Bongino has made it official: he will return to a daily program in early February with Cumulus Media’s Westwood One. What’s unclear as of early Friday is if it involves a syndicated radio offering.
Iconic San Diego Radio Host ‘Jer’ Cesak Dies
Many former listeners and radio industry brethren are remembering the accomplishments of Jerry Cesak, who unexpectedly passed away on January 4. As one-half of the "Jeff & Jer Showgram," the man also known as "Jerry St. James" was heard in San Diego for many years, following stints in Chicago and Detroit.
Audacy Gets A Measurement Boost With Podscribe
An independent omni-channel advertising measurement platform used to "verify, attribute and optimize" audio, streaming and video campaigns is now being used by the radio broadcasting company with majority control held by Soros Fund Management.
Radio Industry Consolidation-Era Owner Steve Hicks Dies
Just one month after his brother, Tom Hicks, passed away, Steve Hicks has died, Streamline Publishing has confirmed. Hicks served as CEO of Capstar Broadcasting, one of the foundational units of what is today iHeartMedia. He also led a pioneering interactive digital radio service.
Copyright Judges Preparing New Pubcasters, SiriusXM Royalty Fees
The Copyright Royalty Judges have confirmed that they've started three proceedings that will eventually determine "reasonable rates and terms" for the use of sound recordings — including how much satellite radio service provider Sirius XM and public broadcasting entities will be asked to fork over between 2028 and 2032.
‘Auction 109’ Fuels FM Allotment Clean-Up
FM Broadcast Auction 109 is now complete, and as a result the Table of FM Allotments maintained by the FCC needed an edit. That's just transpired, with a Commission Order amending the table to remove vacant FM frequencies auctioned off.
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FCC Grants Estate Shift For Barry Thompson’s Stations
He signed an FM radio station in Crowley, La., on the air in 1977 and later purchased three low-power TV stations in the Bayou State. Barry D. Thompson was the owner, and died in September. This necessitated a shift in the ownership of the media properties, and the FCC has just granted that request.
Bob Ross Painting Auction Designed To Boost PBS
With the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, some creative ways of coping with the funding loss have emerged. One involves the auctioning off — for thousands of dollars — of an artist made famous by Member stations in years past and has become a Generation Z icon.
‘CBS Saturday Morning’ Hosts Revealed
Starting January 10, two women are poised to co-host the show from CBS Broadcast Center in New York. One joined CBS News in 2012 and previously served as co-host of CBS Mornings Plus, and the anchor of the Saturday edition of the CBS Weekend News. The other arrived at CBS in 2024 from Fox Business.
Warren To Oversee CBS Stations In Northern California
CBS Stations has promoted from within to fill the role of Regional President and General Manager of its Northern California stations — a move that effectively adds Sacramento-area responsibilities to the person that's been in charge of its San Francisco properties.
Smartphone Ownership, Internet Use and Digital Divides
"Closing the digital divide" was a mantra of ex-FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. It was a focal point for multicultural media leaders through the start of the decade. As 2026 begins, is there still a partition when it comes to smartphone ownership and internet use? Pew Research Center has an answer.
Layoffs Cut In December As 2025 Job Cut Total Arrives
U.S.-based employers announced 35,553 job cuts in December — down 50% from the 71,321 job cuts announced in November and down by 8% from the 38,792 job cuts announced in the same month of 2024. That's according to data released Thursday from Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
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Expanding Unlicensed 6 GHz Band Operations Up For FCC Vote
The FCC has released its January Open Meeting agenda, and among the four items up for a vote is a Fourth Report and Order that would permit a new class of unlicensed 6 GHz devices—geofenced variable power (GVP) unlicensed devices—that operate outdoors at higher power.
TV’s Next Era, As Samsung Sees It
Samsung Electronics on Thursday hosted a Visual Display (VD) Deep Dive session at CES 2026 designed to unveil the television set manufacturer's vision for the industry's next era. As the global TV market enters a new phase, Samsung outlined its strategy for the future of television.
Easier To Understand Dialogue Gets AES Attention
The Audio Engineering Society (AES) Technical Committee for Broadcast and Online Delivery has published a comprehensive Technical Document which diagnoses the intelligibility problem and presents solutions. “Improving Dialogue Intelligibility in Media” is now available for download.
Skyview Inks A Network Audio Sales Pact with TM Studios
"The partnership will provide Skyview Networks exclusive access to TM Studios’ premier advertising inventory across its expansive affiliate network, allowing Skyview’s seasoned sales team the opportunity to expand network reach and maximize revenue growth," Phoenix-based Skyview said.
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