Radio & Television Business Report

Dollars derived from Rogers' purchase of the stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment held by the parent of Bell Media played a key role in the year-over-year performance. So did the American League pennant won by the company's Toronto Blue Jays MLB baseball club.

“The Evolving Ear: How New Listeners are Shaping Podcasting's Next Chapter" probes "first-year" podcast listeners—those who started listening within the last year and represent 20% of U.S. weekly podcast consumers—comparing their behaviors to "long-timers" who have been listening for five years or more.

In an opinion piece, American Enterprise Institute nonresident Senior Fellow Daniel Lyons "unpacks" the FCC's "Equal Time Rule," which he says has been resurrected by the Commissioner under the leadership of Brendan Carr. He also explores "its ongoing validity in a diverse media environment."

With a blockbuster, game-changing — and potential rule-changing — merger agreement with Nexstar Media Group awaiting regulatory scrutiny and hopeful approval, TEGNA has moved ahead with the launch of new local TV station-aligned mobile apps across 50 markets.

There's a vacant Class C FM radio station on the table of allotments for a city due south of Houston, nestled along the Texas Gulf Coast. If it's of interest to an operator willing to build out a facility on that signal, you're out of luck, however. Why? The FCC's Media Bureau, on action from its Audio Bureau, wants to delete it.

It's a transaction that first gained radio industry attention in August 2025. Now, the deal is complete, putting K-LOVE in Milwaukee-Racine with the acquisition of two FM radio stations that are shifting from respective commercial formats to non-commercial Christian music brands.

Townsquare Media has announced when it will release its Q4 2025 financial results and subsequently hold a conference call for investors and financial analysts, during which it will discuss the "local first" media company's performance and 2026 projections.

Last week, it became known that RCS Sound Software SVP of Asia and Pacific Keith Williams would retire on March 31 after more than two decades with the iHeartMedia-owned enterprise benefiting radio programming leaders around the globe. Now, it has become known that RCS's President/CEO has decided to retire, too.

Paperwork submitted to the FCC for its regulatory approval has formally disclosed the amount of money Audacy Inc. will be receiving from its sale of a Westerly, R.I.-licensed Class B FM station that has served as a simulcast partner of Sports Talk WEEI Radio in Boston.

Super Hi-Fi, known for its radio industry AI-powered operating system, has entered into a strategic partnership with the rapidly growing owner of broadcast stations led by CEO Jeff Warshaw. As part of that arrangement with Connoisseur Media, Warshaw will join the Super Hi-Fi Board of Directors.

On October 13, 2025, an app quietly arrived in the Microsoft Store for a self-described "lightweight, elegant" radio player — one that lives in the system tray of a Windows-powered computer. Now, thanks to a blogger and word-of-mouth, this tiny internet hub for AM and FM stations in gaining greater notice.

With the awarding of accreditation for TV universe estimation by the Media Rating Council (MRC), the ARF DASH TV Universe Study believes it has established "a standard" in measurement. Now, DASH is expanding its delivery schedule and taking steps "to broaden its usefulness" in both advertising and strategy.

There's a "rapid shift" taking place that Omdia believes "underscores how retailers are prioritizing e-commerce driven retail media advertising over traditional TV shipment leadership." That explains why retailers are forecast to control nearly half of the North American TV OS market within three years.

Are your radio or TV stations serving a unique audience of first-generation Americans or newly arrived immigrants? Here's a sobering statistic that could explain why advertising challenges and revenue growth were so severe for many multicultural media operations in 2025.

Here's the biggest takeaway from a newly released report from Hub Entertainment Research that you may want to read after dinner this evening: Rising social and creator video consumption is reducing time spent with television. 

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