Radio & Television Business Report

Brendan Carr, soon to be the FCC's Chairman, suggested to FOX News Channel's Dana Perino that the pending acquisition of National Amusements, Inc.'s shares in Paramount Global by Skydance will undergo scrutiny based on claims CBS News manipulated interviews with Vice President Kamala Harris, resulting in "distortion."

"Ambitious" small and medium-sized businesses seeking to grow their consumer base, and sales, turned to multiscreen television across the first half of 2024 to achieve measurable results. In fact, new VAB data indicate some 169 first-time TV advertisers spent $380 million through June 30 of this year across some 43 categories.

The latest installment of "The Gauge" from Nielsen indicates that the broadcast category exhibited 7% monthly growth and added 1.4 share points in October to finish at 24.0% of total time spent watching television—its largest monthly share of TV since January.

“I want to congratulate Commissioner Carr on the announcement by the President-elect that he will serve as the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission." That's the official statement from the soon-to-be-outgoing Chairwoman of the agency, who did not mention President-elect Trump by name.

It was on September 6 that the FCC established a pleading cycle inviting public comment in the proposed transfer of control of CBS News & Stations parent Paramount Global from controlling shareholder National Amusements Inc., to investors in Skydance Media. Now, a new pleading cycle has been established. Here's why.

A Jonesboro, Ark., radio broadcasting company is picking up the pieces after vandals tore through a transmitter building, causing extreme damage.

Reyes Media Group has established itself as the dominant source of Spanish-language audio entertainment and information for Kansas City's growing Hispanic community. Now, the FCC is being asked to approve the transfer of 50% ownership in the company to an estate, following the February death of the family matriarch.

The company that runs Estrella Media's Hispanic-focused radio, TV and digital content creation and distribution operation and over-the-air audio brands serving multicultural audiences across the New York Tri-State area has released a third quarter earnings report largely reflective of the new dollar sources contributing to the company's bottom line.

Pending regulatory approval, two Kentucky FMs, an AM and two FM translators will become part of a collection of Bluegrass State radio properties tied to the CEO of QUU Inc. who is also the former NAB Joint Board Chairman and EVP for Industry Affairs and Strategic Planning. Cantrell's group is getting something in return.

The Market President for iHeartMedia's Seattle-Tacoma radio stations, an individual who rose to the post in November 2020 after seven years in ascending sales roles, has tacked on similar duties for the company's Spokane properties by rising to Area President for Washington.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, conservative talk programs been heard on a 5kw AM radio station with a transmitter in the Pier 94 wetlands. Come Monday, this longtime Talker and one-time flanker to a News/Talk station at 810 kHz is moving to that bigger frequency, displacing the sports wagering programming that supplanted what was before that KGO.

An asset purchase agreement has been signed and submitted to the FCC for its regulatory approval that will see Bill Christian, a prolific low-power TV entrepreneur, part ways with a facility serving Manchester, N.H. Who is the buyer of this "YCN" broadcast home?

The founder and owner of a broadcast television station licensee in Indiana has agreed to make a civil penalty to wipe the slate clean with the FCC over a matter that involves the unauthorized operation of a digital replacement translator for its home for The CW Network in Indianapolis.

Along with his co-founder and co-COO Mark Gross, Chad Broude oversees the creative efforts at Highdive Advertising for clients including Jeep, State Farm, BetMGM, Jersey Mike’s, NHL, KFC, and Frito-Lay. His work has helped lead Highdive to earn 2024 Radio Mercury Awards Best of Show honors.

Multi-channel advertising platform StackAdapt is partnering with the owner of the Crave OTT platform that's home to HBO programming in Canada — as well as MVPD-distributed sports network TSN and broadcast network CTV — to enable its premium inventory across connected TV, display, video, digital out-of-home and audio channels.

Is it an existential threat to broadcast radio and TV, or is it a potential investment or partnership opportunity? New data from Pew Research Center suggest either may be of consideration, as nearly 40% of young adults queried say they get news from influencers on social media.