Radio & Television Business Report

Ed Henson is a broadcast licensee. He’s also a veteran media broker who believes the National Association of Media Brokers remains a vital group of dedicated professionals who have the experience and knowledge to best navigate buyers and sellers toward the best possible deal agreement.

Press Communications is pressing the FCC — along with 18 other licensees of Class C and Class D AM stations — to reinstate a 2016 FM translator filing window (with minor modifications) for kHz-band properties. If granted, the rule making would allow for "substantial" FM translator transmitter site and channel moves.

Brian and Kevin Lilly have moved ahead with the acquisition of a group of stations within a short drive of their family-run company's headquarters in Erie, Pa. With the FCC's OK, they'll be gaining ownership of stations serving a Western New York city and properties targeting a city in far Northeastern Ohio.

Ogunquit, Me., isn't exactly a hub of U.S. Hispanic culture. Yet, in this small town resides a former print journalist who has chronicled — through his own lens — the history of Hispanic-targeted television in the U.S. Javier Marín doesn't hold back his questions and criticism, either.

"The FCC is firing on all cylinders, and we will build on this momentum to deliver even more wins in 2026," said FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who pushed ahead over the last year with an agenda that includes expected forthcoming deregulation of the broadcast media industry.

The distinctive radio play-by-play announcer of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Florida State Seminoles — a member of the inaugural 2024 class of the Florida Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame — is retiring from his role with the National Football League franchise's audio broadcasts. 

A federal judge has granted Cumulus Media a sweeping preliminary injunction against Nielsen’s contested radio ratings policies, sharply curtailing how the ratings provider can price and sell its national product while the antitrust case proceeds.

The publicly traded radio station ownership group founded by the late George Beasley is celebrating its upcoming 65th anniversary, while also seeking to address fiscal challenges associated with its collection of broadcast properties.

Travel south of the Oklahoma City area and you'll come across the small cities of Chickasha, Duncan and Lawton, Okla. Here, Mollman Media has owned and operated a collection of radio stations that it has decided to sell. Who's the buyer? It is a locally based operation.

Until a few weeks ago, a 1kw daytime/20 watt nighttime AM radio station in Goodland, Ks., served the small community with an Oldies format. Then a bad storm blew through, damaging the station's transmitter. What will the station's owner do? It is opting not to repair it, and shut down this "Gold" facility.

An Arkansas Christian institution offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees with a focus on faith is growing its stable of stations with an offer accepted to purchase "The Fort," a Rocker that's poised to fade to black, as "Jesus Is Just Alright."

The Hearst Television station considered to be its flagship property, an ABC affiliate branded as "Boston's News Leader," is bumping a game show to the wee hours of the morning in order to accommodate a new midday local newscast.

Nexstar Media Group shares are poised to finish 2025 on a high note, with eight months of steady upward momentum super-charged by its announcement that it seeks to acquire TEGNA in a game-changing deal awaiting FCC regulatory approval — and a necessary local ownership rule thaw.

In November 2009, Chuck Francis, as the owner of Remerge Media, penned a Media Information Bureau column on how radio can capitalize as "an effective and affordable marketing vehicle." Today, Francis is the founder and owner of Take & Bake Marketing — and his words still matter to Radio today.

A vast majority of Hispanic Americans have access to Connected TVs and most prefer streaming. As such, Connected TV platforms are a strategic place to find these consumers. That's a key insight from a look at Connected TV use and preferences courtesy of LG Ad Solutions. 

Do you have a New Year resolution? If not, think about your listeners. Many do, and even if they don't hold to their promises, radio is still empowered to profit from them. How? Here's some food for thought from the RBR+TVBR archives that could still help a few years later ... unless, of course, dieting and exercise are your New Year resolution.