Radio & Television Business Report

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.

America's Public Television Stations and PBS believe the FCC should adopt "a locally driven transition" to the new ATSC 3.0 digital television standard, leaving it to "local broadcaster decision-making" rather than a Congressional or Commission mandated change date from the current ATSC 1.0 broadcast signal.

The broadcast TV group that's shepherding the industry toward ATSC 3.0 digital broadcasting services has announced when it will report its Q4 2025 earnings results. What do analysts expect to see from a company that very much wants to merge with The E.W. Scripps Co., despite that entity's firm no?

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.

As first reported by Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink, Maire Mason is taking a key New York leadership role at the company that's parent to WBLS and "HOT 97," as well as the Estrella Media Spanish-language multimedia company. She's inbound from Spanish Broadcasting System's N.Y. station group.

A Hearing Designation Order has been sent to the parties involved in a transfer of control of a trio of El Paso radio stations serving Spanish-language audiences in the West Texas city — a matter with a tale akin to a telenovela script. At issue: an unauthorized LMA, an undisclosed loan and family shenanigans.

The rapid pace that defined Cumulus Media’s antitrust fight against Nielsen throughout the fourth quarter of 2025 is giving way to something far less dramatic, but far more consequential: a litigation calendar that will now be defined in months, if not years.

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.

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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After joining the association earlier this month, it is now known that Dagmara Szulce will be taking on the duties of a longtime Group Exec. VP at the ANA who is ready to spend more time with his wife and "get that work/life balance back" — but is not retiring.