Radio & Television Business Report

Cumulus Media's days as a publicly traded broadcaster are at an end. The company's prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan lays out a reorganization that wipes out current shareholders entirely, sees an entirely new board, and could lead to new executive leaders.

In recent years, Global Weather has emerged as a frequent plaintiff in copyright infringement lawsuits over alleged unauthorized use of its extreme weather footage. Two radio broadcasting companies are the latest to be sued by the entity linked to such "storm chasers" as Aaron James Jayjack.

In court filings, Cumulus Media stated that "emergency consideration" be granted as executive leadership believes "an immediate and orderly transition into chapter 11 is critical to their ability to reorganize successfully." Any delay "would have the opposite effect and could cause immediate and irreparable harm."

The ABC affiliate serving the Lexington, Ky., market is being sold by Morris Network Inc. Who's the buyer? It is the Cincinnati-headquartered broadcast media company whose flagship TV station is the home of ABC network programming in the Queen City, some 90 minutes to the north.

However one interprets the FCC's creation of the "Pledge America Campaign," the NAB has made sure it is considered to be a top resource when it comes to content via "a nationwide, year-long effort to celebrate the essential role local radio and television stations play in recording history and connecting communities. "

The station known as "680 NewsRadio Toronto" was found to have breached Article 4.0 of the Radio Television Digital News Association of Canada’s Code of Journalistic Ethics when it failed to disclose in a report about a Toronto Blue Jays World Series ticket giveaway that Rogers owns both the team and CFTR-AM.

On Thursday afternoon, with nary a word of the moves stated in its Q4 2025 earnings call, Entravision Communications shared in a separate press release its new leaders for its U.S. media business. Taking the Chief Revenue Officer role is a veteran sales leader in the U.S. Hispanic media sphere.

A progressive Talk station, owned by Chad Larson since 2013, has served as a hub for liberal viewpoints from longtime hosts including Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartmann. Soon, a new owner will be assuming control. But, don't fret — there's likely no change in programming on the way, based on the buyer.

An AM radio station serving southern Palm Beach County, Fla., with a Spanish-language religious format has been sold. The buyer has been rapidly acquiring AMs and FM translators across the West Palm Beach DMA, and a format change is likely on the way.

For Atlanta-headquartered Cumulus, which made the filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, operations will continue as usual for employees, advertisers, and listeners during the restructuring process. Long-time employees know the drill. The bankruptcy filing is the second under Berner's leadership.

The streaming television operation of one of the nation's biggest purveyors of Christian and conservative secular spoken word content has gained a "Big Tech" distribution boost, expanding the reach of the fledgling network to "millions of viewers."

Ten regular-season Cincinnati Reds Major League Baseball games will be simulcast on the television station owned by Gray Media. This includes Opening Day, when the team faces the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park.

The NCAA's March Madness is nearly here, and promotion of this year's upcoming collegiate basketball tournament dominated the cable TV spots last week. At the same time, activity for a popular TexMex-influenced QSR proved to be the dominant No. 1 in its category, in a week with three new entrants in the Spot Ten Cable report.

U.S.-based employers announced 48,307 job cuts in February, down 55% from the 108,435 job cuts in January. It is down 72% from the 172,017 cuts announced during the same month last year. Those are the key takeaways from the latest jobs report released by executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

In his new role, this Tenetic executive is tasked with oversight of the company’s research organization as well as its end-to-end production and operational process, spanning data infrastructure, automation, governance, and delivery.

For the past few years, TikTok faced a potential stateside ban due to concerns about its ties to the Chinese Communist Party. In January, the company agreed to put its U.S. operations in a new venture not linked to Beijing. In the wake of that deal, Pew shared what it knows about domestic TikTok use.