Radio & Television Business Report

The FCC's Media Bureau has tossed a challenge to a deal agreed to in March that sees The E.W. Scripps Co. add the ABC affiliate serving Lexington, Ky., to its stable of broadcast TV stations. DirecTV argued the transaction would suffer direct economic harm due to higher input prices it would have to pay as a result of the sale.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has given the state's Attorney General, Rob Bonta, a boost in his quest to derail the pending merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery with the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order.

Dick Broadcasting Co. has agreed to sell the facility, once a simulcast partner of WQSL-FM, serving Jacksonville and Wilmington, N.C. The buyer? Look no further than Don Curtis, of Raleigh-based Curtis Media Group.

Are you getting bored with Netflix's viewing selections, despite its vast library of content? That's a chief concern of the streaming video Goliath as it looks ahead to forthcoming fiscal quarters, with keeping subscribers interested at all times the chief way it will continue to make a profit.

Skyview Networks Chairman and President/CEO Steve Jones on Wednesday announced in a company-wide meeting a series of structural adjustments that sees "a key driver of our revenue growth and portfolio expansion" take the role of Chief Operating Officer. Three others were singled out, too, as a former ESPN staffer is coming aboard.

It launched on May 23 to coincide with the demise of CBS News Radio. Now, Red Apple Media-owned Worldwide News Network (WWNN) has landed an agreement that truly makes it a globally distributed news brand. It involves a radio news and content syndicator serving Germany.

Forever Media has moved ahead with another radio station sale that sees Draper Media, the radio and TV station ownership group serving the Delmarva Peninsula and a swath of the I-95 corridor between Philadelphia and Baltimore, end up as the new licensee.

Submissions are now being accepted for the industry’s most prestigious sales honors, presented by Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink. The ceremony is set for October 21, the first day of this year’s NAB Show New York, to be held at the Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan.

He joined Saga Communications eight years ago as President/GM of its Charleston, S.C., media properties. Now, he will oversee and drive the company's digital revenue strategy in a corporate role. 

Marino first rose to fame as Music Director and Asst. Program Director of KGGI-FM in Riverside, Calif., in 1988 and over the last 25 years offered consulting services and content offerings to air personalities across the U.S. Now, the radio industry is taking a pause to remember Marino, who has lost a cancer battle at the age of 60.

A series of filings have been made to the FCC for its regulatory approval of Spanish Broadcasting System‘s plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection — a path that will solidify a reorganization giving shareholders a big say in what transpires next for the radio and television company founded in 1983 by Raúl Alarcón Jr.

The NHL's Minnesota Wild aren't the only pro team on the ice to cement fresh game telecast arrangements set to start with the upcoming 2026-2027 season. Three other teams are making changes, and they each involve NHL Productions as the telecast producer.

Silicondust is sharing that the latest iteration of its HDHomeRun app offers support for viewing television channels and recordings in the event of an internet outage, including Emergency Alert notifications. The news comes as Silicondust recently submitted an ex parte brief in the FCC's NEXTGEN TV proceeding.

Radio and TV commercials are outperforming the average with Baby Boomers and Gen X, according to new YouGov data. The numbers point sellers toward a clear next step: layering in digital products to close the gap with Millennial and Gen Z consumers.

As the second half of 2026 begins, it has become abundantly clear that the accident attorney specialty firm founded in Orlando in 1988 by John Morgan will finish the year as the biggest advertiser using Spot TV.  Morgan & Morgan is also making a run for the crown at Spot Radio.

Athletes don’t become great by doing just one exercise. So why should public speakers train by doing only one thing? Veteran communications and PR industry executive Rosemary Ravinal shares some unique ways a media industry C-Suite executive can excel at public speaking.