Gomez Renews Criticism Over ABC Early License Renewals
The lone Democratic Party voice on the Federal Communications Commission has again lashed out at the agency under the leadership of Chairman Brendan Carr for its proceeding in which ABC Owned Stations have been asked to participate in an early license renewal effort.
‘Nine PBS’ Sues To Get Its History Restored
The PBS Member station's 70 years of archives are stuck at a facility believed to be used by Iron Mountain, in Denver. This led the television station to sue the data storage giant. A district judge ordered Iron Mountain to refrain from deleting any of the files as litigation continues.
Maurice Potts To Lead ‘Revitalized’ Urban One DFW Operation
Thanks to its transformative $22 million transaction with Hymen Childs' Service Broadcasting, announced in May, Urban One has a "revitalized" Dallas-Fort Worth station group. As such, the company led by Alfred Liggins III has refreshed its leadership team in North Texas.
A Post-Bankruptcy Cumulus Will See Print Slasher’s Interest
There's chatter that one of the nation's largest radio station ownership groups could be faced with its own oversized job force shrinkage. Why? The post-bankruptcy ownership structure of Cumulus Media shows that the president of notorious newspaper owner Alden Global Capital will hold a big stake of Cumulus stock.
Warshaw Tweaks Soros Suit With New Strategic Details
Attorneys representing Jeff Warshaw have made important calculated updates to his lawsuit against Soros Fund Management, the controlling interest holder in Audacy. It is a move designed to protect his backup legal theories in case a judge later rules no enforceable contract ever existed between the two sides.
C-Suite Changes Come to SBS
Spanish Broadcasting System is down two members of its executive team. Chief Revenue Officer Gene Bryan has parted ways with the company, and Chief Content Officer Jesus Salas has resigned, an executive confirmed to Streamline Publishing late last week.
A WTOP Signal Is Being Leased To K-LOVE
As of Saturday, WTLP-FM is abandoning its 20-year simulcast with WTOP Radio. Hubbard Radio placed the all-News station serving the National Capital Region on the signal in 2007. Before that, it was "Z104" — in two incarnations as a Top 40 station. Interestingly, it is the fourth hit-driven FM in the D.C. DMA since 1991 to adopt non-secular programming.
SiriusXM To Debut A Sports-Focused Subscription Tier
Eight days after Audacy Inc. reached an agreement that places some 42 spoken word properties on the SiriusXM channel lineup, the nation's subscription-based and ad-supported satellite radio company is readying the September 1 rollout of a sports-only access pass.
NAB Marconi Radio Award Finalists For 2026 Are Unveiled
The winners of the 2026 NAB Marconi Radio Awards will be announced during a special dinner program presented by Xperi on Tuesday, October 20, at the Edison Ballroom in the City of New York on the evening prior to the start of NAB Show New York.
GKB Brews Up A Badgers Pact For Milwaukee Radio Duo
University of Wisconsin Badgers sports are heading back to Milwaukee airwaves under a new local partner. And it involves the AM/FM pair owned by the company founded and led by Craig Karmazin.
A Big Western Canada QUU For Pattison
Pattison Media, is one of Canada’s largest privately-held media companies, with radio stations across three provinces. Thanks to a new deal, a large selection of those properties will be bringing enhanced visuals and enriched information to consumers in vehicles with the newest entertainment systems.
Learfield Teams With Adventure 33 For New Distribution Platform
Learfield, a media and technology company bringing coverage of college athletics to radio station audiences across the U.S., has scored a strategic partnership with Adventure 33. The result is the creation of Prism, a distribution platform "built to power" Learfield's terrestrial radio affiliates nationwide.
‘HI’ Radio Hosts Ignite Protests Over New Hawaii Driver’s Licenses
Hawaii's new official identification cards didn't pass muster with a pair of Pacific Media Group air personalities at one of its Honolulu radio stations. The result? More than 6,000 signatures have been placed on a Change.org petition they started begging for reconsideration. Honolulu's Mayor says no — so far.
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An ‘E’ Ticket To Arkansas Radio Growth For La Raza
An AM radio station and two FM translators serving the Hot Springs, Ark., area due west of Little Rock are about to undergo a transformation. When complete, the programming is expected to be en español. That's thanks to the stations' sale by E Radio Networks.
Pescado Al Aire: MLB’s Marlins Score WSCV Arrangement
It's only two games, but it could spell the start of a long-term partnership that's "muy amable." The Major League Baseball club serving South Florida will see two of its regular-season games air in Spanish on the NBCUniversal Telemundo Station Group station it owns and operates in Miami.
FreeCast Targets the ‘Multi-Billion Dollar’ U.S. Local Advertising Market
A Nasdaq-traded Orlando-headquartered provider of streaming television and digital media platform products is expanding its strategy to help local businesses and regional advertisers reach streaming audiences by rolling out "a unified advertising platform" spanning all 210 U.S. Designated Market Areas.
NHL’s Blue Jackets Dumps Radio Host For TV Audio
For 17 seasons, the radio play-by-play of the NHL franchise serving the Buckeye State has seen Bob McElligott handle the task, with TEGNA's WBNS-FM "97.1 The Fan" in Columbus, Ohio, the team's flagship audio partner. Beginning with the 2026-2027 season, all Columbus Blue Jackets broadcasts will be simulcast across TV and radio.
XR and AdImpact Pact As Political Ad Spending Ramps Up
XR Extreme Reach and AdImpact have partnered to help deliver deeper data and insights across local TV and digital channels for political campaigns. The partnership brings together AdImpact's measurement data with XR's ad serving insights, and is designed to deliver local market visibility and faster reporting.
Hey, Radio: You Beat Spotify and Pandora
Advertisers can’t buy listeners who don’t hear ads, and AM/FM radio reaches nearly double the percentage captured by the combined ad-supported audience of Spotify, Pandora, and podcasts, according to new data from Edison Research at SSRS.
A Focus on Affiliate Operations Leads To ARC
The selection of ARC Software is designed to centralize affiliate research, maintain station and contact information, streamline agreement workflows, and strengthen long-term station relationships across the affiliate network for a faith-based audio content creator and distributor.
NAB Teams With Bauer Media, Swedish Group To Save AM/FM
"NAB’s addition significantly strengthens Radio Ready’s presence across North America and the United States, bringing the leading advocate for America’s broadcast industry into the growing international coalition working to keep radio front and center for drivers," the group said on Thursday.
Video Transport Platform, Mobile Video Transmitter Get Haivision Focus
A Montréal-headquartered provider of real-time video network and visual collaboration products is placing a spotlight on its video transport platform and its mobile video transmitter at the upcoming IBC 2026 conference scheduled for the same weekend as the Jewish New Year.
SSL Selects Algam EKO For Italy Console Distribution
Philippe Guerinet, Director of International Sales at Solid State Logic, comments, "By building our solid and long-term relationship and their distribution infrastructure in Italy, this team of professionals will serve our Italian customers at the highest standard, while maintaining a strong and direct relationship with SSL headquarters in Oxford."
TNDV Powers Broadcast of Ares Pickleball Slam 4
Tasked with producing and directing the live broadcast for a major U.S. sports broadcaster on behalf of client Horizon Sports & Experiences and GSE Worldwide, OKG once again turned to TNDV for technical production support. The partnership dates to 2010.
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