Radio & Television Business Report

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.

On Tuesday, Inside the Beltway insiders spread the word that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr was teeing up an Order for consideration at the Commission's August Open Meeting addressing the nation's media ownership rules. We now know that it will not involve AM/FM radio station ownership rules as the Commission seeks to repeal the 39% national television multiple ownership rule.

A New York federal district court has declined to grant a motion to dismiss the case. This clears the path for DirecTV to continue litigation against Nexstar Media Group on the grounds that it engaged in antitrust activities when it failed to reach a retransmission consent accord with the DBS provider in 2022.

It has already inked an agreement with Eastlan to provide the advertising community with ratings currency in such markets as Atlanta, where Cumulus Media relied on Nielsen Audio data until a legal spat put a stop to that. Now, it is the flagship launch partner for Xperi's AutoStage Radio Audience Measurement Service.

WBD and Paramount Skydance were asked to refrain from closing their game-changing merger until after the judicial process concludes by way of a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court by a group of state Attorneys General. With a hard "no" from the companies, the coalition moved forward with the filing of a temporary restraining order.

“We had warned, inferred and other people had also reported already that the first quarter was a very tough quarter,” Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins III said as the company opened its Q1 2026 earnings call on May 14. Will the second quarter see Urban One turn the corner? We'll find out on the first Tuesday in August.

At Noon Pacific on Wednesday, July 22, a new era will begin for a venerable Classic Rock station serving the South Bay region of the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose DMA for a generation.  This will see Connoisseur Media shift the station from a 10kw Class B FM with two boosters to a pair of HD2 signals. 

An asset purchase agreement offering details of the sale of Audacy's radio stations in St. Louis was submitted to the FCC for regulatory approval. How much is Hoffman Media Group paying for the properties? The answer is now known, reflecting the current realities of an industry seeking further deregulation.

"Local first" digital advertising and radio station ownership group Townsquare Media has announced when it will release its results for the second quarter of 2026.  The answer? The financial health report is due a short time before the biggest broadcast TV station licensee in the U.S. discloses its Q2 2026 report.

For Nielsen and the nation's biggest radio station licensee, removing AM/FM radio "is a multibillion-dollar gamble for automakers." The declaration in a new report comes as the FCC is expected to introduce rule changes at its August Open Meeting that would loosen media ownership limits for radio and TV licensees.

He's worked at a wide range of radio ownership groups since joining Mid-West Family Broadcasting's WSJM-FM in Benton Harbor, Mich., in 1994 as a Production Director. Most recently, he served as Executive VP of Content for the former Alpha Media. Starting July 20, he'll be taking a key Cox Media Group role.

With its stock trading at below 4 Canadian cents on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Thursday's trading and a recapitalization effort designed to rid the media company of much of its debt, Corus Entertainment has moved ahead with a plan to centralize the production of its local newscasts in two of Canada's largest markets.

When it came to selecting a tech product to bring to audiences live coverage of the "Unity Concert for America," Philadelphia's Independence Day celebration celebrating America 250, the ABC Owned Stations property serving the Cradle of Liberty went with an offering on the market for one year. 

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.

Americans’ engagement with others is not one-dimensional. That's the focal point of a just-released Pew Research Center study from the Pew-Knight Initiative that looks across a range of behaviors: political activity, civic involvement, religious attendance and attention to news.

The Latino Donor Collaborative (LDC) has released its 2025 LDC U.S. Latinos in Media Report™: Full Year Update and the 2026 LDC Strategic Roadmap for the Entertainment Industry. The data highlights "a widening chasm" between where Latinos consume English-language content and how they are represented on and off screen in the industry.