Radio & Television Business Report

Tysons, Va.-headquartered TEGNA made the declaration as part of its distribution of its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, which saw the company led by CEO Mike Steib achieve or exceed all previously announced full-year guidance.

In a move that could portend the Commission's approval of Nexstar Media Group's merger with TEGNA, the FCC on Friday granted a waiver to Circle City Broadcasting that clears the way for the company to add the ABC affiliate in Indianapolis to its holdings — creating a "triopoly."

The New Jersey Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives that got the ball rolling on the still-stalled AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act has teamed up with a Republican from West Texas in introducing legislation that would "ensure greater transparency and accountability" in the FCC's license review process.

For more than a decade, a Scranton TV station has served as a prime example of what a company can do to operate a station it cannot legally purchase due to the FCC's national TV ownership reach cap. Now, Sinclair is taking the step to make this station an O&O, prompted by expected FCC deregulation.

With likely rule "modernization" thanks to the return of President Trump to the White House and the leadership of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, The E.W. Scripps Co. has disclosed that it wants to reacquire the properties — assuming it can secure Commission waivers ahead of any rule change.

It is home to the broadcast towers for three FM radio stations owned and operated by Bonneville International. That FM infrastructure just saw a major upgrade, and it involved the installation of a new master antenna system from the Sinclair Inc. subsidiary headquartered in Raymond, Me.

When it comes to podcast advertising knowledge and measurement, how does one know exactly where a consumer is and then present that data to a potential marketer? Magellan AI has a solution, thanks to a new licensing and integration agreement with the nation's dominant audience data analytics company.

Paperwork has been submitted for FCC regulatory approval that would see a 10-watt FM translator that enjoys nearly full-city coverage of Roaonke, Va., thanks to terrain, trade hands. The seller is Bible Broadcasting Network.

How did the nation's largest audio content creation and distribution company perform in the final three months of 2025? While there was a small revenue increase, a net loss was seen as adjusted EBITDA finished in the mid-point of company guidance. The Q4 and full-year 2025 results were released following Monday's Closing Bell.

BTPM head Tom Calderone calls the shifts for WNED-FM and WBFO-FM — Western New York's noncommercial Classical and NPR-fueled spoken word stations — part of a long-term sustainability plan drafted in the wake of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's dissolution.

He was the individual behind radio station owner Pembrook Pines, which had in its arboretum such brands as "94 ROCK" in Elmira, N.Y. In August 2025, it became known that Bob Pfuntner had died at the age of 83. Now, with the company under executrix control, it is agreeing to sell a Class A FM serving Hornell, N.Y. 

Since March 2023, she served as the Integrated Sales Manager for the CBS affiliate serving Portland, Ore. Late last week, a LinkedIn post signaled her departure from the station, calling her time at KOIN-6 "truly special" as she thanked her colleagues. It is now known she's moving to the Central Valley of California.

A newly released advertiser study on media spending and priorities in the planning, buying, and measurement of Connected TV and Over-the-Top advertising conducted by Advertiser Perceptions on behalf of TEGNA-owned Premion finds that 70% of respondents expect to increase their Connected TV spending in 2026.

It's a "watershed moment" in consumer technology adoption, and according to new data from AI User Metrics from Edison Research at SSRS, it signals that Artificial Intelligence has crossed from early adopter territory into mainstream usage.

The NAB has announced that it will expand the "Sports Summit" aligned with its annual conference and expo in Las Vegas to a four-day affair, bringing leaders from across leagues, teams, broadcast networks, streaming platforms and technology companies to the hub of television and radio's present and future growth.

The trade association representing America’s local broadcast television industry with a sales focus has concluded that "TV," when viewed on a television screen, has the highest reach and time spent of all media platforms studied.  This carries for all age groups and categories measured, the TVB study indicates.