Radio & Television Business Report

Make no mistake: Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) does not align itself with the view expressed by the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) organization that "modernization" of the FCC's national television ownership cap should be shunned.

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An arm of the publicly traded broadcast TV station ownership group led by President/CEO Chris Ripley has agreed to pay thousands of dollars to a group of plaintiffs who sued Sinclair and several of its broadcast TV peers in October 2018. They filed antitrust claims linked to alleged price fixing for advertising.

What is the FCC's ability to amend rules codified by Congress in the early 2000s? Sen. Ted Cruz understands this is a concern for some parties. That's why he's scheduled a Senate Commerce Committee hearing that will focus on broadcast television's 39% national TV household reach. Who's testifying could raise eyebrows.

As Townsquare Media CEO Bill Wilson, CFO Stu Rosenstein, and Investor Relations and Corporate Communications head Claire Yenicay see it, broadcast radio is "an incredibly powerful media." Add in the publicly traded company's Townsquare Interactive unit, and they believe the company is poised for a good year.

Year-over-year sales were flat. Subscriber rolls were down compared to the final three months of 2024. Earnings per share estimates were much more robust than the actual results. That latter win led investors to express pleasure with the Q4 2025 fiscal health report from Sirius XM.

The NAB is relocating the "TV and Radio HQ" from the West Hall to a "new, highly visible location." The other big news? the Small and Medium Market Radio Forum will take place on Sunday, April 19, "positioning it at the start of NAB Show when the full broadcast community is on site."

There's a new individual who has been tasked with overseeing radio stations in 30 markets across the South, Southwest and Texas for iHeartMedia. It's someone who served as Head of Sales Enablement and Business Development at the broadcast TV company that hopes to be acquired by Nexstar.

For those driving around on Super Bowl Sunday, listeners to KGMZ "95.7 The Game" in the San Francisco Bay Area will see something on their dashboard audio tuner never-before brought to fruition. It's thanks to a new partnership involving Audacy, GeoBroadcast Solutions and Lazer Spots.

It's long been branded as "Your Feel Good Island Music Station." But those who lead the operations at this Class C1 FM serving Hilo, Hawaii, may not be feeling so good today. That's because it is the recipient of a Notice of Violation from the FCC's Enforcement Bureau for a rule foul it has just been warned of.

Did the audio content creation and distribution company led by Mary Berner secretly share proprietary radio station ratings data with Eastlan Ratings, the lone alternative to Nielsen Audio in small and mid-sized markets? That's what the nation's dominant audience measurement and consumption data provider claims.

He says his company is "building a digital media and content powerhouse" — namely thanks to the strength of its Crave OTT streaming platform. For Mirko Bibic, President/CEO of Bell Media parent BCE, "strong results" seen in 2025 were tied to this strategic priority. But, how did BCE perform in the fourth quarter?

The largest affiliate group for NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises' Telemundo broadcast TV network is Gray Media. That won't be changing for the next several years, thanks to an expanded partnership that sees a multi-year affiliation agreement get signed by the Atlanta-headquartered company led by Hilton Howell Jr. and Pat LaPlatney.

"Message confusion doesn’t stay contained; it spreads through employees, the media, and public perception and will cost more to clean up later," warns PR professional turned public speaker Rosemary Ravinal. "That’s why leaders at all levels and industries benefit greatly from message discipline."

ShareBuilders, provider of an eponymous CRM platform for media sales teams, is rolling out a new integration with AI video technology specialist Waymark. It is designed to give sales teams the tools to generate and manage AI-generated spec spot videos without leaving CRM.

The number of Chief Executive Officer changes at U.S. companies increased by 22% in December, compared to the previous month, but fell by 35% when comparing the number of CEO exits that took place in the last month of 2024. That's the latest findings from executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.