Radio & Television Business Report

"The partnership brings together two organizations with a shared commitment to Christian ministry and faithful stewardship," Salem Media and WaterStone said in a joint announcement. As a private company, Salem will work with WaterStone to pursue new opportunities for investment and growth.

The effort with iHeartMedia marks the first time premium streaming audio inventory has been purchased through an AI-powered agentic media buying workflow. It was launched by Butler/Till on behalf of an unnamed agricultural solutions company.

Four television stations operated by Sinclair Inc. via a shared services agreement with a licensee operated by the political commentator and entrepreneur are poised to become owned-and-operated properties — the latest in a wave of SSA-to-purchase deals submitted by the company helmed by Chris Ripley.

Many across the media industry are mourning the unexpected loss of José Alberto Suárez. For nearly 17 years, he was a pivotal executive within the Telemundo Station Group, rising from Director of Digital Platforms to become President/GM of Telemundo stations in Orlando, Tampa and Fort Myers-Naples.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr responded to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by The Walt Disney Company designed to put a halt to the early license renewal of eight ABC Owned Stations and Disney's First Amendment violation claim regarding "The View" and its status as a "bona fide" news program. He did so on FOX News.

A Class A FM serving the city that's home to Penn State University has just been sold to the Kentucky-headquartered radio station licensee that has amassed a formidable collection of broadcast properties across the Keystone State.

It reaches tiny McCall, Idaho, as a FM translator linked to Boise State University's Class C3 noncommercial FM also based in this municipality. Until now, the school leased the mini-FM. Now, it seeks to own the facility.

A federal appeals court has denied Nielsen’s rehearing bid to stop an injunction in its antitrust dispute with Cumulus Media. Now the company ready to go private wants a mandate about pricing within the week, as it races to preserve access to Nationwide ratings before September.

He spent some 26 1/2 years at Salem Media and since 2007 has held the position of Chief Financial Officer. With the August 20 privatization of Salem now complete, he has accepted the CFO position at the home of Christian Contemporary Music network K-LOVE and its Worship Music sibling Air1.

The FCC has granted Cumulus Media's petition for reorganization under a voluntary Chapter 11 filing that received a federal bankruptcy judge's approval in mid-April. To get the Carr Commission's sign-off on the plan, the company has agreed to a pledge to retain newsroom staff — for 24 months, at least. 

"No one under 40 listens to the radio." As iHeartMedia and Critical Mass Media see it, that often-heard refrain is a myth, new data released on Wednesday during an iHeartMedia headquarters event featuring a panel discussion with The Jonas Brothers states.

The digitally distributed Scripps News information service owned by The E.W. Scripps Co. has launched a new initiative that the company says is designed to strengthen the relationship between journalists and consumers.

It was highly likely to happen again, starting yesterday evening. Thanks to savvy negotiation between the two parties, a retransmission consent fee dispute leading to a "blackout" of Hearst stations on the DBS provider was averted.

One of the most important lessons public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal teaches her coaching clients is "deceptively simple": Effective communication has architecture. "Whether you're answering a question in a meeting, making an argument, or speaking to the media, structure helps your audience follow your thinking and remember it."

The global retail media market's ad investment projections are forecast to surpass $200 billion in 2026 and reach $223.4 billion by 2027. However, newly released data from WARC Media show growth is slowing and heading into the single digits. The U.S. appears to be exempt from this worldwide review of ad activity trends.

Upfront advertising activity still matters a lot. And, that's what concerns Brian Wieser of Madison & Wall. Before the 2026-2027 Upfronts began, his firm expected linear TV upfront volumes to decline by 4.4%. As the summer progressed, it appeared that the market was "somewhat weaker" than initially expected.