Radio & Television Business Report

Until Wednesday, it was understood that there was no future for NJ PBS, a unit of The WNET Group focused on New Jersey. Now, thanks to an institute of higher learning in the Garden State, a cessation of operations due to funding woes won't be in the cards.

Earlier this week, House Judiciary Committee head Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell asking him to offer testimony at a June 10 hearing which seeks to examine the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 and its effect on the modern broadcast market for major sports leagues. Goodell declined.

On May 12, the LPTV Broadcasters Association sent an open letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr asking the Commission to formally recognize the 3GPP 5G Broadcast standard as a voluntary transmission option under Part 74 for Low Power Television stations. The ATBA has spoken, and it doesn't agree with the proposal.

Griffin Media and DirecTV have successfully reached a new carriage deal that restored the company’s Tulsa and Oklahoma City stations to the direct broadcast satellite TV service’s local lineups across Oklahoma.

Until this week, few outside of the Deep South were likely familiar with Rep. Barry Moore. That rapidly changed late last week, as word of legislation he's proposing that would require the FCC to warn TV viewers of "transgender, non-binary, gender transition or abnormal gender expression themes" gained national attention.

Nearly four hours. That's how much time the average American spent with audio every day in Q1 2026, new data from Nielsen Audio show.  It's an achievement that comes as Americans have access to an ever-expanding menu of listening options.

LG Radio+, an LG Electronics offering, and it is teaming up with iHeartMedia in a plan that brings the company's more than 850 live iHeartRadio stations, digital-only stations and roster of podcasts to the LG Radio+ app.

In August 2015, Bob Haschke and Robert "Boots" Elliot agreed to a $1.1 million transaction that gave their VilleCom LLC eventual ownership of two AMs and two FMs serving a Texas city southwest of Fort Worth.  Now, they've successfully closed on the sale of these stations in a deal brokered by Eddie Esserman.

FOX News Media’s free ad-supported streaming television weather service is readying for its Wednesday debut across the nation's lone subscription-based satellite radio service. Since launching in 2021 as a FAST channel, FOX Weather has added numerous distribution partners.

When the clock struck Midnight on Saturday, May 23, Red Apple Audio Networks officially launched its Worldwide News Network, under the direction of newly hired VP of News Lee Harris. Getting the new audio offering up and running very much involved a platform developed by Radio.Cloud.

The NAB is pushing back on a proposed 46% fee hike from the FCC and calling on the Commission to make Big Tech pay its share, with the filing landing the same week several small radio station classes crossed the de minimis exemption threshold for the first time.

A selection of video podcasts within the SiriusXM network are heading to the free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel service that is owned by Fox Corporation and is rapidly attracting households of viewers.

It operates under the local "KXLY Brands" banner in the State of Washington's second-largest market, led by the ABC affiliate serving Spokane and a group of seven radio brands. Now, thanks to a shared services agreement, Morgan Murphy Media will be adding the market's FOX affiliate to its array of offerings to consumers and advertisers.

Nielsen has agreed to collaborate with Mediaocean by providing reporting on advanced audience segments for data-driven linear (DDL) national TV campaigns. The result is the expansion of an integration of Nielsen's Big Data + Panel audience measurement product directly within Mediaocean’s Prisma platform.

In a must-read Media Information Bureau column, public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal notes how we live in an age when communication tools are everywhere. Yet despite all these ways to connect, we're speaking to each other less using our voices in real time. Here are some tips to remedy this conundrum.

Omnichannel outcomes platform Teads has reached an integration agreement with Havas Media Network that places its Audience Planning API technology into Havas’ Converged.AI platform. This, say the companies, allows planners to activate audiences directly from Havas’ planning environment.