Radio & Television Business Report

The ABC affiliate serving the Lexington, Ky., market is being sold by Morris Network Inc. Who's the buyer? It is the Cincinnati-headquartered broadcast media company whose flagship TV station is the home of ABC network programming in the Queen City, some 90 minutes to the north.

However one interprets the FCC's creation of the "Pledge America Campaign," the NAB has made sure it is considered to be a top resource when it comes to content via "a nationwide, year-long effort to celebrate the essential role local radio and television stations play in recording history and connecting communities. "

Despite overwhelming support in both the House and Senate, the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act is stuck in a quagmire. Automotive industry lobbying to block a vote on the "mandate" appears to be doing the trick. At risk is the loss of a local voice for consumers. That's just happened in the Gateway to the West.

The 10 winners of the 39th annual NAB Crystal Radio Awards have been announced at the 2026 NAB State Leadership Conference, being held at the Salamander in Southwest Washington. The honorees include a heritage Class B Rocker one can tune to here, even thought it is licensed to Baltimore.

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.

The streaming television operation of one of the nation's biggest purveyors of Christian and conservative secular spoken word content has gained a "Big Tech" distribution boost, expanding the reach of the fledgling network to "millions of viewers."

As Soros Fund Management seeks to have his lawsuit dismissed, Connoisseur Media CEO Jeff Warshaw is laying out new details about what he says was a deliberate effort by the fund to keep their alleged agreement to make him CEO of Audacy off the record.

FCC local ownership limits are about to get "modernized." That's the belief of a host of broadcast media licensees that have filed requests for rule waivers, and you can add one longtime Bayou State radio station owner to the mix of those seeking a rule-busting nod from the Media Bureau.

Travel west of Winston-Salem, N.C., and you'll reach the Yadkin Valley. Here, a Class A FM licensed to the small city of Elkin is changing hands. Pending FCC approval, that will see the entity linked to Donna Draughn and the late Gary York conclude its ownership of the station.

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.

The digital multicast TV network operation led by Co-Presidents Joel Wertman and Otto Padrón has moved forward with the renewal of a technology partnership with a Canadian operation known for its revenue management, traffic, and automation technology products for broadcast companies. 

Are they the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball? Perhaps they're bigger. The Savannah Bananas are a phenomenon born in the Coastal Empire of Georgia, and in 2025 saw their broadcast TV debut on The CW Network. This year, more games are heading to the Nexstar-controlled broadcast TV hub.

U.S.-based employers announced 48,307 job cuts in February, down 55% from the 108,435 job cuts in January. It is down 72% from the 172,017 cuts announced during the same month last year. Those are the key takeaways from the latest jobs report released by executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

In his new role, this Tenetic executive is tasked with oversight of the company’s research organization as well as its end-to-end production and operational process, spanning data infrastructure, automation, governance, and delivery.

For the past few years, TikTok faced a potential stateside ban due to concerns about its ties to the Chinese Communist Party. In January, the company agreed to put its U.S. operations in a new venture not linked to Beijing. In the wake of that deal, Pew shared what it knows about domestic TikTok use.