Radio & Television Business Report

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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.

Josh D'Amaro is the individual who will succeed Bob Iger ... Disney shareholders and board members hope, as the naming of Bob Chapek as Iger's heir didn't work out so well. D'Amaro on Tuesday received a congratulatory letter — and open thoughts on the company — from MoffettNathanson Senior Analyst Robert Fishman.

Eight months after Sinclair Inc. informed an LMA partner that it has decided to execute a purchase option forged in November 2012, the FCC has given its stamp of approval. The Commission also said yes to the sale of stations to Sinclair from a cozy shared services partner, thwarting a DirecTV block attempt.

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.

It's now owned by Stingray, the company providing all-music channels to MVPDs such as Hotwire Communications while operating such highly regarded radio properties as "Boom 97.3" in Toronto. And, Stingray is wasting no time reaching fresh OEM deals for its TuneIn brand with one major automotive company.

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.

A partnership has been forged between a tech company "building the context graph for marketing decisions" and the privately held parent of a unit comprised of 35 broadcast television stations under the leadership of Michael J. Hayes. Why? To explain the favorable ad spaces across Hearst's digital platforms.

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.

Are your radio or TV stations serving a unique audience of first-generation Americans or newly arrived immigrants? Here's a sobering statistic that could explain why advertising challenges and revenue growth were so severe for many multicultural media operations in 2025.

Here's the biggest takeaway from a newly released report from Hub Entertainment Research that you may want to read after dinner this evening: Rising social and creator video consumption is reducing time spent with television.