Radio & Television Business Report

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has given the state's Attorney General, Rob Bonta, a boost in his quest to derail the pending merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery with the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order.

Dick Broadcasting Co. has agreed to sell the facility, once a simulcast partner of WQSL-FM, serving Jacksonville and Wilmington, N.C. The buyer? Look no further than Don Curtis, of Raleigh-based Curtis Media Group.

Are you getting bored with Netflix's viewing selections, despite its vast library of content? That's a chief concern of the streaming video Goliath as it looks ahead to forthcoming fiscal quarters, with keeping subscribers interested at all times the chief way it will continue to make a profit.

Skyview Networks Chairman and President/CEO Steve Jones on Wednesday announced in a company-wide meeting a series of structural adjustments that sees "a key driver of our revenue growth and portfolio expansion" take the role of Chief Operating Officer. Three others were singled out, too, as a former ESPN staffer is coming aboard.

On Tuesday, Inside the Beltway insiders spread the word that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr was teeing up an Order for consideration at the Commission's August Open Meeting addressing the nation's media ownership rules. We now know that it will not involve AM/FM radio station ownership rules as the Commission seeks to repeal the 39% national television multiple ownership rule.

He joined Saga Communications eight years ago as President/GM of its Charleston, S.C., media properties. Now, he will oversee and drive the company's digital revenue strategy in a corporate role. 

Marino first rose to fame as Music Director and Asst. Program Director of KGGI-FM in Riverside, Calif., in 1988 and over the last 25 years offered consulting services and content offerings to air personalities across the U.S. Now, the radio industry is taking a pause to remember Marino, who has lost a cancer battle at the age of 60.

A series of filings have been made to the FCC for its regulatory approval of Spanish Broadcasting System‘s plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection — a path that will solidify a reorganization giving shareholders a big say in what transpires next for the radio and television company founded in 1983 by Raúl Alarcón Jr.

“We had warned, inferred and other people had also reported already that the first quarter was a very tough quarter,” Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins III said as the company opened its Q1 2026 earnings call on May 14. Will the second quarter see Urban One turn the corner? We'll find out on the first Tuesday in August.

At Noon Pacific on Wednesday, July 22, a new era will begin for a venerable Classic Rock station serving the South Bay region of the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose DMA for a generation.  This will see Connoisseur Media shift the station from a 10kw Class B FM with two boosters to a pair of HD2 signals. 

An asset purchase agreement offering details of the sale of Audacy's radio stations in St. Louis was submitted to the FCC for regulatory approval. How much is Hoffman Media Group paying for the properties? The answer is now known, reflecting the current realities of an industry seeking further deregulation.

With blockbuster ratings heading into Sunday's Final, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises is riding high thanks to 2026 FIFA World Cup interest that included even the least linguistically fluent viewers. Now, that excitement over ¡Goooool! calls is set for an expansion into the Union of European Football Associations.

A low-power television station serving the popular outdoor enthusiast city of Bend, Ore., is being spun to an operator known for its radio, TV and digital offerings focused on Christian-themed programming.

As the second half of 2026 begins, it has become abundantly clear that the accident attorney specialty firm founded in Orlando in 1988 by John Morgan will finish the year as the biggest advertiser using Spot TV.  Morgan & Morgan is also making a run for the crown at Spot Radio.

Athletes don’t become great by doing just one exercise. So why should public speakers train by doing only one thing? Veteran communications and PR industry executive Rosemary Ravinal shares some unique ways a media industry C-Suite executive can excel at public speaking.

Americans’ engagement with others is not one-dimensional. That's the focal point of a just-released Pew Research Center study from the Pew-Knight Initiative that looks across a range of behaviors: political activity, civic involvement, religious attendance and attention to news.