Radio & Television Business Report

Broadcast media’s most prestigious leadership conference, Forecast 2025, is pleased to announce this year's conference chairs. Fox Television Stations CEO Jack Abernethy will serve as Television Chair. ABC Audio Vice President Liz Alesse is the event's Radio Chair.

In an uncommon move, Nate Simington has issued a statement on "the media marketplace" that directly shows his cards on where he stands on the bitter dispute between station owner and MVPD. In short, he wants rule reform and an end to such disputes by balancing the scales.

Former President Donald Trump has suggested ABC be stripped of its broadcast licenses for how its news team decided to handle Tuesday night's debate between him and Vice President Kamala Harris. The Chairwoman of the FCC offered a blunt response, negating any chance of that happening.

Football’s dominance as America’s favorite sport is highlighted by National Football League (NFL) and NCAA College Football games being televised on broadcast and cable, as well as on streaming services. But, when it comes to how fans watch game-day coverage and the play-by-play, traditional channels win, a new TVB study finds.

On Saturday, the Davis Fire erupted to the south of Reno, Nevada. As of Wednesday, it remained an extreme threat. Evacuation warnings were expanded this morning. Now, the fire has squelched over-the-air broadcasts for both the CBS and NBC affiliates serving the market. At least one radio station is on generator power.

Details of New York Public Radio's second round of layoffs in a year due to ongoing budget challenges have been revealed. The significant cuts will affect several of its platforms, including WNYC Radio, WNYC Studios, and Classical WQXR.

To resolve an unauthorized transfer of control involving two licensees tied to a Norfolk-headquartered radio station owner led by Gene Loving, a Consent Decree has been signed that sees Max Media write out a check to the U.S. Treasury.

In the words of BMI, "Despite years of negotiations, SiriusXM is attempting to lower its payments to BMI songwriters, composers and publishers, ignoring BMI’s preeminent market share, changes in the marketplace, SiriusXM’s product evolution towards a digital service, and the company’s strong revenue growth."

Ahead of its official October 2 centennial, Audacy is celebrating a century of service at WCCO-AM 830. To learn more about the continued importance of the AM radio station and the role it plays, RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson welcomes WCCO Brand Manager and Program Director Brad Lane to the InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

As the 118th Congress enters its final months, the National Religious Broadcasters group is joining those in the industry urgently rallying for a Congressional mandate that keeps access to AM radio broadcasts in all new vehicles.

The Board of Directors for the only publicly traded pure-play radio broadcasting company in the U.S. has declared a cash dividend for the current quarter. It will be paid on October 18 to shareholders of record on September 25.

Publicly traded Atlanta-headquartered Gray Television has landed a multi-year production and distribution agreement with "The Valley," formally known as the Missouri Valley Conference. It immediately takes effect, with coverage starting with the current 2024-2025 academic year.

Comcast's TV ad industry tech platform FreeWheel has moved forward with the integration of Samba TV's standard and custom audience segments into the FreeWheel Audience Manager platform. The product offering is designed to give publishers faster cross-screen audience activation on behalf of advertising clients.

Rogers Sports & Media will represent all ad sales across Canada for Wondery’s portfolio of on-demand content, including shows such as Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Business Wars, New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce, 48 Hours, Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris, How I Built This hosted by Guy Raz, and Scamfluencers.

The best speakers know how to use hand gestures to make their words more persuasive and memorable. Public speaking coach and veteran Public Relations executive Rosemary Ravinal offers five examples that demonstrate the science to back up this perspective.

Given the growth of AI-generated news opportunities for broadcast media, it was only a matter of time before concerns regarding bias in the reports emerged. Now, a University of Florida research team has investigated whether AI-generated news is any more, or less, biased than human reports.