Saturday, May 9, 2026

Broadcast Stocks Retreat on Monday

According to the Wall Street headline-writing herd, the markets were down slightly as they awaited incoming information on a light financial news day. That...
Tom Wheeler

Wheeler Ready to Move on AM Revitalization

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler praised AM radio as America’s still very useful local broadcast medium

FCC Willing to Bend the Channel-Changing Rules

We have another station that would like to clear out of a high-end UHF channel location
Charter Communications

Charter Issues Note Offering

Cable company Charter Communications, which – if all pending deals close this year

Mason Out, Fernandez In at CBS Radio

Highly respected radio executive Dan Mason has decided its time to hang up his spikes
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Family Radio Spins a Sacto AM

Religious noncom Family Radio will not be abandoning the market

Rating roundup from Providence to Hartford

Providence RI and Hartford aren’t all that far from each other in terms of miles

TV Inchworm Act Continues, Radio Reverses

On a day when the stock markets were happy places, radio stocks moved in an unhappy direction – and again, SBS was a driver...
Michael O'Rielly

O’Rielly on Open Meeting Tweaks

The FCC Open Meeting is the tip of the regulatory iceberg
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Power Move: Noncom Upgrading from LPFM

Calvary Christian Fellowship of Cumberland has a deal to buy a Frostburg MD FM station
FCC

FCC Dishes Up its April Agenda

This will largely be a snoozer for broadcasters, but there is one item
FTC / Federal Trade Commission

FTC Settles With Marketer over Brain Claims

According to Focus Education, it Jungle Ranger game would do all sorts of amazing things

Two Views on Why We Need ATSC 3.0

The electronic communications world changes faster than a chameleon in a jar of jelly beans

Ratings Road Trip from Utah to Indiana

This trip does not follow a straight line – it meanders from market to market according to its size as measured by Nielsen Audio....

Radio Stocks On a Roll, TV Remains Flat

Another big day for SBS against the backdrop of a generally positive market helped fuel gains on the RBR Radio Index – meanwhile, over...