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In a nearly 30-minute podcast interview conducted by the President of the conservative Media Research Center, the Chairman of the FCC made it clear that a broadcast radio or TV station's license could be at play if the Commission finds the over-the-air outlet provided content to viewers deemed to be not in the public interest.

The American Television Alliance is warning consumers that Nexstar stations in key cities where Verizon FiOs has a footprint could be blocked from its customers soon. Why? The ATVA has its opinion, lashing out once again on a broadcast TV company seeking its fair compensation for some of cable TV's most-consumed channels. 

The Hispanic media company founded and led by Raúl Alarcón Jr. no longer has an outstanding debt to resolve with Royal Bank of Canada, a Material Change Report submitted to the SEC on Tuesday shows. 

At Forecast 2026 on November 12 at the Harvard Club in the City of New York, expert panelists will discuss broadcast media's power in a streaming-first world, along with the data strategies needed to compete with walled gardens and digital-first platforms. MediaRadar's Brett House will moderate the session.

A Nevada federal district court has issued a stipulation and order to stay litigation pending a settlement between the licensee of two Las Vegas-targeted Spanish-language radio stations and the tower industry giant that threatened to dismantle the stations' towers after a lease disagreement turned bitter.

The Media Rating Council on Friday received outside attention for its decision to revoke accreditation to "Big Tech" giant Meta while denying accreditation to fading social media darling Snap. What was largely overlooked was the MRC's concurrent decision to revoke accreditation for seven Nielsen Audio markets.

It was once Oldies as "XTRA 104" and after that was "Z104" in an era of the Spice Girls and TLC. Now, WPRS-FM has entered a new era by adopting a Tropical presentation, with reggaetón and bachata beats debuting Thursday.

A trio of New Orleans-based federal appeals judges has affirmed a National Labor Relations Board bargaining order, solidifying its claim that the nation's largest single licensee of broadcast television stations did not engage in fair negotiations with a union organization representing employees at its Denver properties.

Just days after introducing an eye-opening end to broadcast license terms for radio stations, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission released a notice with a comment window that will help it work "on concrete ways to identify, prevent and eliminate barriers to accessibility."

Journalist Gigi Stone Woods is moderating a Forecast 2026 panel discussion featuring MediaCo Chief Revenue Officer Brian Fisher and Audacy Chief Programming Officer Jeff Sottolano. Together, they'll reveal how legacy broadcasters are forging new weapons designed to storm the gates of the digital age.

Some 46% of respondents who participated in a Pew Research Center study in which they were asked how the news they get makes them feel believed they are informed either "extremely often" or "often." That's one key takeaway from newly analyzed data shared by Pew on Wednesday.

A market and survey research firm based in suburban Philadelphia has acquired one of the broadcast media's most recognized quantitative and qualitative research firms — an entity long-associated with Larry Rosin. What does this mean for Edison Research?

Meta's ubiquitous Instagram social media platform is revamping its Teen Accounts as part of a wholesale effort to protect those under the age of 13 from consuming content deemed unsuitable for tweens and younger children. To do so, it is taking a cue from the Motion Picture Association of America.

GatesAir — a renowned company in the broadcast industry with a history of powering over-the-air networks worldwide for the past 100 years — has landed in the hands of a new owner. It ends three years of operating as a Thomson Broadcast subsidiary.

Canadian radio stations may no longer need to submit a license renewal application, thanks to a "modernization of radio processes" memorandum released Friday by the CRTC. The Commission also moved forward with a one-year trial allowing the long-desired simulcast of an AM station on the FM band in the same market.