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As far as Brendan Carr is concerned, the October Open Meeting of the FCC is on, signaling his confidence that the shutdown of the U.S. government will be resolved within the next three weeks.  That may be good news to the roughly 1,000 FCC staff members who received temporary furlough notices last week.

Floyd Abrams is renown as one of nation’s foremost First Amendment attorneys. He will deliver the luncheon keynote address at Forecast 2026, broadcasting’s premier executive event, presented by Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink and Radio + Television Business Report.

Nexstar Media Group has completed construction of a new transmitter tower for WDVM-TV, branded as "DC News Now." The company believes investment in the new facility will enable the station to expand its delivery of local news, weather and emergency alerts to nearly 700,000 more households.

For Sinclair Inc., 2025 has proven to be a challenging year for growth on Wall Street, with its stock price down 18.2% year-to-date as of October 13. Could the third quarter earnings report spark an uptick in share value?

The nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a professor at University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business, has called on FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to add his name to America's "short but distinguished list of deregulatory heroes" by dismantling the Commission.

While TelevisaUnivision is being subject to a "blackout" in lieu of a fresh retransmission consent accord with Google's YouTube TV, the parent company of Telemundo and NBC has just inked a new long-term agreement keeping its cable and broadcast stations — plus broadcast network affiliates — on the virtual MVPD.

The fight over who gets to decide what Americans watch on broadcast television has escalated from regulatory theory to Congressional showdown, and three new national surveys reveal sharp divides in how Americans view media accountability, regulatory authority, and the role of government in content decisions.

As FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sees it, Nexstar and Sinclair pre-empting "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" because the groups each did not believe network programming supplied to them was fit for their viewers amounts to a "significant win" if the goal is to empower local TV stations to comply with their public interest obligations.

The voice of the nation's broadcast media Inside the Beltway on Wednesday issued a statement that, while designed as a voice of support for TelevisaUnivision in its carriage fee dispute with YouTube TV, also served as an opportunity to blast a key member of the "GAFAN" group.

Following a brief protest of Chairman Carr, the FCC on Tuesday advanced a NPRM that would start the Commission’s quadrennial regulatory review of its broadcast ownership rules and seek public comment on whether — given the current state of the media marketplace — it should retain, modify, or eliminate any of these rules.

A newly released study from the largest media company in the U.S. superserving Black consumers "has unconvered compelling evidence" that African American culture — and Blacks of Caribbean heritage — is not only shaping mainstream U.S. culture but is "defining it."

With a highly volatile political climate putting broadcast television networks under a microscope operated by the FCC and under the influence of the White House, should The Walt Disney Company dismantle ABC and shift all of its valued programming to digital platforms? That's precisely the recommendation of two Needham & Company analysts.

RBR+TVBR is closing its detailed coverage of Forecast's panels. Why? To restore the environment that made this event legendary. No extensive headlines. No detailed reporting of specific statements. Just broadcast media's most influential voices sharing what they really think about the challenges and opportunities ahead.

A Democrat who holds a key position within the House E&C Committee teamed up with the American Civil Liberties Union on Friday to give proposed legislation that would prohibit the FCC from revoking broadcast licenses or taking action against broadcasters based on the viewpoints they broadcast a fresh push.

The largest single owner of broadcast TV stations in the United States agreed to resume broadcasts of “Jimmy Kimmel live!” The news came after the Closing Bell on Wall Street last Friday, putting a conclusion to any broadcast boycott of the ABC late-night program among the network's affiliates.