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U.S. financial markets enjoyed a strong Thursday session on Wall Street, as two media companies continued to see another day full of growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average improved 69.17, to 20,728.49. The Nasdaq Composite was up 16.80, to 5,914.34.

Roughly 12 months after it began, the FCC's first-ever broadcast incentive auction is over. Bidding in the assignment phase of the forward auction concluded on Wednesday, and this marks the end of the auction's final phase.

"While we need to look at raising the overall ownership caps within a market, there is little reason to maintain the subcaps." Those words were among the biggest delivered Tuesday afternoon by Republican FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly, who opened the Hispanic Radio Conference with a declaration that the ownership of eight FMs in a market is something he's willing to allow.

Public relations and marketing agency Ketchum has expanded its audience insights offering with a body of shoppers that it has identified and named GenZennial. What is a "GenZennial"? Perhaps the better question is, "What does this mean for a media property that relies on this segment of consumers for ratings and revenue?"

To the surprise of no one in the radio industry, Hubbard Radio's all-News WTOP-FM 103.5 in Washington, D.C. is the No. 1-billing radio station in 2016, according to just-released data from BIA/Kelsey. But, what did the nation's top 10 billing radio stations look like last year? Click here for the answer.

If it wasn't for digital advertising revenue, the radio industry would be flat as a pancake. That's the key headline from BIA/Kelsey's 2017 Investing In Radio report, released March 28. Online radio dollars are set to bring the industry another 0.9% in total local ad dollars in 2017, putting radio's total share of the total local advertising pie at 10.5%.

Gray Television would like some more, please. The owner and operator of 100 television stations across 54 markets on Monday announced that it is proposing—subject to market and other conditions—to add on millions of dollars to its existing term loan under its current senior facility.

In a message appearing on its TV station websites Sunday morning (3/26), Raycom Media has reached an agreement that ends its retransmission fee impasse...

If rumors are true, the Chicago radio market as defined by Nielsen Audio is about to say goodbye to a county in Wisconsin and hello to a county in Indiana.

Can't find anything to watch on DirecTV? Before turning it off, there may be something you wouldn't mind listening to, and iHeartRadio is now there to fulfill that need.

A big majority of U.S. voters are against the elimination of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as a result of defunding proposed in the Federal budget submitted to Congress by President Trump. That's according to a just-released Quinnipiac University Poll released Friday.

The FCC on Thursday unanimously approved a Report and Order that would authorize channel sharing outside the context of the incentive auction. However, Democratic Commissioner Mignon Clyburn dissented in part, as she believes an issue regarding "must carry" status has been tossed.

Gray revealed their 2016 executive compensation, and will allow stock owners to voice their non-binding opinion on 2017 salaries at the broadcast TV company's annual shareholders meeting in May. Also up for a vote is the continuance on the company's board of directors of a leading female radio executive.

Total TV use as Brian Wieser defines it was down. But, it was far more pronounced among adults 18-49 than among all households. There's a clear reason why this is happening, based on his analysis.

This new pact encompasses all of FOX Television Stations' 28 stations across 17 DMAs. Most importantly, the new deal includes FOX's Charlotte O&Os.