Friday, June 19, 2026

SBG / Sinclair Broadcast Group

Sinclair’s Private Debt Offering Rates Strong With Moody’s

A private offering of $350 million in senior Sinclair Television Group debt got the thumb’s up from Moody’s Investor Service.

MEDIA MOVES: Shari Berg, Daniel McDonald

SVP/News Ops at Fox TV stations now COO; McDonald takes key research role at NAB.

Liberty Media Sets Private Debt Offering

The Sirius XM owner and minority investor in both Viacom and Time Warner expects to close August 17 on a private debt offering.

How To Avoid Photo Copyright Fights?

Womble Carlyle attorney John Garziglia believes the prevention of publishing copyrighted photographs on a station’s website comes

Duhamel Gets An FM Signal For KOTA

An AM News/Talker in South Dakota has acquired a low-power FM facility presented located 300 miles to the southwest, in Cheyenne, Wyo.

Transmitter & Programming Considerations For HD Radio

Seattle radio industry veteran Marty Hadfield in 2008 shared ideas about what stations could put on an HD3 signal. His advice remains

RCN, Grande Head To The Altar With $2.25 Billion Deal

TPG Capital is buying RCN Telecom Services for $1.6 billion and Texas player Grande Communications for $650 million. The two telcos
Pile of Money

U.S. Cable Industry: Healthy Outlook Through 2026

The future’s bright for cable television operators across the nation, a new SNL Kagan intelligence report shows.

Controversial Voltair Processor Gets Update

The tool used to boost a radio station’s PPM detectability makes its first major update since 2015.
BTIG

BTIG: Cord-Cutting Is Growing For Top MSOs

BTIG Research data show the top 8 cable companies losing far more subscribers between July 2015 and June 2016 than during

‘Life Cycle Events’ Driving Media Broker Biz

It’s been a slow year for brokerage Media Services. Its director tells RBR + TVBR  how this can change.
Donald Trump

Trump Is Trumped By All On TV Ad Spending

GOP White House hopeful Donald Trump has spent exactly zero dollars on TV advertising, according to eMarketer.
FOX News

Fox News Names Abernethy, Shine As Co-Presidents

The news operaton selected two insiders to assume the role previously held by disgraced former Chairman/CEO Roger Ailes.

All In The Family: Hoosier Duo Goes To New Angotti Entity

Artistic Media Partners has agreed to sell two FMs to a new company led by its day-to-day leader, Arthur Angotti III.

Blue Sky Gets Clear Path For Okla. FMs

Blue Sky Media, a newly formed media company based in Alva, Okla., is on its way to building a cluster of AMs and FMs thanks to two concurrent deals.