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As Television Co-Chair of Forecast 2027, scheduled for November 12 at the Harvard Club of the City of New York, Gray Media COO Sandy Breland brings a broad background in television that will help define and shape this year’s conference agenda in areas of major importance, especially today.

The dominant CBS affiliate serving the Miami Valley has a new leader, and it is an individual who is adding oversight of the station while keeping his duties as VP/General Manager of Cox Media Group's NBC affiliate serving Pittsburgh. Where's Darren Moore? Look up the road from Walt Disney World.

From the strength of street knowledge to wide-ranging experience across the broadcast media industry, Nexstar Media Group President of Networks Sean Compton has emerged as an influential sage tasked with future-proofing an industry leader at the dawn of a media ecosystem evolution.

A company fueled by digital multicast networks has reached an agreement with an iconic entertainment and action figure company relocating to Boston this year that will see the debut of a new broadcast channel that brings characters such as "G.I. Joe" and the "Power Rangers" to a whole new generation of audiences.

In a four-page order released early Friday morning, Sacramento-based Chief District Judge Troy L. Nunley has modified and extended a Temporary Restraining Order preventing Nexstar Media Group from integrating all of the assets acquired in its merger with TEGNA for seven days.

"The company’s recently announced financial restructuring marks an important step toward meaningfully reducing the debt burden that has constrained the business." That's what Cumulus Media President/CEO Mary Berner has to say about the fiscally challenged radio station owner's fiscal health as Q2 revs up.

It was first noticed by RBR+TVBR on Wednesday, with the release of Q4 2025 results by Beasley Media Group. For some reason, the company's stock was on the rise. That reason was wholly linked to a "meme stock" campaign alerting followers to buy "BBGI" on the Nasdaq exchange. That effort continued on Thursday.

Spanish Broadcasting System — the company founded in 1983 by Raúl Alarcón Jr. — has moved forward with a restructuring support agreement that sees it intend "to commence voluntary Chapter 11 cases" under U.S. bankruptcy code in a Delaware court.

Nexstar Media Group, with founder Perry Sook present, reluctantly moved forward with agreeing to a preliminary injunction that will keep TEGNA Inc.'s assets separate. A decision to move forward with the injunction now awaits in a Sacramento federal district court.

Scripps Sports can celebrate winning a fifth pro hockey team, thanks to a "landmark" multi-year rights deal with the on-ice home of Filip Forsberg. The agreement begins with the 2026-2027 season, thus avoiding any late-season "blackouts" as Scripps' two Nashville broadcast TV stations aren't available on Xfinity systems.

How are sales and marketing leaders adopting artificial intelligence to drive alignment, efficiency, and growth? Where are there still significant gaps? A just-released report from RevOps firm LeadG2 seeks to provide answers based on data from 154 cross-industry revenue leaders.

A 15-page petition, from no less than twelve attorneys representing DirecTV, comes as TEGNA stations spent the last several days restoring their familiar logo to newscasts and websites, as TEGNA Inc. is effectively a subsidiary of Nexstar until the courts decide what's next.

It withstood the 1987 stock market crash just months after its March debut that year. In 1996 it became a sibling to Boston's main Classical radio station. Now, "Something Finer" is poised to yield way to the Good Book, if you will — the nation's largest Christian Contemporary Music network is coming.

On March 27, Members of Congress wrote to the FCC seeking a firm transition deadline for full-power broadcasters to complete their transition to ATSC 3.0, which powers NEXTGEN TV signals. The association founded by "SuperFrank" Copsidas has responded, and makes it clear that low-power stations should be exempted.

Car dealerships, grocery stores, and big retailers were once the underpinnings of local advertising. But that's changed, leaving media companies and ad agencies scrambling to find new clients. What has changed and what business will be fueling the growth through 2029 was the focus on a webinar conducted Friday by Borrell Associates