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It's a controversial matter, and as such there are presently three petitions for review of a FCC vote pending in a federal appeals court that seeks to put a stop to the restatement of data collection from broadcast licensees using Form 395-B. Privacy issues are the key concern for those seeking to stop the Commission.

Thanks to a series of filings made on Thursday, the FCC is now in position to approve the transfer of control of National Amusements, Inc. to Skydance Media — the Southern California-based entity that intends to merge with Paramount Global and assume control of the owner of CBS News & Stations.

Spanish Broadcasting System has submitted its second quarter financial results to the SEC. In doing so, the owner of broadcast radio stations, the La Música digital platform and the for-sale Mega TV broadcast television network saw net revenue gains while shrinking its net loss from one year ago.

An Illinois federal district court judge has declared that the radio broadcasting company headed by Chairman Melody Spann Cooper cannot be held in violation of the Rehabilitation Act for its decision to part ways with a host who claims his dismissal came after he revealed his cancer diagnosis to management.

Come September 1, a "blackout" — by law — of all Disney-owned properties including ESPN and ABC stations could be seen for all DirecTV customers. That's when a five-year agreement ends, and there's a flurry of media reports suggesting the two sides are very far apart on a new deal.

Are Local Advertising Sales in Sudden Freefall? That's a question that served as the basis of a 45-minute webinar presented on Wednesday morning by Borrell Associates, with some 625+ registrants eager to learn where the dollars are trending.

The General Manager for the Nexstar Media Group-owned station serving Albuquerque as a dual CBS/FOX affiliate has passed away, the station announced late Monday.

The Anaheim Ducks NHL franchise has partnered with the parent of the Victory+ OTT platform created for the Dallas Stars and with a Fox Television Stations-owned broadcast property in Southern California — a move that sees 65 of the team's games head to free-to-air TV.

A quartet of FM radio stations are moving forward with filings seeking the FCC's approval for the use of GeoBroadcast Solutions' "ZoneCasting" technology as part of plan to make their stations "hyper-local" — and potentially more lucrative in an addressable advertising world.

A just-released report from WARC offers a comprehensive portrait of the global advertising trade. But what specifics does it share when it comes to the U.S.? For one, domestic political ad spend is forecast to reach $15.8 billion in 2024 — of which $3.6 billion will be spent across social platforms.

Three stations operated by Gray Television, an Allen Media Group property in Indiana and a Heartland Media-owned station serving an Upstate New York market will soon be losing The CW affiliation in a matter of weeks.

The former "97X" in Cincinnati passed through several owners before landing with Roland Medrano's Lazo Media in a deal announced in November 2018. Now, nearly six years later, Medrano is selling the station to none other than one of the most iconic radio industry figures of the modern era.

The owner and operator of venerable New York radio stations WBLS and "Hot 97" and the Estrella Media network has received an "expected deficiency notification letter" from the Nasdaq stock market. But, it is not because the company's stock price is under the all-important $1 threshold.

The "most dominant performance by a single viewing category" isn't a new Emmy award, but it may as well be an Olympic qualifying event, as the Olympic Games Paris 2024 attracted viewers from across the U.S. Here's the thing, though. It is streaming that made what Nielsen calls "TV history" for a second straight month.

Many across the broadcast media industry are pausing to pay tribute to Jim Farley, who died of a heart attack while undergoing surgery for an aneurysm. He was 75, WTOP shared following a newsroom announcement made Tuesday morning.