the HOT List

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.

British citizen Matthew Davidge's politically focused TV venture devoted to “bite-sized videos and informational text” to the “purple majority” has made its debut in no less than 20 new markets — a rollout timed to coincide with the opening on Monday of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Phil Donahue, who pioneered the issues-driven, audience-fueled television talk show format in Dayton, Ohio, later taking his program to WGN-9 in Chicago and, ultimately, New York, has died at the age of 88 following a lengthy illness, TMZ reports.

Some two-thirds of TV content viewers are using free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) platforms in a typical month, a new Horowitz Research report on the state of media, entertainment and technology that focuses on viewing habits finds. Four FAST networks stand out in the study.

In an Opinion and Order released on Friday, federal district judge Margaret Garnett ordered the joint venture participants behind the forthcoming Venu Sports be prohibited from launching the forthcoming OTT platform pending the court's final ruling. It's a win for "sports first" vMVPD Fubo.

The Appellate Division of New York's Supreme Court has affirmed a July 2023 ruling that requires the nation's largest owner of broadcast television stations to repay direct broadcast satellite TV services provider DirecTV for fees associated with what is today an unaffiliated TV station branded as “DC News Now.”

The Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, Ted Cruz, has shared the news that all five Commissioners will decide whether or not Audacy Inc.'s reorganization plan passes muster with regulatory policy. A Houston federal bankruptcy court approved in February.

The world's biggest Spanish-language content creation and distribution company has reached a new multi-year partnership with Major League Baseball. And, fans will not have to wait until the 2025 season to tune to coverage en español on both sides of the Rio Grande.

A Fargo-based media company that owns WDAY-AM, WDAY-6 and The Forum newspaper serving this South Dakota city has agreed to purchase an NBC affiliate and two low-power television station siblings in Rapid City, S.D. It's a transaction that sees Kalil & Co. serve as the broker.