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How did the company that started 30 years ago with a single station in Wilkes Barre-Scranton perform in the final three months of 2025? It beat Wall Street forecasts on revenue but swung to a net loss, as adjusted EBITDA and adjusted Free Cash Flow fell sharply.

"Marketplace Developments" are also a key component of a new Media Bureau docket that suggests exclusivity agreements with non-FCC regulated subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services could harm consumers. A comment window commences March 27, and could be of benefit to NAB members.

Investors in The E.W. Scripps Co. may be pleased with the expense discipline and reduced restructuring costs seen in the final three months of last year. This helped Scripps achieve Q4 '25 revenue that sailed past the consensus estimate. Unfortunately, that couldn't stop the company from registering a net loss. 

For the head of Sinclair Inc., the final three months surpassed the company's expectations, with total revenue coming in higher than it originally anticipated.  That's important to note, as the broadcast TV station owner's comps to a political dollar-fueled Q4 2024 make deciphering the fourth quarter 2025 a bit tricky.

A pair of Urban One FM stations have become the target of a veteran singer and songwriter, on the grounds that an on-air personality, Urban One's local management and the publicly traded company's executive leadership are all responsible for the airing of defamatory statements.

Radio + Television Business Report's Winter 2026 magazine is a digital PDF in flipbook format, making it easy to read on the web browser and device of your choice. You can download it for on-demand reading, too, as this 32-page publication is full of stories you'll want to go back to and share with your team.

Even as WROV-FM is iHeartMedia's top-rated station in Roanoke-Lynchburg, the company filed a minor change application with the FCC proposing a city of license change. The Media Bureau's response? Amend your application, and then we'll consider the ask.

It is a broadcast TV station aligned with MyNetworkTV that was sold by Cox Media Group to Imagicomm Communications in August 2022 and, subsequently, to Todd Parkin-led Rincon Broadcasting Group in July 2025. Now, less than one year later, Parkin is selling this Tulsa TV property.

The Howard Stirk Holdings-owned NBC affiliate serving Flint, Mich.; a property serving Traverse City, Mich., owned by Cunningham Broadcasting; and the Deerfield Media-owned ABC affiliate serving Rochester, N.Y., are each on track to become Sinclair-owned properties, thanks to a fresh FCC decision.

As part of federal Salute to America 250 efforts, the Chairman of the FCC has moved forward with the creation of the "Pledge America Campaign." The goal? Brendan Carr asks broadcasters to pledge to provide programming that promotes "civic education, national pride, and our shared history."

The NAB’s former EVP of Technology and Chief Technology Officer now focuses exclusively on an-ATSC 3.0-fueled alternative to GPS. In the Winter 2026 RBR+TVBR magazine, out now, Sam Matheny shares why making the Broadcast Positioning System a reality is a priority.

The association filed reply comments in the FCC's proceeding on the advancement of the new broadcast television standard known as ATSC 3.0, urging the Commission to waste no time in getting more licensees on board. The ultimate goal? Saying goodbye to the current digital TV standard, which isn't so easy.

The lone Democratic vote-maker on the Federal Communications Commission has made it clear that the Nexstar Media Group merger with TEGNA deserves a full Commission vote — and that this, as is being rumored, will not transpire.

When it comes to the FCC's "equal time" advisory, is Television getting more scrutiny than Radio? That's a question posed to Chairman Brendan Carr by a reporter during a post-February Open Meeting Press Conference on Wednesday morning, during which he assailed Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico.

RBR+TVBR Editor-In-Chief Adam R Jacobson attended last week's all-important Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the national TV ownership reach cap. He offers a report that features highlights from the hearing, and offers an VIP behind-the-scenes look at what's happening at NAB Headquarters.