WKRN’s Leader Promoted To Key Nexstar Corporate Role
Since May 2017, she has served as VP/GM of WKRN-2 in Nashville, the ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group. Now, she's earned a significant promotion, and has been appointed Sr. VP/Regional Manager for the company's broadcasting division, starting September 5. This means this Music City USA leader will be moving to Nexstar's headquarters in Irving, Tex.
Once An NBC Home, KRON Poised To Gain The CW
Today, KRON-4 is a Nexstar Media Group property, thanks to its merger with Media General. With a decision by CBS News & Stations to end affiliation with The CW Network in multiple markets, that network — majority-controlled by Nexstar — is heading to KRON.
Revenue Up For SBS In Q2 As Expenses Cut Into Profit
Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS), the Hispanic multimedia company ready to refocus exclusively on its digital and audio assets, released its Q2 2023 financial results late Monday. How did SBS do? Net revenue climbed 1%, but a rise in expenses negated the ability to generate a profit.
False Statements To FCC Yield Hefty Proposed Fine
It's a unique Adult Standards operation that is licensed to use an FM translator covering the state capital of Washington. It is operated as a non-profit, and it could now be on the hook for a hefty fine. Why? It lied to the FCC about the status of a construction permit, fibbing its status for a good seven months.
EAS Test On Schedule For October 4
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission are reminding broadcast media stations across the U.S. that a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System will take place on the first Wednesday of October.
With Belendiuk As Legal Counsel, FOX Fight For WTXF Is On
A 41-page reply to the opposition of Fox Television Stations' application to renew the license of Philadelphia's "FOX 29" has been filed with the FCC. It comes even after statements of bipartisan support from politicians in the greater Philadelphia area, which were submitted earlier in the week by FOX. Leading the fight for Media and Democracy Project is a veteran communications attorney.
The InFOCUS Podcast: ‘Coffee With Wendy McMahon’
CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures President/CEO Wendy McMahon on Wednesday participated in an TVB Next Women: Coffee talk with Abby Auerbach, and this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, offers excerpts from their lively and engaging conversation. LISTEN HERE
Global Advertising To Crack $1 Trillion Mark In 2024
That's the breathtaking analysis of data from 100 markets across the globe from WARC, which has released a new global advertising spend outlook for 2023 and 2024 with a poignant subhead: Withstanding Turbulence.
Who’s Buying OTT … and What Else In 2023?
That's a question Borrell Associates asked local ad buyers in its Spring 2023 survey, of which the results are now being shared on a weekly basis by the group led by Gordon Borrell. What's the answer, based on replies from some 334 respondents? Broadcast Radio ranks high.
WTXF License Renewal No Longer a ‘Restricted’ Proceeding
In what Preston Padden, the former broadcast television network executive turned public policy advocate, is cheering as a win, the FCC on Wednesday granted a request from a non-partisan all-volunteer grassroots community formed in 2020 to deny the license renewal of a FOX Television Stations-owned property in Philadelphia on the grounds that it aired content produced by FOX News during the 2020 U.S. presidential election cycle it deems false.
OpenAI Now Wants ChatGPT Suit Tried in Federal Court
The defendant in a lawsuit filed June 5 in a Georgia Superior Court by the host of a Salem Radio Network Sunday night syndicated talk show and podcast focused on Second Amendment rights has told the court it wants the case to proceed in that venue. Now, it is up to the federal judge to decide if OpenAI LLC's battle against Mark Walters should not be returned to a lower court for consideration.
DirecTV Offers FCC Fresh Thoughts On Nexstar Complaint
DirecTV on June 29 filed an informal complaint with the Commission alleging that Nexstar Media Group — the nation's biggest TV station ownership group — had violated various Commission rules by exercising de facto control over two independently owned licensees it has shared services agreements with. On Tuesday, Nilsson updated the FCC on the matter.
Founding Fox Head Kellner Joins WTXF License Nix Wishers
The founding President of the FOX Broadcasting Company has joined a coalition of former TV executives in seeking a hearing designation order for the Philadelphia property — on the grounds that its 2020 U.S. presidential election coverage from FOX News warrants the loss of the station's license.
George H.W. Bush-Era FCC Head Joins Chorus Against WTXF License Renewal
First, it was the so-called "Media and Democracy Project" and ex-FOX executive Preston Padden. They gained support from former PBS President Ervin S. Duggan and former Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol. Now, a former FCC Chairman has joined them, arguing the Commission should strip FOX Television Stations of its ability to keep a license for WTXF-29.
Deja Vu For Ed Stolz: Second Seized Station Auction Affirmed
The ongoing saga pertaining to three FM radio stations formerly held by Ed Stolz-led Royce International Broadcasting has entered its latest chapter, and it sees the second court-appointed trustee for the facilities getting the green light from a Nevada federal bankruptcy court judge to prepare for a station auction. This puts the wheels in motion on the eventual transfer of all of Stolz's stations to a new licensee.