Legacy

In April 2001, Carter Alan was settling in to his second year at WZLX-FM in Boston, hosting a midday radio show that attracted more listeners than any other daypart at the station that's today a key iHeartMedia asset. Now, listeners are saluting the air personality and programmer, as he's announced he's retiring.

The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) will soon see "dozens" of athletic events linked to universities in the collegiate conference get bonus distribution via a newly created free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel created by Atlanta-headquartered Gray Media.

When ENCO meets with NAB Show New York attendees on Wednesday and Thursday, it plans on emphasizing its "five pillars of technology innovation" — all while placing a spotlight on its captioning, translation, AI production tools, automation and virtual production for TV and radio broadcasters.

A station associated with News-Press & Gazette's Gulf-California Broadcast Company for decades is assessing the damage caused by a fire that prompted "News Channel 3" to abandon its early-morning newscast on Thursday just minutes before going live on the air. 

In May 2026, Connoisseur Media sold radio stations in Millbank and Watertown, S.D., to Riverfront Broadcasting. Then came another transaction involving the company founded and led by Jeff Warshaw and the Yankton, S.D.-based licensee led by Carolyn Becker. Deal details for that transactions are now public.

“Streaming has entered its maturity phase, and the line between broadcasters and platforms is blurring." That's a key conclusion offered by Frédéric Vaulpré, Sr. VP at French television industry market intelligence firm Glance, delivered to MIPCOM 2026 attendees on Monday morning during a keynote session at the European conference in Cannes, France.

The FCC has abided by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' order to submit to the nation's highest court by Noon on Saturday a plan of action regarding a challenge to its "Lowest Unit Rate" Public Notice that effectively extends the political advertising advertising benefit to political action committees.

Global ad spend is forecast to rise 11.9% to $1.34 trillion in 2026, according to WARC Media’s Global Ad Spend Forecast Q3 2026. That follows 10.0% growth in both 2024 and 2025. WARC cites corporate AI investment and major events including the Olympics, the FIFA World Cup, and the US mid-term elections as drivers. It names further escalation of global tensions as a downside risk.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Judge Loren AliKhan on Tuesday heard from attorneys representing both ABC and the FCC, as litigation continued as to whether civil rights violations are at the heart of the Commission's early license renewal proceeding for the eight ABC Owned Stations.

Forever Media, which has engaged in the sale of radio stations in Delaware, Ohio and the Keystone State in recent times, has agreed to part ways with two more properties. Both stations have FM signals serving the "Mon Valley" region due south of Pittsburgh. Who's the buyer in this deal brokered by Michael J. Bergner?

With its pending emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, creditors that include many foreign investment groups will hold majority control of Spanish Broadcasting System. That's unsettling to the Hispanic Marketing Council, which asked the FCC to carefully consider its concerns before saying yes to the court-approved deal.

The owner of 437 of a total 1,000 shares in the licensee of three radio stations and an FM translator in western North Carolina is moving forward with divesting her stake in the company, FCC records show.

In a lengthy statement, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said it is time "to restore balance to the broadcast airwaves" and bring back "a healthy counterbalance to the growing leverage of national programmers." He also took great lengths to demonstrate how the FCC has the authority to modify the cap.

The FCC on August 6 voted to repeal its 39% national TV ownership reach cap, replacing it with a granular, case-by-case review. The Report and Order detailing the decision was not released until Thursday, and was quietly posted on the Commission website along with statements from Chairman Carr, Olivia Trusty and Anna Gómez.

Third quarter layoff plans totaled 129,591, down 43% from the 226,242 layoff plans in Q2 2026, and down 36% from the 202,118 layoff plans announced in the same quarter of last year. That's the latest jobs look courtesy of Chicago-based Challenger Gray & Christmas.