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What's next for broadcast media ... especially as several radio companies fell short with their political revenue expectations? A Forecast 2027 session kicking off the November 12 affair at the Harvard Club of the City of New York is designed to provide all of the insights necessary to steer clear of the icebergs. 

While the whole of South Florida is today a ribbon of flags and voices representing all of Latin America, Cuban Americans remain a vital part of the political and economic engine that is El Gran Miami. That could explain why an individual who has spoken out against loosening the 39% national broadcast TV ownership reach cap has decided to acquire two of the most historically important radio stations to Cubans outside of Cuba.

It's a deal brokered by Kalil & Co., and it will see two of the Cuban American communities' most-storied AM radio stations come under the ownership of the Boca Raton, Fla.-based organization best known for "The Rob Carson Show" and for is eponymous conservative-leaning cable TV news network.

He's been honored as a one of Broadcast's Best Finance Leaders on three occasions by RBR+TVBR and has spent nearly a decade at the company, with duties that include ABC Owned Television Stations. As October came to a close, this Disney Entertainment Television finance pro was promoted to CFO.

Ismael Faro, former VP of Quantum and AI at IBM, has partnered with a visual effects artist and engineer who has worked at Industrial Light & Magic and Apple, and a builder of cloud and high-performance computing infrastructure at HPE and Fujitsu to bring to market an AI-fueled ad creation platform.

Some FM stations that lose a tower can’t move to another one because the FCC’s spacing rules say no. A petition now open for comment would let them, as long as the move causes no added interference and Urban One’s chief executive is among its backers.

Nasdaq-traded Comcast spinoff Versant on Wednesday brought to life a quartet of free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels tied to "past franchises" from CNBC, Oxygen and E!. This grows Versant's FAST portfolio to 13, and brings the offerings to Amazon Prime Video and, as of November 3, The Roku Channel.

At question is the issue of governance of SBS, and it is one that may be unclear in the filings presented to the Commission by SBS through its legal counsel at Lerman Senter on behalf of company Legal Counsel and Chief Operating Officer Richard Lara.

A big reduction-in-force, another in a series of transformative moves by The E.W. Scripps Co.. has taken place at the publicly traded company. The latest effort under the direction of CEO Adam Symson was shared in an internal memo sent to employees on Tuesday. Hundreds of positions have been eliminated.

Deltatre, known for its streaming, digital, data and graphics technology products used by sports, media and entertainment organizations, has finalized a multi-year partnership extension with the NBA's Dallas Mavericks to provide the technology behind the pro basketball team’s now officially rebranded OTT service.

A SaaS platform, BeatNews works primarily as a news scraper constantly searching sources that journalists rely on for coverage of municipal agencies and government activities. Given the narrative of late that TV newsrooms are in need of, or are undertaking, great transformations as part of a future-proofing effort, the timing could be perfect for a creation from two college seniors.

How AI agents and blockchain, along with new stablecoin regulation, are rewriting the rules of media finance, says Brendan Rovan, Director of Solution Delivery at CAI. In his role, he advises public sector and enterprise clients on automation, AI strategy, and digital transformation.

As we conclude the tenth month of 2026 next week, we review some of the comments from key financial analysts regarding the challenges broadcast media’s sales leaders have faced this year. Their commentary meshes well with Omnicom Media Intelligence that offered intelligent insights on the matter.

The Forecast conference agenda is sizzling, and this VIP symposium has always closed in grand fashion. This year is no different, as the Executive Super Session, sponsored by Madhive, puts the leaders of Hearst Television, Audacy, Gray Media, and Townsquare Media in one conversation you won't find anywhere else.

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.