Legacy

A former MSG Entertainment marketing partnerships prop who joined iHeartMedia's New York station group in September 2022 has been promoted to Director of Marketing and Promotions.

Gigi Sohn, who withdrew from consideration to become a FCC Commissioner after two failed attempts by the Biden Administration, has published commentary in a broadband-focused blog suggesting the lame-duck Commission move ahead with an effort to challenge the license renewal of a Fox Television Stations property in Philadelphia.

The individual who since 2006 has served as the Creative Services Director at Hearst Television's flagship station in Boston has been promoted to the executive position of VP/Marketing for the New York-headquartered broadcast TV entity. He succeeds Suzanne Grethen, who recently retired as SVP of Promotion and Marketing.

With a focus on high-impact and investigative reporting, the awards honor work from television stations, networks, radio and podcasts, visual media, online media outlets, independent producers, newspapers and other print publications.

The Commission has started 2025 by giving its stamp of approval to three low-power television station sales agreed upon during the 2024 calendar year.

The BFOA is the lone charity dedicated to supporting broadcast professionals who face challenging hardships from illness or disaster. Its mission is solely supported by colleagues within the broadcasting industry and relies on their benevolence each year to continue its monthly and emergency grant programs.

Salem Media Group has announced the $80 million sale of its remaining Contemporary Christian Music stations as part of a series of major financial and strategic transactions. The move brings the end of the broadcaster’s CCM format, commonly under the “Fish” moniker.

Is the future bright for broadcasters? That's a question posed to New York Interconnect CEO Andrew Kandel and Gray Television SVP of National Sales Becky Meyers in a "virtual candid conversation" shared this week by Matrix Solutions with its CEO, Mark Gorman, and Vertere Group founder and CEO Tim Hanlon.

If you were wondering what percentage of local businesses were buying each form of advertising across 2024, as well as the average annual spending on each, Borrell Associates has the answer for you, courtesy of Adcellerant VP of Business Development Ben Bouslog.

The competition will be available on The Roku Channel’s recently launched Roku Sports Channel. In addition, Roku has launched X Games TV FAST channel and will curate a dedicated X Games Zone, a destination for fans to browse, discover, and stream everything X Games, including programming highlights, clips, interviews, and archival content.

What do a community radio station that broadcasts "a diverse and vibrant program schedule" to rural Southeast Alaska and a public broadcast service in one of America's largest markets have in common? Each are receiving a significant sum of money from CPB to upgrade their equipment to provide enhanced emergency alerting.

He most recently served as VP of Strategy and Acquisitions at A+E Networks, where he spent the past 11 years shaping the networks’ programming and content acquisition strategy. Starting today, he's the new SVP of Programming for The E.W. Scripps Co.

A former ESPN Radio host who previously spent more than 10 years at a Townsquare Media Sports Talk radio station in Sioux Falls, S.D., has been ordered by a federal judge to pay more than $5 million after pleading guilty to participating in a phony ticket re-selling operation.

The woman who formerly served as Vice President of Global Advertising Sales and Partnerships at Roku, where she oversaw the company’s entire global ad revenue operation, has accepted a similar role at NBCUniversal. She will report to NBCUniversal President of Advertising and Partnerships Alison Levin.

Keith Murray has agreed to purchase a collection of radio stations serving a town in New Hampshire known as the gateway to Mount Washington.  Now, all he needs is regulatory approval from the FCC, which just received the paperwork from his legal counsel, John Wells King.