Legacy

He joined Coastal Television Broadcasting Group in November 2021 as Chief Revenue Officer. Now he's tacking on the title of President at the broadcast TV station owner.

A reporter who has covered "financial distress, volatility and restructuring" for The Wall Street Journal is sharing the news that, according to sources, Audacy has reached an agreement with senior lenders that will give it the funds necessary to commence a voluntary Chapter 11 restructuring process. Will the Field family lose control?

Still on the fence about CES 2024 and its importance to broadcast media? Perhaps Daniel Anstandig, CEO and co-founder of Futuri Media, offers plenty of good reasons why attending the mega conference and expo is a way to perhaps future-proof AM, FM, VHF and UHF.

Democratic House Members Anna Eshoo of California and Don Beyer of Virginia, who serve as Co-Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, of the Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus, on Friday introduced "ambitious legislation to promote transparency in artificial intelligence foundation models."

Rate-regulated cable operators that use FCC Forms to justify their cable rates have an important update in hand from the FCC's Media Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics.

It was perhaps best-known as the publishing house responsible for such Dinesh D'Souza tomes as the 2020 election-focused "2000 Mules" and has been offering "conservative books for independent thinkers" for some 76 years.  Within days it will no longer be owned by Salem Media Group, which has moved to further reduce its debt with the sale of Regnery Publishing.

He's been associated with a Country radio station serving Indianapolis since 1988, and has built an audience for a morning show that saw the addition of Kevin Freeman in 1996 and Deb Honeycutt in 2003.  On December 15, Jim Denny was subtracted from the wake-up trio at this Cumulus Media property.

It's a city made famous by legendary basketball star Larry Bird. Now, French Lick, Ind., is in the news as a Class A radio station licensed to the town to the northwest of Louisville, Ky., is about to head to a new owner.

As iHeartMedia sees it, he's "best known for his charismatic presence and distinctive voice." For a generation of teens, he was known for his part on the ABC Friday night musical sitcom that aired at 8:30pm following The Brady Bunch. Now, "the luckiest guy in entertainment" has announced his retirement — effective Friday.

TVU Networks, known for its cloud-based and hybrid media workflow offerings serving those in live production and distribution, is pleased with the results from teaming up with broadcast and media services provider MediaLuso to deploy the "TVU Remote Commentator" at the 2023 Pan American Games and Parapan American Games.

All Entries in NYF’s 2024 Radio Awards will be judged by the NYF Grand Jury of 100+ producers, directors, writers, and other creative media professionals from around the globe. Entries are judged on production values, creativity, content presentation, direction, writing, achievement of purpose, and audience suitability.

While Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins III willing to discuss long-term financial plans, now that Richmond voters have shot down a casino resort proposal for a second time, CFO Peter Thompson offered a glimpse at the company's Q4 pacings while looking back at the first half of 2023. The final quarter of 2023 is lackluster, at best.

Entravision Communications, which has its roots in Hispanic-targeted broadcast media properties, has received a proposed fine from the FCC for violations of its rules. The company now has the opportunity to appeal, seek a reduction of, or pay the fine, in the thousands of dollars.

It's a promotion to the C-Suite for the woman who until now has been the Senior Vice President and Market Manager of Audacy Inc.'s Chicago radio stations. We know who her successor is for a group of stations largely comprised of former CBS Radio properties.

What's the outlook for all-things audio, as offered in the latest global forecast by media from MAGNA? After escaping a rather dismal 2023, 2024 appears to be looking up — ever-so slightly — on a global level. The domestic data, however, isn't so bright.