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Seven broadcast television stations owned by Byron Allen-led Allen Media Group won't be giving up their ABC Television Network affiliations anytime soon. A new multi-year agreement is now in place.

Nearly one year ago, a plan to create a duopoly in Southern New England by acquiring the non-licensed assets of the station formerly branded as “ABC6" was put into motion. Now, with regulatory relief in place at the FCC, Sinclair s moving ahead with converting operational agreements to outright ownership.

On procedural grounds, the U.S. Supreme Court put the breaks on a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that would have prohibited anyone other than a political candidate from eligibility for the Lowest Unit Rate afforded by broadcast media when buying election-based advertising.

What are PCBC's plans are for WCGF? Terry O'Reilly tells RBR+TVBR that a simulcast of WESA-FM will transpire, as that station's signal contour cannot reach key Western Pennsylvania communities within the Pittsburgh market.

Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink and the Radio + Television Business Report are proud to present their respective Lifetime Leadership Awards to two of broadcasting's most respected executives, honoring careers that together span a century of radio and television leadership.

With the direct broadcast satellite service provider clear in its views regarding retransmission consent and “fair value,” DuJuan McCoy remains vigilant in his desire to get what he thinks WRTV-6 in Indianapolis and his two other local TV stations are worth to DirecTV. That could lock out viewers for months, if not years.

The first mid-year data set from the ARF DASH TV Universe study has been released, and the data show that more than 30% of households have no access to linear free-to-air TV. At the same time, the percentage of households who receive their connection from an over-the-air antenna grew one percentage point over FY 2025.

The Broadcast Standards Association known as ATSC is preparing to highlight the latest advancements in next-generation television broadcasting — and international collaboration — starting Monday in São Paulo, Brazil.

A new strategic agreement has been reached that will restore all-news cable television channels owned and offered by two regional MVPDs to each lineup, resolving an 11-month freeze-out for the brands on Optimum and Charter Communications' Spectrum systems in the New York Tri-State Area.

Connoisseur Media has won FCC approval to maintain up to 100% indirect foreign ownership of its broadcast radio licenses in a structure that would place majority equity in the hands of Cayman Islands-registered entities while CEO Jeff Warshaw retains full voting control.

In June 2017, she departed the FOX affiliate serving Panama City, Fla., for a crosstown role with Nexstar Media Group and most recently served as General Sales Manager of JVC Broadcasting's radio stations in the market. It turns out that leaving local TV after so many years just wasn't in the cards for Stacie Bolster.

The PBS Member station's 70 years of archives are stuck at a facility believed to be used by Iron Mountain, in Denver. This led the television station to sue the data storage giant. A district judge ordered Iron Mountain to refrain from deleting any of the files as litigation continues.

Araceli Martínez-Olguín, the U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of California, has extended a Temporary Restraining Order designed to pause the pending merger of CBS News & Stations parent Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery by an additional two weeks. 

It wasn't the home for play-by-play action of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which saw matches air on Telemundo. And, those matches aired during the third quarter. Yet, TelevisaUnivision CEO Daniel Alegre says the "solid" Q2 2026 results seen by the company operating in the U.S. and Mexico were driven "by the record-breaking success of our FIFA World Cup coverage.”

The nation's largest creator and distributor of audio content will release its second quarter earnings results following the close of U.S. financial markets on the second Monday in August. What's the outlook for iHeartMedia as CFO Mike McGuinness puts the finishing touches on the company's fiscal report card?