Legacy

Nine years ago, Salem Media Group added a second FM to the Greenville-Spartanburg market to pair with its conservative Talker branded today as "The Answer." This yielded "Earth FM," today an Adult Hits station with a simulcast partner reaching Anderson and Clemson. Those FMs have just been sold, and investors were hardly pleased.

The founder and dean of the NAB Leadership Foundation’s (NABLF) Broadcast Leadership Training program will receive the 2023 National Radio Award from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). The award will be presented at NAB Show New York during the 2023 Marconi Radio Awards Dinner on October 25.

The founding President of the FOX Broadcasting Company has joined a coalition of former TV executives in seeking a hearing designation order for the Philadelphia property — on the grounds that its 2020 U.S. presidential election coverage from FOX News warrants the loss of the station's license.

As May 2023 came to a close, The E.W. Scripps Co. attracted attention for sharing with its employees details about a local news initiative designed to transform how its broadcast TV stations report and produce its newscasts on a daily basis. This week, the publicly traded company announced via an internal memo the creation of five new RVP/GM positions.

Two cities in the Golden State, in addition to a municipality in Alamogordo, N. Mex., could be on the verge of getting their first local television service. Should the FCC say yes to the petitions, these locales would get VHF band noncommercial educational TV facilities added to the Commission's Table of Allotments.

For 2023 NAB Show attendees, access to the latest Telos Alliance products could be had by making one's way to their expo booth. Now, the Cleveland-headquartered company led by Executive Chairman Frank Foti is readying the European debut of these offerings.

It's the home of not only nationally recognized syndicated sports talk hosts but also Fanrun Radio, from 7am-6pm local time.  Now, this 1kw Class C AM from 1 tower in Knoxville, Tenn., along with its FM translator, are poised to come under new ownership.

On the company's second quarter 2023 earnings conference call for investors, debtholders and financial analysts, Beasley Media Group CEO Caroline Beasley noted that the radio station owner invested in eSports enjoyed healthy non-GAAP Station Operating Income and EBITDA improvement. This was fueled by reduced expenses, a smaller payroll, and digital growth. Did the Q2 2023 results beat the street?

Dan Cates recently retired after a long and distinguished career, concluding his tenure as General Manager of Gray Television's CBS affiliate serving Charleston, S.C. We now know who will be taking over as GM for the station.

Longtime "bad boy" air personality Don Geronimo, who returned to Washington, D.C., from Sacramento to accept the morning show post at iHeartMedia's WBIG "Big 100," was fired on Friday after making on-air comments a day earlier about a Emmy Award-winning WUSA9 producer and reporter. Now, Geronimo has apologized for his disparaging remarks associated with "Barbie."

The CW Network is extending, and expanding, its network affiliation agreement with Hearst Television. The accord keeps the network in six markets where Hearst stations enjoy affiliation agreements, while a new CW affiliate for Hearst bows on Sept. 1.

In addition to the MLB All-Star Game at T-Mobile Park, the CP Communications team provided RF equipment solutions and technical support services for the MLB Futures Game and Celebrity Softball Game at T-Mobile Park, the MLB Draft at Lumen Field, and the MLB Home Run Derby event at T-Mobile Park.

The Media Ad Sales Summit is coming back to Fort Lauderdale in early November, and the event's producer, Matrix Solutions, has unveiled the event's agenda. Attendees will be able to take notes during panel discussions, keynote conversations, and a town-hall-style roundtable with media executives. "The agenda is focused on addressing the media industry’s biggest challenges and opportunities," Matrix says.

For listeners in rural Lompoc, Calif., Classic Country tunes have been the appeal of KTNK. Now, this AM with an FM translator has been sold to a veteran Country PD. 

Pivotal Research Group analyst Jeffrey Wlodarczak has lowered its price target for SPOT, which trades on the NYSE. For investors, that's bleak news, as it is even lower than where Spotify shares landed on Tuesday after a dismal trading session and subsequent Wednesday bounce-back.