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In a brief statement, the NAB said Smith is responding well to treatment, is stable and alert, and is resting comfortably. Well-wishers took to Twitter to express their thoughts, while Gray Television's CEO paused to salute Smith at the start of his company's Q2 earnings call on Thursday.

The nation's biggest audio media company will report its second quarter 2020 results on Thursday. Do investors expect some not-so-great news? IHRT was off by 5.7% on Wednesday, with share values steadily streaming downward across the day.

On July 29,  Zacks Equity Research offered its prediction on how Sinclair Broadcast Group's second quarter results would pan out. It anticipated Q2 revenue $1.42 billion, up 83.8% from the year-ago quarter. How accurate was Zacks? Unfortunately, Sinclair came up a bit short. 

just how far did some radio broadcasting companies sink in the three month period ending June 30? The answer to this question will fully unfold over the next three business days as iHeartMedia, Entercom and Cumulus Media each roll out their Q2 2020 results. For Saga Communications, which distributed its results Wednesday, a 47.6% slash in year-to-year net revenue is the first takeaway.

Local TV news is poised to become a real-time emergency information portal thanks to ATSC 3.0, allowing TV stations to target the impact zone of an incident with pre-formatted alerts. This means less revenue lost to service disruptions, a group of NEXTGEN TV experts recently shared in a webinar hosted by Sinclair and its ONE Media 3.0 arm.

On New Year's Day 1989, Miami's WSVN-7 embarked on an uncertain journey. With loose ties to then-new FOX, it invested heavily in flashy, sensationalist TV journalism that revolutionized the daily newscast. It's thanks to WSVN-7 and WHDH-7 in Boston owner Ed Ansin, who has passed away.

Set a calendar appointment now for your participation in a hour-long live presentation delivered via social media that addresses some of the key topics of discussion facing Black media companies, their consumers, and the companies willing to increase their ad dollars with this important audience group.

He was an original member of the senior management team at the former Triad Broadcasting, serving as an SVP from July 1999 through July 2013. From there, he served as Managing Director for Sports Media Team, a Louisville-based regional sports broadcast media and marketing company. Now, Steve Fehder has returned to radio, in Music City USA.

The 'Nick Cannon' show, a Debmar-Mercury offering, had become the darling of NATPE Miami, with strong interest seen by dozens of TV station owner groups. By early April, 90% national clearance had been seen for the show, with a Sept. 21 debut inked. Then came this week's anti-Semitic comments from Cannon, on a podcast he hosts. The TV show is being held a year.

The business opportunities made possible by the next generation of broadcast technology—especially in datacasting and mobility—dwarf the broadcast business as we know it. That was the subject at hand in the latest ONE Media 3.0/Sinclair Broadcast Group webinar devoted to the monetization of NEXTGEN TV.

With 3,200 watts from 2 towers during daylight hours and 290 watts from 3 towers after dark, WVKO-AM in Columbus, Ohio, enjoys market-wide coverage for its Black Gospel format, branded as "1580 The Praise." Now, the station and its silent FM translator at 92.9 MHz are heading to a new owner.

State broadcast associations representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have reached out to Congressional leadership in the House and Senate urging the inclusion of local media relief provisions in any upcoming appropriations legislation or Coronavirus relief stimulus efforts.

The five TV stations operated by Cox Media Group that are affiliated with CBS will retain their affiliation with the network, thanks to a new deal inked today. It includes a former Northwest Broadcasting property in Humboldt County, Calif.

One week ago, RBR+TVBR learned that a Keystone State radio station owner was ready to plead guilty to felony rape charges. That transpired July 8, putting the transfer of his Class A FM to his adult daughter, made June 1, in question. The FCC had approved the deal, which awaited closing, ahead of the conviction. On Monday, the Commission changed its mind.

Justice Network, until now, has served as TEGNA’s multicast television network featuring crime and investigative programming. No more. The broadcast TV company says the digi-net is undergoing a "comprehensive rebranding." Podcasts from VAULT studios are also in the mix.