Legacy

Standard General Founding Partner Soo Kim has responded to a unanimous decision by TEGNA's Board of Directors to decline his firm's nomination of four individuals to seats on TEGNA's Board. In a letter to Standard General's shareholders, Kim asked recipients to look toward Wall Street, as TEGNA continues to engage in "value-destroying M&A strategy," which underscores "the urgent need for change."

In 1982, with a freshly minted B.S. in Accounting from the University of Iowa, Chuck Poduska took a job as an auditor at one of the first FOX affiliates to pop up in the U.S. He's risen through the ranks, and in November 2017 ascend to the role of VP/GM of a group of television stations in Kansas City owned by Meredith Corp. Now, Poduska is ready to retire.

Impactful initiatives reframing marketing in the 21st century, demonstrating the value of culture in ads and programming, are the highlight of a Hispanic Radio Conference session that puts a spotlight on the Cultural Insights Impact Measure tied to the ANA's Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing. As CMOs are inspired to genuinely reflect all in their ads, radio leaders are, too.

KidVid, ATSC 3.0, and other issues facing the FCC that pertain to broadcast television will be the focal point of an address to be delivered by Republican FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly at the February 25 APTS Public Media Summit in Washington, D.C.

RBR+TVBR on Friday was first to report what FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks has called the “striking … but not surprising” results of the just-released Fourth Report on Ownership of Broadcast Stations from the Media Bureau. Indeed, broadcast media ownership among women and minorities is lagging. The MMTC has now chimed in on the findings.

Six big names are among those shared by the Broadcasters Foundation of America, the charity devoted exclusively to helping broadcasters in acute need, as recipients of the 2020 Leadership Awards. The Awards will be presented at the Broadcasters Foundation Annual Breakfast on April 22 at the NAB Show.

Going to Las Vegas in late April to learn more about radio industry tech advancements and ways to improve your stations' bottom line? Perhaps a quintet of sessions presented by the Erica Farber-led RAB can assist.

Solid State Logic (SSL) has released the latest version of its V2.3 System T broadcast production platform, a move it claims adds various benefits to the entire range of System T consoles; S500, S500m, S300 and TCR.

Media Staffing Network (MSN) and RBR+TVBR have teamed up to present the 2020 TV Sales Compensation Study. But, the survey concludes Friday! Your contribution is essential to helping television station owners, operators, and managers become more competitive – and successful -- when hiring new sellers.

As the CMO of a global data science and marketing technology company notes, the Super Bowl isn't as super of a draw as it once was. Yet, that's not stopped networks and broadcast media companies from hiking ad rates. What does this mean for radio or TV stations airing the Big Game? Can media outlets with other "tent pole" events, or shoulder programming, also benefit?

In a deal finalized Sept. 6, 2019, DTV America Corp. — an entity that is majority controlled by HC2 Holdings — agreed to sell two low power television stations to licensee Lowcountry 34 Media. Now, Lowcountry 34 -- led by Jeff and Janet Winemiller -- is selling a full-power station in Savannah, Ga., that had been associated with those two LPTVs.

Until Monday, a legal battle that started in August 2018 against the former Tribune Media and Sinclair Broadcast Group was still on in America's First State. Now, it has concluded, thanks to a settlement that gives Tribune's new owner -- Nexstar Media Group -- cash and another TV station. The resolution also brings Nexstar the Rio Grande Valley's CBS affiliation.

Thanks to its just-struck sale by Entravision Communications, a Las Vegas TV station is poised to drop Spanish-language programming in favor of English-language second-run crime dramas and a smattering of original shows and movies, delivered by the West Palm Beach-headquartered company led by Brandon Burgess. It ends three years of Entravision ownership.

John Fullam recently announced his retirement as SVP/Market Manager for Entercom's five-brand, four-station Denver-Boulder radio group. We now know who is succeeding Fullam in the role.