Legacy

An immensely popular TV meteorologist is no longer delivering live reports from West 67th Street and Columbus Avenue starting at 4:30am each weekday. Instead, he is settling into the Program Director chair at a radio station facing Upper Sag Harbor Cove in a placid corner of Long Island, N.Y.

On September 9, Entercom Communications suffered what EVP/CFO Rich Schmaeling described during the media company's Q3 earnings call as a "cyberattack" that cost the company $400,000 in lost revenue. It now appears Entercom's IT services have been hit again, albeit on a much smaller scale.

Haven't yet submitted your nominations for the most prestigious and highly coveted symbol of excellence in Hispanic radio — the Medallas de Cortez? There's no better time than now: The nomination window will close Friday, Dec. 20, so don't delay and get your votes in today!

Under the terms of the merger agreement, the shares of TiVo and Xperi stockholders will be converted into the shares of the new parent company based on a fixed exchange ratio of 0.455 Xperi share per existing TiVo share. Upon completion of the merger, Xperi stockholders will own approximately 46.5% and TiVo stockholders will own approximately 53.5% of the new parent company on a fully diluted basis.

In early December, the antitrust division of the DOJ weighed in with a Statement of Interest relative to the RMLC’s longstanding litigation with Global Music Rights (GMR). It wasn't exactly favorable to the Radio Music License Committee, led by Executive Director Bill Velez. On Wednesday, the radio industry group filed a response to the Justice Department statement.

A German manufacturer of digital audio solutions will officially launch its ADI-2 DAC FS product during the upcoming 2020 NAMM Show, to be held January 16–19, 2020.

On Friday, an indirect subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group elected to redeem 300,000 of its preferred units, using cash dividends from another indirect subsidiary -- both of which are tied to regional sports networks.

He first found fame as a "Fly Jock" in an era long before multi-market satellite-delivered live shows and is today one of the most renowned African American hosts to ever sit behind a microphone.  At 10am Friday, "The Tom Joyner Morning Show" came to its end, with Joyner officially heading into retirement.

With nary a Member present, an affirmative voice vote came midday Tuesday to the Television Viewer Protection Act. Now comes a needed vote in the U.S. Senate. If passed, the legislation would establish "good faith" negotiation between MVPDs and TV broadcasters, while ending "hidden cable TV fees."

Broadcast media executive and avid mountain climber David Field, of Entercom, has something to celebrate: The company's stock is on track to finish at its highest point in four months. Will the momentum continue into 2020?

Attention, radio industry leaders: Apple is moving one step closer to making the next generation of iPhones completely cordless. Consider it the official death knell for activated FM chips in headsets.

With Entercom's WLYF-FM 101.5 "Lite FM" in balmy Miami the latest station to adopt an all-Christmas format, even though it's not Thanksgiving yet, thinking of Jesus is certainly top of mind. As such, this deal in the Land of Lincoln may be perfectly timed to usher in a new owner.

Effective Dec. 18, certain Comcast Xfinity customers will be paying more to receive broadcast television stations serving their market. Rising retransmission consent deals are likely fueling the substantial jump in costs trickling down to subscribers. But, the percentage of impacted Xfinity consumers may be small.

STELAR: To Re-authorize or To Let Expire? That is the question that panelists participating in Phoenix Center's 19th annual U.S. Telecoms Symposium on December 3 will be answering.

When you're in attendance at the Harvard Club in New York, you won't miss out on the chance to hear from leading experts, inside and outside the industry, who will provide perspective and insight into what to expect in the next year. Few seats remain, so be sure to register today!