Legacy

A company taking the lead on the voluntary rollout of Next Gen broadcast TV signals has agreed to a multi-year renewal agreement for local television measurement by Nielsen. The pact ensures that Capitol Broadcasting Company enjoys continued access to Nielsen’s local currency television ratings data across all 210 designated market areas (DMAs), as well as access to in-market, consumer behavior insights via Nielsen Scarborough.

Attribution is a topic that has broadcast media C-Suiters talking. As they discuss the importance of attribution, data, and analytics for radio and TV to remain relevant to advertisers, Veritone has a AI-driven media attribution tool that tracks the efficacy of advertising in broadcast radio. Today's free webinar will provide full details of the tool's best uses, which could help TV stations, too.

Marshall Electronics has brought to market a new 17.3-inch professional production monitor with HDMI/HDSDI conversion capability. The Marshall V-LCD173HR is constructed in a 6RU design, and comes with built-in histogram, peaking, false color, exposure, adjustable safety markers, and more, and can monitor up to two audio channels.

With its stock trading at 14 cents per share and debt still very much an issue, Spanish Broadcasting System is nevertheless a leader among Hispanic media companies. With Mega TV making a profit and its radio stations seeing ratings vigor, the company on Thursday will celebrate its 35 years in operation.

A supplier of pro connectivity tools for audio, video, and data has named its new Marketing Director. This is a new position for the Charlotte-based company, Neutrik USA, and celebrates one month in the role.

What's the future for Sinclair Broadcast Group now that it will not be merging with Tribune Media? That question was most likely on everyone's minds at the second and concluding day of sessions at NAB Show New York. In a candid midday conversation Thursday, company President/CEO Chris Ripley shared Sinclair's strategy for long-term success in a media landscape that is drastically expanding. 

At Forecast 2019, a unique panel of successful radio entrepreneurs, broadcasters who found their niche and then grew their footprint and reach, will tackle the topic, “Why Smaller Can Be Better — and More Profitable.” What are their plans and strategies as they look to 2019 and beyond? The answers will come November 14 in New York.

An AM radio station in Coal Country that of late has offered listeners the Westwood One-syndicated Urban AC format The Touch is being sold nearly two years after local media noted that the facility was being put on the market in a "sacrifice sale." The assignee is a husband and wife team who are locally based.

FEMA, in coordination with the FCC, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts on Wednesday. Here is all you need to know about how the tests will be handled, and what you need to do.

FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly on Thursday survived a tricky trip from the Nation's Capital to the 2018 Radio Show, being held just a stone's throw away from Walt Disney World. O'Rielly's after-lunch keynote address was certainly worth hearing for radio station owners hoping for a loosening of the FCC's subcap rules. He believes the NAB's proposal has merit.

It's been a busy week for Nielsen. On Monday, it revealed that it will “transform” the measurement of markets that are measured with the audio diary from a quarterly or two times a year view to year-round measurement with monthly reporting. Now, Nielsen has confirmed it is expanding its total audience measurement for local markets—a boost for TV.

A Kentucky 'Tiger' has been sold to a 'Ham' of an operator. A licensee led by Ted Tucker is parting ways with an Idaho FM, following this entity's  May 2017 Consent Decree with the FCC to resolve a matter involving the failure to operate stations in Arizona for more than a handful of days over a period of several years. These are the two deals described in detail in TRANSACTIONS TODAY.

Just in time for the 2018 Radio Show in Orlando: Here's the arrival of "an AI-powered media attribution application that tracks the efficacy of advertising in broadcast radio and television." The company bringing it to market? Veritone Inc.

On Thursday, the House E&C Committee's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hold a hearing on the “State of the Media Marketplace.” It just so happens that the NAB has filed comments with the FCC on competition in the audio programming marketplace, as part of the Commission's preparation of a Congressionally-required communications marketplace report.

South Florida has been long known as the Pirate Radio capital of America. Over the years, many translators and LPFMs have taken over -- legally -- many of the FM frequencies used over the years by pirates. It seems one of these LPFMs has a problem following the rules regarding its transmitter.