Legacy

Saga Communications' CEO and CFO, respectively, were set to participate at 4pm Eastern in a Noble Capital Markets’ Emerging Growth Virtual Equity Conference event with Director of Research Michael Kupinski. We've got the link for you to listen in on the conversation.

A 24-hour global marathon is in progress Friday as hundreds of college radio stations across more than 50 countries are uniting for "World College Radio Day." This year's commemoration incorporates the theme “Tune In To The People.”

The nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a professor at University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business, has called on FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to add his name to America's "short but distinguished list of deregulatory heroes" by dismantling the Commission.

Following a brief protest of Chairman Carr, the FCC on Tuesday advanced a NPRM that would start the Commission’s quadrennial regulatory review of its broadcast ownership rules and seek public comment on whether — given the current state of the media marketplace — it should retain, modify, or eliminate any of these rules.

On September 16, telecasts of key soccer matches in the UK entered a new tech-driven era, thanks to Amazon and a service that was first rolled out in the U.S. to National Football League viewers two years ago.

Hemisphere Media Group has signed a multi-year content agreement with the public broadcasting service in the Dominican Republic that allows HMG to distribute nearly 30 hours per week from Televisión Dominicana.

In a statement, Sinclair said, "Free speech provides broadcasters with the right to exercise judgment as to the content on their local stations. While we understand that not everyone will agree with our decisions about programming, it is simply inconsistent to champion free speech while demanding that broadcasters air specific content."

BIA Advisory Services has forged a new strategic partnership with the Media Financial Management Association. "This collaboration aims to provide MFM members with enhanced value through a range of professional development opportunities, exclusive resources, and insightful analyses of the rapidly evolving media landscape," the two groups shared on Monday.

Live TV streaming service Philo has again expanded its free TV lineup, adding six channels  — five from Lionsgate and one from QVC Group — to its standalone, no-cost-to-access channel lineup.

It's being heralded as "a groundbreaking innovation in broadcast audio capture." Introducing a product from Shure that's designed for sports and studio, delivering "front-row sound to viewers while reducing the number of microphones and cables required."

Tomorrow, at long last, the "AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act" is getting a full consideration by the House Energy & Commerce Committee — an important step in getting a mandate on free-to-access kHz-band radio broadcasts in all cars, trucks or vans sold in the U.S.

A Sinclair Inc. spokesperson shared a statement with RBR+TVBR on Friday outlining how Sinclair and the Soohyung Kim-controlled and Deb McDermott-led Standard Media agreed to a Joint Sales Agreement and Shared Service Agreement for the Providence station known as "ABC6." This will make WLNE an operational sibling to WJAR.

The licensee led by Diane Sutter that includes stations tied to the family of the late Willie Davis is selling its remaining audio brand on the local dial, and the buyer is a statewide purveyor of liberal-leaning political talk and spoken word programming.

From Friday, Telos will be at Stand #8.D37 across IBC2025. At the conference and expo, Telos Alliance debut a range of AI-enhanced products designed simplify production workflows for radio, television, and streaming professionals.

Fans of the MLB club that calls Citi Field its home will be able to continue tuning to a Nexstar-operated — but not owned — TV station in New York to follow all of the play-by-play action. For the first time, stations in Upstate N.Y. and in Connecticut will join WPIX-11 in offering live broadcasts of New York Mets games.