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Upon review of the Q3 2026 earnings reports filed by publicly traded broadcast media companies, it's abundantly clear that political advertising gravitated heavily toward TV. That impacted the nation's largest media company superserving African American consumers, among a host of other continuing challenges.

There's a new product feature for the iHeartRadio app now activated that has been designed to give users the ability to "simply and quickly" toggle back and forth between full-function mode and the "just essentials" Lite Mode found on the live and on-demand audio app — — depending on their usage and needs at any time.  

News/Talk still tops the dial, Adult Contemporary still leads music, and younger listeners are finding their favorites in Country, Pop, and Alternative. Nielsen’s latest quarterly look at radio formats finds steady listening across the board as football season kicked off and baseball headed to its pennant races.

It's a deal brokered by Kalil & Co., and it will see two of the Cuban American communities' most-storied AM radio stations come under the ownership of the Boca Raton, Fla.-based organization best known for "The Rob Carson Show" and for is eponymous conservative-leaning cable TV news network.

The former CEO of free advertising-supported video platform Tubi will be succeeding Jennifer Witz. The new SiriusXM leader has also led music video hub Vimeo.

The company led by CEO Caroline Beasley is expected to reveal its Q3 2026 results on Monday. But what the Beasley Media Group head has to say on Thursday may be more valuable — and you'll have to be in the room where it happens to hear what she has to share as the 2027 Forecast conference takes place.

Entravision has transformed itself into a digital revenue juggernaut. In Q3, the Advertising Technology & Services segment saw its net revenue leap by 133% from last year. That said, media revenue also increased, enjoying a 10% gain. Thank political advertising and retransmission consent fees for the bump.

It is known across the radio industry as the parent of the growing DTS AutoStage platform, providing a new and valued audience metric to radio stations across the U.S., and of HD Radio. Yet, in Q3, Xperi Inc.'s success with a heritage TV brand "has begun to drive substantial growth in advertising and related revenue.

With the shift in control of the U.S. House to Democrats with the next Congressional term, Brett Guthrie will no longer be the Chairman of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce. A vocal Democrat from New Jersey who was Chairman under Democratic leadership is already posturing for a return to that role.

A broadcast licensee led by Van A Michael has signed off on an agreement that sees the sale of a Class A FM serving Williamsport, Pa.,to a large regional religious broadcast ministry. It's the not-for-profit entity led by Rick Snavely, which is handing Michael's group an FM translator in return.

He first petitioned the FCC in February and in June submitted an amended petition that would amend FM broadcast spacing rules for the U.S. Now, the Media Bureau is seeking comment on what Charles M. Anderson is seeking.

Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio and the NAB Leadership Foundation have extended the application deadline for the 2026 LAUNCH Mentorship Program through November 13. The year-long program supports women pursuing careers in broadcast engineering, audio production, and technical operations.

Some FM stations say they can’t run their HD Radio signals as strongly as they were built to, and a rule about one power limit is the reason. NAB and Xperi told FCC staff the agency’s reading of that rule changed in 2025, and they want it fixed.

The Crystal Radio Awards entry deadline has been extended to Friday, November 6, giving NAB radio member stations an extra week to showcase their outstanding community service. 50 finalists and 10 winners will be chosen and then honored in Washington, DC, during the NAB State Leadership Conference.

Select Beantown listeners could soon hear something different on 104.5 XLO (WXLO). Cumulus Media plans to bring ZoneCasting to the station in the first quarter of 2027. In partnership with Aktira, Cumulus says the approach lets the station serve specific parts of Greater Boston