Please Support The Broadcasters Foundation
From hurricanes in the Southeast to devastating wildfires in California, it has been a difficult year for many across the U.S. Those impacted include members of the broadcast media industry. That's what makes the Broadcasters Foundation of America's annual year-end appeal, launched today, so poignant.
Beasley Shares Sink Below $5 Mark
It's a bad time to be an owner of Beasley Broadcast Group shares, even as the company's Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share of its Class A and Class B common stock. Monday's trading saw BBGI slide to a level not seen since August 2016.
Slower Than Molasses: The Pace Of Radio Deals
It's very slow out there, with respect to radio industry deals being filed at the FCC. For AM and FM transactions, the spigot appears to be dry. But, is a reservoir being filled, ready to flow in 2019? Here's what some media brokers have to say.
Back On Track: iHeart’s Monthly Revenue Climb
One of the "benefits" of being in debtor-in-possession status, for the investor, are the required filings on a monthly basis of a company's financial health. Such is the case with iHeartMedia, which supplied a Houston U.S. Bankruptcy Court with a 16-page synposis of how it fared in October. The verdict?
Hubbard Radio Seeks New Cincy HQ
It's been an unkind week for Hubbard Radio. Amid all of that negative news comes word that Hubbard is looking to give its Cincinnati radio stations a splashy new home.
Strong Earthquake Rocks Anchorage Media
A earthquake registering 6.7 on the Richter scale rocked Alaska's biggest city just before 8:30am local time Friday (11/30), reporting causing damage to many of the Anchorage market's media outlets. Among the stations impacted is the CBS affiliate, owned by a subsidiary of cable TV provider GCI.
Saga Stock Buyback Gets Nine-Month Extension
If Saga Communications wants to repurchase shares of its Class A common stock, it has a little more time to do so. The company's Board of Directors on Wednesday gave its authorization to lengthen a trading plan adopted pursuant to SEC Rule 10b5-1.
Salem To Present To Investors With Stock At Six-Year Low
Salem Media Group has confirmed that it will present at two investor conferences in California in the first half of December. Perhaps by then the company's stock will have recovered from a fresh five-year low.
Increased ‘aiWARE’-ness For This AM/FM Owner
One of the biggest radio broadcasting companies in the U.S. is getting a real-time advertising intelligence and insights boost. It's thanks to an expanded agreement with AI operating system manufacturer Veritone Inc.
Who Will Control The Voice-Activated Smart Home?
Who will have control as voice "pervades" the Smart Home? That was the subject of a panel moderated by Futuresource Director of Research Simon Bryant at the British media research firm's recent Audio Collaborative event in London.
‘Big Money’ Success, Yet Year-End Layoffs
Something doesn't add up for one longtime radio industry observer and former big-market OM: If one growing operator of AM and FM stations is making "big money" running less spots, then why is it cutting 11 jobs? It's a good question to ask as Hiring and Firing Season is upon us.
Hispanic Radio Podcast: Badger State Success
Why did John Torres take the leap to investing in radio in a challenging Midwestern market? What can other broadcasters, or those seeking to enter radio station ownership, glean from Torres' experience? The answers are found in this latest 15-minute podcast hosted by RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson.
Saga Shareholders’ Gift From Santa: A Sizable Dividend
The Board of Directors of Saga Communications, now a pure-play owner of radio stations, has given the green light to a quarterly cash dividend paid to shareholders of record as of Dec. 10.
Addressing Essential Broadcast Issues
Media Information Bureau columnist Ken Benner is again sharing ways a radio or TV station licensee can avoid paying needless FCC fines and consent decree payments to the U.S. Treasury. In this column, Benner discusses two must-have guides for saving money.
This NBA Squad Selects Skyview For Play-By-Play Services
One of the nation's most successful National Basketball Association franchises has selected Skyview Networks as its play-by-play broadcast services provider.