Everything In Modulation Can Save Your Station Fines
Is it true, or false, that the heavier the modulation, the further an AM radio signal will reach? Featured Media Information Bureau columnist Ken Benner says it is a widespread fallacy. Yet, some radio stations remain unconvinced. The result is a cacophony of audio assailants that can perhaps be easily preventable.
Cumulus Shares Slide On Word Of Delisting Appeal
A solid Q2 performance shows that turnaround strategies implemented by Cumulus President/CEO Mary Berner are working. However, Wall Street remains wary of Cumulus' towering debt, and the company's stock and stockholders' equity levels are too low for Nasdaq to keep CMLS stock on the exchange. Cumulus is appealing the twin reasons for a delisting, but does it have any option left aside from an OTC Markets move?
Scripps In Search Of A New CFO
Interim CFO duties have been handed to Lisa Knutson, as the owner of radio and TV stations works out a severance agreement with Timothy M. Wesolowski. Details were outlined in a Securities & Exchange Commission filing made Friday by The E.W. Scripps Co.
Did An Iowa Noncomm CP Get An OK To Up Its Power?
The FCC in December 2016 received a minor modification request for the CP of a noncommercial FM in Coggon, Iowa. An informal objection to the licensee's request came on Feb. 7, from Kirkwood Community College. Subsequent oppositions to the objection and reply comments were then submitted to the FCC. The Media Bureau has now rendered a decision in the matter.
Here Comes Radio’s Quarterly Earnings Calls
The freshest quarterly data crunched by CFOs and signed off by CEOs across the radio industry landscape will soon be shared with Wall Street observers and investors. Among the companies to deliver their latest financial figures is Emmis Communications. The radio company that's also the parent to TagStation will deliver its fiscal 2018 Q2 results on Thursday morning.
Kagan Uncorks Data On A Tepid Q3 For Media Deals
There's no getting around this bruising bit of data from S&P Global Market Intelligence-owned media research group Kagan: U.S. broadcast station mergers and acquisitions volume reached $189.6 million in Q3 2017. This is the lowest quarterly deal volume of the year. But, the previous two quarters were skewed by two billion-dollar deals.
Urban One Welcomes An EVP That Succeeds Vilardo
According to an SEC filing made by Urban One, Karen Wishart's first day as a company EVP was Monday, and she's already working with Chief Administrative Officer Linda Vilardo on a successful transfer of her duties to Wishart. Vilardo's last day of employment is Dec. 31, and we now know how much Wishart will earn in 2018.
Webinar Puts The Focus On The Local Ad Outlook
Factors that will affect the outlook for local advertising will be discussed during an upcoming Distance Learning webinar offered by MFM and its BCCA subsidiary. The discussion will delve into the forces driving local media purchases in the coming year and features insight and observations from two leaders at BIA/Kelsey.
Smart Home Devices: No Longer A ‘Novelty’ As Holidays Near
Still not convinced that the Amazon Echo or Google Home are more than just fads and that their growing presence in U.S. households isn't important to the radio broadcasting industry? A new report from Futuresource Consulting indicates that the smart home market will be worth $6 billion by the end of 2017, and it's rising fast.
More Than 200 iHeart Stations Get An ‘AI’ Boost
One of the nation's fastest growing artificial intelligence (AI) providers has signed an expanded, two-year agreement with the nation's top radio broadcasting company. The wider agreement allows iHeart to use the Veritone AI platform at more than 200 radio stations in the nation's top 50 markets.
A ’13G’ Deal Is Done in The Upper Great Plains
A Class A FM straddling the North Dakota-Minnesota border and its Class C AM sibling have been sold to a "13G" local buyer. But, the buyer and the seller aren't exactly unfamiliar with one another: They are both members of the Ingstad family. It's the lead deal in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY.
Radio: The Best Place To Heal, And Digest
As the world learned of the most horrific mass shooting in U.S. history on Monday, radio stations across North America excelled in providing a venue for comfort, healing, and discussion. Among these stations is Beasley Broadcast Group's Country KCYE-FM "102.7 The Coyote" in Las Vegas, which saw one of its own talent describing his experience fleeing the scene late Sunday while also taking calls from emotional listeners on-air.
Broadcast TV’s Flood Of Dollars To Radio
If you didn't think broadcast TV thinks AM and FM radio stations were important, look at the amount of spots airing at broadcast radio promoting two networks. The Media Monitors Radio Spot Ten report shows one of the Big Four networks cleared nearly 38,000 spots on the radio stations it tracks.
Regulatory Dates For Broadcast Media To Take Note Of
The fourth quarter is here, and as we prepare to review the next batch of earnings reports from broadcast media companies, those inside the C-Suite may wish to take note of what Wilkinson Barker Knauer partner David Oxenford calls the "numerous regulatory obligations" that the next 30 days will bring. Here, we review what many TV companies will need to put on their calendars and mark, in red, today.
Senate To Decide Pai’s Fate On Monday Afternoon
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's likely confirmation by the U.S. Senate, giving him a retroactive five-year term, will come late Monday after another 2 1/2 hours of debate in the upper body of Congress. What's still uncertain is the renomination of Republican Commissioner Brendan Carr for a five-year term starting next summer.