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For the last five years, Gerry McGavick has led revenue-generation efforts across the company’s television platforms and served as Hearst Television’s primary liaison with the agency community, national sales representation firms and other sales partners. Since 2017, he has supervised the company’s political advertising sales.

She's well-known as the "retired" Sr. VP and General Manager of the FOX Broadcasting Stations duo serving the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose market. Now, she's returning to a role in which she will have day-to-day oversight of three broadcast properties across two Florida markets operating under the TEGNA banner.

The latest look at the top brands investing in spot television, and spot cable, has been released by RCS's Media Monitors unit. For the week ending October 25, the activity at national broadcast television was squarely focused on two key categories: Pharma, and accident attorney giant Morgan & Morgan.

A privately held media company with a dominant presence in Oklahoma is ready to expand on a fresh partnership announced in late August with the NBA team that has literally transformed a sleepy Plains metropolis into one of the most under-the-radar business and tourism destinations in the U.S.

The 2026 NBA Western Conference Champions, led by Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle, have just scored a new broadcast television partnership that will bring the team's basketball games to the Sinclair Inc.-owned home of The CW Network in the Alamo City for the remainder of the 2026-2027 season.

“Stan Herriott has brought his authentic self to his role with us. He’s a good broadcaster, and a good person,” said Hearst Television President Michael J Hayes. “In addition to his financial acumen, he has helped us build our team and attracted next generation talent to our organization.”

Many of the stations transferred to Parkin’s Rincon Broadcasting Group are being spun. In Tulsa, one property is going to Sinclair — because it now can do so.

Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), in partnership with Kidde, and producer Epic Entertainment and Media Group, have cleared a second-season renewal of "Home for Good" — an education/information series focused on home-and-life safety education seen on ABC Television Network stations each Saturday.

Demonstrating how a majority of Americans get trusted information in a time of critical need, television ad sales advocacy group TVB has shared the results of a new survey that shows some 81% of respondents found that "local broadcast station news assets" were the leading sources of storm information during Hurricane Isaias. 

The owner of radio stations such as "Boom 97.3" in Toronto and a globally available streaming audio app overseen by CEO Rich Stern has struck a deal that brings audio from the free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels linked to the eight ABC Owned Television Stations to the platform.

A shared services partner of Sinclair Inc. had until August 2026 to proceed with a shift from a VHF signal. However, that couldn't be completed by the deadline. That said, much has changed with the facility since the July 2023 FCC approval of the UHF upgrade — namely a September 2026 deal for Sinclair to buy the station outright.

The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) will soon see "dozens" of athletic events linked to universities in the collegiate conference get bonus distribution via a newly created free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel created by Atlanta-headquartered Gray Media.

The Missouri state press and broadcasters associations have been joined by Gray Media and others in the filing of a petition in a circuit court against the Missouri State Highway Patrol, saying the agency is illegally blacking out basic information in crash reports that Missourians have been able to see for decades.

When it comes to health and beauty aids, there's one brand that's been consistent when it comes to its investment in broadcast television advertising. And, that Unilever flagship is back on the Spot Ten TV report with a new effort, the latest data from Media Monitors show.

The free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel launched by The E.W. Scripps Co. earlier this year under the leadership of former local stations head Brian Lawlor is bringing an "enormously popular" YouTube offering to television. And, it's all about sports.