TV/Cable News

“I am 78 and it is time to smell the roses.” That's what Dan Viles told RBR+TVBR in late January with the announcement that he's selling his low-power TV station serving New York’s Capital Region and the Catskills. Now, the FCC has granted the transfer of control request associated with the deal.

It is a licensee of five television stations, including an unaffiliated property serving the Las Vegas market. Here, a request to shift from a VHF channel to a UHF facility has been made with the FCC. And, it now seeks public comment on the plan.

AI, Sports, Streaming, Cloud Virtualization and the Creator Economy: All will take Center Stage at the 2025 NAB Show, which begins in three weeks at the Las Vegas Convention Center. “The NAB Show has led the charge in innovation for media and entertainment, and this year is no exception,” says the NAB's Karen Chupka.

The WNBA champions during the 2022 and 2023 seasons will now see their games air locally on the broadcast television station branded as "Vegas 34," owned by The E.W. Scripps Co. 

Just in time for NCAA March Madness — and talk at the upcoming 2025 NAB Show in Las Vegas — CBS News & Stations is readying the formal unveiling of a state-of-the-art augmented reality/virtual reality studio at its WFOR-4 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale.

"Good things come to those who wait," so the saying goes. That's indeed the case when it comes to investors in The E.W. Scripps Co. With a significant round of debt refinancing announced Tuesday, Scripps cleared a big hurdle as it prepared to discuss its Q4 2024 results this morning after a short postponement of their release.

An assignment of authorization filing made with the FCC in mid-October 2024 has been dismissed, putting an end to a deal that would have seen the sale of a low-power television station serving San Angelo, Tex.

Privately held broadcasting company Morgan Murphy Media has reached an agreement with rightsholder Good Karma Brands that will allow two of its stations in Wisconsin to broadcast 13 Milwaukee Brewers games. In addition to the regular season schedule, the stations will broadcast three spring training games.

In May 2023, some 36 years after starting her career, Kelley Dunn departed The E.W. Scripps Co.'s NBC affiliate serving West Palm Beach. This left Michael Williams, her co-anchor, in the role of Dean of local news in the market. Now, Williams has decided to conclude his own storied career in TV.

Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG) is looking forward to the April 5 premiere of an original series, produced in an exclusive partnership with VoLo Foundation, that will air weekend mornings on CBS as part of its educational/informational programming block.

Just a few years ago, John Morgan's accident attorney specialists were mainly known for their presence on Florida's West Coast. Not anymore. Morgan & Morgan has turned into a national powerhouse, and it is the biggest user of national TV spots to get its brand further engrained in the public consciousness.

It's been what he calls "an incredible journey" working at a pair of television stations serving the Beaumont-Port Arthur, Tex., market, to the east of Houston. Come March 24, he'll be leading the NBC affiliate in Cleveland owned by TEGNA.

The year was 2007, and they were the defending American League Champions. That's how long its been since Detroit Tigers baseball games aired on free-to-air television in the Motor City.  But, thanks to FOX 2 and the MLB club, that's about to change.

The Big Sky Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships have taken on this nickname in homage to the region's potato farms. Wth a tip off coming in Boise to decide who goes to the "big dance" to participate in March Madness, the conference has reached a fresh five-year deal with Scripps Sports. 

KMOV-4 along with the recently created "Matrix Midwest" will air select St. Louis Cardinals games across the 2025 season. Gray TV stations in Cape Girardeau and Springfield, Mo.; Memphis; Jonesboro, Ark.; Rockford, Peoria and Quincy, Ill.; Evansville, Ind.; and in Sioux City, Cedar Rapids, Ottumwa, Davenport, and Rochester/Mason City, Iowa also plan to air the games.