NAB Show 2025: Broadcast Media’s M&A Outlook

For weeks, the No. 1 topic of conversation involving the future of broadcast media has involved deregulation. With the FCC under Brendan Carr looking to “delete, delete, delete” any outdated regulatory policy, it is a matter of when — not if — ownership rules will be loosened or removed altogether.

How will this impact mergers and acquisitions? An Monday afternoon 2025 NAB Show Panel sought to tackle that question in an informal chat featuring a prominent veteran Washington, D.C., attorney; a top media broker; and BIA Advisory Services‘ Managing Director.