Radio+Television Business Report

A bitter battle over carriage fees had ended after less than one week. Nexstar and Altice USA today reached a comprehensive partnership agreement and all Nexstar programming has been restored.

It was once one of the biggest Christian Contemporary Music stations in North America. On February 1, it will be the North Texas home for Educational Media Foundation's "K-LOVE" Christian AC noncommercial network. Thus brings to a close a 24-year run at 94.9 MHz in Dallas-Fort Worth for KLTY.

The NAB is calling on the federal OMB to disapprove the proposed information collections or, at minimum, require the FCC to gather more accurate data and explore ways to mitigate the burdens on broadcasters and lessees.

The NAB has released the final report on the Future of Television Initiative (FOTVI), a public-private partnership that convened broadcasters, equipment manufacturers, pay TV companies and public interest advocates under the FCC and NAB's leadership to ensure a smooth transition to the ATSC 3.0 standard.

Exposure to a bevy of globally popular recording artists and popular videos from internet and Hollywood stars could be completely blocked to millions of users in the U.S., as the Supreme Court has ruled TikTok's domestic operations must be divested by China's ByteDance in the name of national security. What could this mean for Radio?

Public figures known for their oratory gifts exert influence by their example. But there may be lesser-known individuals in your company or community; perhaps a podcaster or digital influencer you follow. What makes them special and noteworthy? This column from public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal answers that question.

A former KGO-7 in San Francisco reporter and the individual behind the creation of America’s first-ever 24/7 South Asian-targeted television network, Diya TV, has closed on the Kalil & Co.-brokered sale of a broadcast television station serving California's Central Coast.

The entity that owns and operates the main PBS Member stations across the state of Louisiana is asking the FCC to give the OK to upgrade a Monroe, La.-based property to a UHF broadcast facility.

She's been in the Salt Lake City market as a radio sales pro since fall 1993 and joined Clear Channel Communications in June 1998 after 4 1/2 years across the street at Citadel Communications to become VP of Sales. Now the SVP of Sales for stations in the market owned today by iHeartMedia will rise to Market Manager.

For some Wall Street investment pros, a decline in return on capital employed (ROCE) and a decreasing amount of capital employed is a recipe for a company in decline. For financial bloggers at Simply Wall St, less profit from its investments and decreased total assets could negatively impact Entravision in 2025.

He's an icon when it comes to radio personalities who first gained fame on "77 WABC." He later worked at WCBS-FM during its period as an Oldies station in New York and in 2020 returned to WABC-AM under the ownership of John Catsimatidis to host a Saturday night specialty show, shifting from Sirius XM. Now, this program is getting a national rollout.

As President-elect, Joe Biden spent months seeking to fill the fifth seat on the FCC, a chair that eventually went to Anna Gómez after two disastrous attempts to get Senate confirmation of Gigi Sohn. Today, President-elect Donald Trump wasted no time in selecting the next Commissioner at the agency.

A Class C3 FM serving the Burlington, Vt.-Plattsburgh, N.Y. market as an Air1 Worship Music affiliate is poised to become an owned station with the Educational Media Foundation family. That's according to paperwork filed with the FCC on Thursday seeking its regulatory approval of the transaction.

"SuperFrank" Copsidas has decided to part ways with a Class A digital LPTV station licensed to a small town in Indiana between Kokomo and Indianapolis. The buyer is the Norman Shapiro-led, Chicago-based company that is the parent of the MeTV Network and broadcast TV stations in the Windy City and in Milwaukee, among other locales.

A "reimagined" advertising sales and integrated marketing division at Sinclair Inc.'s broadcast group and a "dynamic new brand focused on news-news content and original programming" has been launched by the company led by Chris Ripley and Rob Weisbord.

RBR+TVBR has learned that a Fresno-area owner of broadcast TV stations in such markets as Bakersfield; LaCrosse and Wausau, Wisc.; Beaumont-Port Arthur, Tex.; and Yuma, Ariz. has signed on with brokerage Hadden & Associates in a bid to find the right buyer for its assets.

Exactly two years ago, RBR+TVBR shared the news that the golf league backed by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) had signed a multi-year agreement with Nexstar Media Group that made The CW its home for 2023 and 2024. That relationship has ended.

He began his radio career in New Orleans and has experience that includes serving as COO for Apex Broadcasting, and as VP of Radio for Griffin Communications. He's been on his second tour of duty at Cox Media Group since 2019, and in one month he's transferring from San Antonio to Atlanta to take the helm of its radio stations.

The FCC has denied four complaints and petitions that she believes "seek to curtail freedom of the press and undermine the First Amendment." This includes the Media and Democracy Project petition to deny the license renewal of a Philadelphia TV station owned by FOX Television Stations.

Just one day after RBR+TVBR confirmed that Imagicomm Communications has decided to sell all of the broadcast television stations it acquired as part of FCC-required CMG divestments in August 2022, Kalil & Co. has revealed that four stations in two DMAs have already found a buyer.