After decades with Cumulus Media’s Westwood One and the network’s predecessors, Vice President of Programming David Felker has departed the company. It comes amid a new round of consolidation that sees the discontinuation of seven 24/7 syndicated radio formats.
Thanks to the Congressionally passed PIRATE Act, the FCC is empowered to go after landlords of facilities found to harbor broadcast buccaneers. On Friday, Enforcement Bureau Region One Regional Director David Dombrowski did just that, as the pirate radio operator in question has ignored a forfeiture notice.
"In the realm of public speaking, real influence begins when you truly see your audience." Here are some valued tips from veteran public relations professional and public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal on how truly seeing the audience can gain a level of trust and influence that puts you in the driver's seat.
"People close to the discussions" have told The Wall Street Journal that Paramount Global will continue "to abstain from particular corporate diversity initiatives," one step it will take to meet FCC approval of Skydance Media's proposed merger with the company through an acquisition of National Amusements, Inc.
He's formerly the SVP of Ad Sales at the Marquee Sports Network and played a key role in the relaunch of the RSN. Before that he was President of ABC National Television Sales and in the past was a VP for both WLS-7 in Chicago and WABC-7 in New York. Now, this broadcast TV ad sales vet is heading up WPEC-TV.
The longtime President/CEO of family-owned Morgan Murphy Media, a woman who led the company for some 43 years, has passed away at the age of 79 — just weeks after stepping down from the chief executive role to become board chair.
Tune to a hip-hop radio station to the west of Sydney, Australia, during the midday hours each weekday, and you'll hear "Thy." There's just one catch. There is no "Thy" — and there never has been over the six months this AI-generated air talent has been on the Australian Radio Network (ARN) station.
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded $177,697 in grants to 35 public television stations to develop plans to connect new PBS KIDS resources focused on science inquiry and literacy to the highest need children in their communities.
He was most recently the Chief Legal Officer and a member of the founding leadership team of the now-scuttled joint venture that would have seen ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery team up to launch Venu Sports. Introducing the newest member of the executive leadership team at iHeartMedia.
Broadcast Blinds, known for its daylight control products used at broadcast TV stations across the globe, used the 2025 NAB Show in Las Vegas as the launching pad for a new line of portable daylight control systems.
The multimedia company superserving African American consumers that has abandoned its plans to build a casino gaming resort in Virginia has determined when it will release and subsequently discuss its first quarter 2025 earnings results.
Here's the good news: TelevisaUnivision saw Q1 2025 adjusted OIBDA growth and "sustained momentum against our strategic priorities.” However, domestic revenue declined 4% as total revenue for its Mexico operations slumped by 23%.
On Tuesday, the FCC issued a Notice of Violation to the licensee of a low-power radio station serving a portion of South Florida as part of "The Voice of the Caribbean" for far exceeding its licensed power output. A second LPFM that's a simulcast partner, owned by a different licensee, has apparently done the same thing.
The all-new 30-minute video podcast, presented by dot.FM, features an exclusive conversation between RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson and Foster Garvey Office Managing Director and Principal Brad Deutsch. The discussion focuses on the many anticipated regulatory changes coming for Radio and TV.
She's all but certain to become the next FCC Commissioner and on April 9 participated in a nomination hearing conducted by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. It is now known that the Committee will vote on Olivia Trusty's nomination on April 30, which would set up a full Senate vote.
He's been the Corporate Senior Vice President/Station Operations at Sinclair Inc. since 2007 and has served as "a key leader in Sinclair’s broadcast operations for more than two decades." On June 30, he'll be heading into retirement.
NBCUniversal's parent has released its first quarter earnings report, and for one media advertising forecaster, the negative movement within the company's ad business is a sign that "soft ad trends" for broadcast television station owners are making growth opportunities for linear properties more difficult to predict.
It's a whole new Audacy Inc., with CEO Kelli Turner officially assuming the role at the company formerly known as Entercom in mid-March as Chris Oliviero became Chief Business Officer and Bob Philips was named Chief Revenue Officer. Now, Audacy has a new CMO.
He's described as a "dynamic husband and father" and is known across the radio broadcasting industry as the longtime leader of two groups of stations — one in Austin and the other in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. Now, many are pausing to remember Bob Sinclair Sr., who died April 20 at the age of 79.
