Radio+Television Business Report

Audacy has promoted from within to fill the role of Head of Podcasts at the audio content creation and distribution company with majority ownership held by Soros Fund Management.

Phoenix, AZ – We are seeking an experienced Digital Sales Director to fulfill a key role in our company and help us reach our growth targets. To be considered for the role, you must also possess excellent knowledge of relevant online sales platforms and tools, such as Salesloft/InsightSquared/Salesforce. You’ll also be expected to demonstrate outstanding […]

The WNBA franchise serving the Pacific Northwest's biggest metropolitan area has inked a new multi-year partnership with the owner of the ABC and The CW affiliates serving the market — a "landmark deal" that expands access to the Seattle Storm.

It was roughly 1 1/2 years ago when Urban One investors last heard from the company's executive leadership regarding its casino gaming ambitions. Now, CEO Alfred Liggins III has confirmed that the media and entertainment company superserving Black consumers is abandoning its plans to build a brick-and-mortar casino resort. 

A major licensee of low-power television stations across the U.S. has filed a Petition for Rulemaking with the FCC that would allow one of its properties to broadcast in the 3gpp -approved 5G Broadcast standard.

When it comes to broadcast TV's national advertising, one brand stands under a spotlight brighter than any other, with national spot activity far exceeding the others on the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten TV report. It's a dominant position years in the making for the law offices led by John Morgan.

For some, he's a memorable conservative talk host paired for nearly a decade with Rose Tennent. For older Steel City radio listeners, he's remembered as a Top 40 host paired with "Banana" across the 1980s at B94. Now, all are paying tribute to Jim Quinn, who has died.

"While Disney started as an iconic American company, it recently went all in on DEI." That's the accusation against the parent of ABC Owned Stations being lobbed on X by the Chairman of the FCC. "I am concerned that their DEI practices may violate FCC prohibitions on invidious forms of discrimination," says Brendan Carr.

For more than a quarter century, she led the FOX Television Stations pair serving the Dallas-Fort Worth market, retiring at the end of June 2023. Now, many across the broadcast television industry are mourning her sudden passing at her home in California.

It is the owner of an AM radio station serving the seat of Parmer County, Tex., with a population of under 1,500 people. And, it has failed to pay its regulatory fees since 2012. Now, this delinquency has cost this station is license.

On March 18, Auddia, the company behind the faidr app. closed on $3.5 million of new financing by selling 1.3M common shares from its previously announced equity line. It is now known that it will engage in a significant reverse stock split, effective with the start of Nasdaq's trading session on Monday.

The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance (ATBA) has elected a new Chair of the organization, and she'll formally take on her new role at its annual board meeting on April 5, ahead of the NAB Show in Las Vegas.

Veritone Inc. is heading to Las Vegas next week for the NAB Show and will set up shop in the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center (at booth W1455), where it plans to put a spotlight on its array of AI products and services used by both radio and television stations.

Now, with the 2025 NAB Show approaching, AI-powered machine translation company XL8 has confirmed that it has successfully commercialized a real-time product that translates English-language captions to Spanish.

The FCC under Republican Chairman Brendan Carr has received much criticism since he acted to reinstate complaints against ABC, NBC and CBS that were dismissed under delegated authority by acting Bureau Chiefs in the waning days of the Rosenworcel Commission. Now, five former Commissioners — including the FCC Chairman prior to Jessica Rosenworcel — are asking Carr to end its probe of CBS.

The Media Financial Management Annual Conference will kick off its first full day of sessions with a welcome address from the head of the NAB. It's immediately followed by a keynote Chief Financial Officer panel presentation moderated by the Publisher/President of Streamline Publishing's RBR + TVBR and Radio Ink. 

First it was MAGNA. Now, WARC has decreased its global ad market growth forecast. And, it models three scenarios based on "differing severities of deterioration in underlying market conditions."

“I messed up a speech once in front of my bosses, and I never want to go through that again,” a prominent client recently confessed to veteran public relations executive Rosemary Ravinal. "Public speaking just isn’t in my DNA." Here are some tips on how to weave public speaking into your comfort zone, and your soul.

The second-largest institutional investor in Saga Communications has formally withdrawn its nominees for election as directors to the company's board.  "The continued pursuit of our nominees would not be in the best interest of Gate City or the company’s shareholders at this time," Gate City says.

In December 2024, RBR+TVBR first shared the news that Forever Media, the Lynn Deppen-led radio station owner, was spinning a Lancaster, Pa., FM translator to the operator behind Word FM, a Christian-themed noncommercial entity. Now, a second deal has been struck between the two parties.