Radio+Television Business Report

A Class A digital television facility serving the Norfolk area from Yorktown, Va., is being sold to the company behind the MeTV classic television brand and is related Oldies radio format.

A privately held owner of broadcast television stations in markets ranging from Charlottesville, Va.; to Wichita has named a past president of the Virginia Association of Broadcasters to serve as its Director of Digital Revenue — a newly created position.

He teamed with Barry Dickstein as the co-owner of a group of radio stations before evolving the operation in 1994 to StoneGate Capital Group. He was also a successful media brokerage advisor, and later in life an entrepreneur and Justice of the Peace. Now, family and friends are gathering to remember Joel Hartstone.

The publicly traded broadcast television company formerly known as Gannett has widened the role of the individual who directs its mergers and acquisitions and business development needs by having him take control of its distribution negotiations and retransmission consent talks with MVPDs.

Flag Family Media will be able to close on its $600,000 purchase of a News/Talk radio station serving Fargo, N. Dakota. A listener had objected to the deal based on a Facebook post by a host at the buyer's current radio stations, on the grounds that what he said demonstrated why it would be “dangerous” for the sale to happen.

The Major League Baseball club that can list Philadelphia, Kansas City and Oakland as its former homes has reached an agreement with iHeartRadio to broadcast all of the team's regular season, Spring Training and any potential post-season games on a big AM serving the city its calling home until it ends up in Las Vegas.

The Congressional Budget Office has released its cost estimate for the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025. And, despite automaker claims that adding electromagnetic shielding to preserve AM reception would come at a high cost, the CBO has disagreed — for a  third time.

As Mediaocean sees it, the combined entity creates "a leading global, omnichannel ad tech platform, empowering brands, agencies, and publishers with more control, choice, and intelligence over their investments."

Some people say their hearts have been touched by words. Others say their hearts have been broken. For this year’s Valentine’s Day, public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal is inspired to explore how words carry the weight of our emotions and intentions, how they influence others and build relationships for you.

A large group of major MVPDs have committed to "unified guidance" on Multiscreen TV Advertising Terminology. The goal of the recommendation?" To align the media industry around the various delivery types of TV advertising in all its forms, focusing on the terms “multiscreen TV,” “streaming,” and “traditional TV.”

The owner of 52 radio stations across three Canadian provinces and the Northwest Territories led by President Bryan Edwards has gained regulatory approval for its purchase of 21 properties from iHeartRadio partner Bell Media.

It's a word FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gómez used in early February to describe the actions of Chairman Brendan Carr's leadership and controversial actions taken in the days since he took over the agency: "weaponization." Now, three Democratic Senators are using the word as they condemn the Carr Commission.

The Gray Media broadcast offerings bringing NBC and CBS network programming branded as "Alaska's News Source" has a new General Manager. It's an individual who is making a big relocation, as he's most recently served as Sales Manager of a Hearst Television pair in Northwest Arkansas.

Across Thursday, talk of a potential carriage fee impasse between YouTube TV and Paramount Global escalated, with each company expressing their views on the terms of a new agreement publicly with their respective consumers. At 8pm Eastern, a "blackout" by law of most of the CBS News and Stations' parents channels was prevented — for now.

Voting concludes TODAY for this year's honors. Haven't made your selections yet? Do it today, as RBR+TVBR is calling on the broadcast media industry to help our leadership team in selecting the top-ranked individuals who oversee free-to-air broadcast TV stations across the U.S.

On April 14, 2022, a woman who held 80% equity interest in four radio stations passed away. The licensee, however, failed to promptly share this information with the Commission. That's a FCC rule violations, but a forfeiture notice isn't to be handed out. Instead, the Audio Division Chief, Al Shuldiner, is signing a Consent Decree.

The third-generation President of radio station owner Mid-West Family Broadcasting will be shifting to a role as Chairman of the Board, as another longtime executive has been named Chief Operating and Revenue Officer.

He has a surname that's apropos for his workplace, and he's just been promoted to Regional VP of Sales for the FOX Television Stations serving Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Gainesville-Ocala.

An individual who most recently served as Sr. VP of Global Media Rights for Aggregate Sports and before that was VP of Programming for NBC Sports Group will now be reporting to the President of The CW Network, as he's taken on the role of SVP of Sports.

Congress is marking World Radio Day in a particularly meaningful way: a bipartisan group of 114 US House members has reintroduced the Local Radio Freedom Act, a resolution opposing the imposition of new performance fees, royalties, or taxes on local radio stations.