Radio+Television Business Report

She was the first woman to serve as Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, and an "enthusiastic and effective supporter" of public media. Now, House Members and New Yorkers are paying tribute to former Congresswoman Nita Lowey, who has died.

“I am 78 and it is time to smell the roses.” That's what Dan Viles told RBR+TVBR in late January with the announcement that he's selling his low-power TV station serving New York’s Capital Region and the Catskills. Now, the FCC has granted the transfer of control request associated with the deal.

A pair of LPTV properties in the Catskills of New York is being sold by entrepreneur and 5G TV advocate “SuperFrank” Copsidas, and the FCC has just granted the transfer of control request associated with the deal.

Three FM radio stations serving a community in Eastern Oregon bisected by U.S. Highway 30 are being sold to a husband and wife who own three FMs and two AMs in the region.

For some 40 years, Bob Palmater has been "fully devoted to Christ," and this has seen the broadcast media veteran manage Christian radio stations across the Midwest. Today, he's the President of non-profit Sound In Spirit, and it has engineered a deal that will see the sale of a Class B1 noncommercial FM serving Keokuk, Iowa.

It's a 1kw Class C AM radio station serving a coastal Oregon city sandwiched between Devils Lake and the Pacific Ocean. And, it is being acquired by a group behind a radio and online community project with a mission to inform and entertain Mt. Scott Meadows. 

He's the man behind Whiskey Sours Broadcasting & Productions of Michigan, and he's just invested in a Class A FM radio station serving the Kentucky town of Monticello. What does this mean for "Z93 Country"?

It is a licensee of five television stations, including an unaffiliated property serving the Las Vegas market. Here, a request to shift from a VHF channel to a UHF facility has been made with the FCC. And, it now seeks public comment on the plan.

The owner of conservative and Christian-themed spoken word radio stations and a fledgling FAST channel devoted to news and insight has submitted its FY 2024 financial report with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In a message posted Thursday to its Facebook page, WIRY owner Hometown Communications LLC, an entity comprised of shareholders Mark Henry, Joey Trombley, David Andrews and David Favro, confirmed that the station will be concluding business effective today. Its audio streams were silent as of mid-morning Friday.

"Society has historically favored tall and deep-throated individuals as leaders and authority figures. You and I know that you’re perfect just as you are, but there are hacks to look and sound a little 'bigger' when you speak in public." Rosemary Ravinal shares these hacks in this new column.

AI, Sports, Streaming, Cloud Virtualization and the Creator Economy: All will take Center Stage at the 2025 NAB Show, which begins in three weeks at the Las Vegas Convention Center. “The NAB Show has led the charge in innovation for media and entertainment, and this year is no exception,” says the NAB's Karen Chupka.

The WNBA champions during the 2022 and 2023 seasons will now see their games air locally on the broadcast television station branded as "Vegas 34," owned by The E.W. Scripps Co. 

The owner of a Class B AM radio station with 3,200 watts during daylight hours and 1,300 watts at night serving a bucolic area near Trenton, N.J., has been given notice that it must pay its delinquent FCC regulatory fees or risk a license revocation.

Gwathmey, an individual who created Texas Public Radio with the merger of San Antonio Community Radio and the Classical Broadcasting Society of San Antonio, has died of natural causes.

The highly coveted awards will be presented at the 16th Hispanic Radio Conference, June 11-12 in Houston. Now is the opportunity for YOU to nominate the shining stars in the Hispanic radio industry. Nominations across seven categories are now open to anyone involved in the success of Hispanic radio.

Just in time for NCAA March Madness — and talk at the upcoming 2025 NAB Show in Las Vegas — CBS News & Stations is readying the formal unveiling of a state-of-the-art augmented reality/virtual reality studio at its WFOR-4 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale.

It's here! The Radio + Television Business Report's InFOCUS Video Podcast features an interview between Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson and Johnny Green Jr., the President and Regional General Manager for CBS overseeing both Boston and New York. Click here to learn more about how you can view the conversation now.

Starting Monday, Cox Media Group's Jacksonville television operations will have a new Director of Sales. But, he's no stranger to the stations CMG runs on Florida's First Coast.

He was the head of the FCC that first erased Title II broadband classification, resulting in death threats for the end of "Net Neutrality." Starting April 1, he'll be the President/CEO of the wireless industry association.