Radio+Television Business Report

As the 11am Eastern hour began, the senior Democratic Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission revealed on social media platform X that he had just informed President Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer that he intends to resign "later this spring."

At this year’s Hispanic Radio Conference, best-selling author, business consultant, and media strategist Peter Remington is set to challenge industry professionals to break free from outdated sales strategies and embrace the evolving definition of radio as "new media."

Peacock is now offering in-market streaming of the NBC Sports Regional Networks as an add-on subscription option, providing paid Peacock OTT platform consumers with direct access to NBC Sports Bay Area, NBC Sports Boston, NBC Sports California or NBC Sports Philadelphia.

A venerable New Bern, N.C.-based designer and manufacturer of professional broadcast audio equipment under a trio of brand names is gearing up for the 2025 NAB Show with several new product enhancements and additions to its line of offerings.

Introducing the INOmini 645 FM SiteStreamer II, featuring a sensitive SDR-based tuner, improved LCD display, high-quality streaming for multiple remote listeners, improved metering for both off-air and Auxilliary reception, more alarm options, and two levels of password protection.

Telos Alliance, long-known for its broadcast audio technology products, is planning to show off its entire catalog of new features and capabilities across its lineup of Linear Acoustic Next Generation Audio products at the 2025 NAB Show.

A software provider that offers products designed to improve post-production workflows for broadcasters is returning to the NAB Show, and will introduce a post-production collaboration product designed to bridge the gap between discrete cloud and multiple on-premises infrastructures.

A "record-breaking" 127.7 million viewers watched FOX’s broadcast of Super Bowl LIX — including a simulcast streamed on FOX’s free streaming service, Tubi. But, how did television viewing fare otherwise in February 2025? Nielsen's monthly report, "The Gauge," offers new details.

Less free trade. Fewer foreign workers. "An increased reliance on the idiosyncratic preferences of the president rather than the more predictable institutionally-driven policy-making processes businesses have historically relied upon in the United States." This led Brian Wieser to reduce his ad growth expectations.

The advertising sales business of Charter Communications is moving ahead with a full-market rollout of its newest planning tool, Audience Reach Optimizer (ARO). The offering from Spectrum Reach is designed to boost the effectiveness and efficiency of advertisers' campaigns, delivering their TV ads to their intended audience.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America (BFOA) has elected the owner and CEO of a privately held radio broadcasting company with stations across Pennsylvania and Western New York; the head of America’s Public Television Stations (APTS); and the former head of Greater Media to its Board of Directors.

It's a loan that could lead to an eventual sale of an embattled noncommercial community-focused radio station that has served St. Louis for 38 years. For many, the checkerboard cultural programming they've come to enjoy could soon be replaced with Christian Contemporary music.

The nation's foremost purveyor of entertainment content targeting African American consumers has elected when it will release its fourth quarter 2024 earnings report. What can investors expect to hear from CEO Alfred Liggins III?

In July of last year, Educational Media Foundation completed its purchase of four radio stations in a $7 million deal that included KAIM-FM 95.5 in Honolulu. Now, the company that sold EMF that station has found a buyer for its remaining properties on O'ahu.

Dick Blumenthal has asked the FCC's Acting Bureau Chief of the Enforcement Bureau and its Acting Bureau Chief of the Media Bureau to provide more details about what he calls the Commission’s recent “unprecedented, intrusive investigations against media broadcasters under arbitrary and capricious pretenses.”

Audacy Inc. has given Kelli Turner permanent executive leadership stripes as a series of other corporate-level moves has transpired at the company with majority ownership today held by Soros Fund Management. Many high-profile people have exited, while Chris Oliviero and Bob Philips earn promotions.

What business segment is Townsquare Media most excited about in the coming years? The Digital Programmatic business, which CEO Bill Wilson said "has been and will continue to be the largest growth driver of our business for the foreseeable future." Meanwhile, deregulation makes Townsquare a buyer.

Forget Hershey's. Negate Nestlé. In much of Europe, this is a brand that dominates with kids. Now, it has its sights set on the U.S. market, and it is using Spot Cable to build its growing brand awareness.

Digital revenue is up, but so are expenses, as Townsquare Media beat estimates for both Q4 revenue and its earnings per share during the final three months of 2024. The Q1 2025 forecast, however, projects revenue to be slightly lower than the forecasts of the analysts who cover the company.

"Local News Live," which celebrated its fourth birthday in February as a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) network, is getting a boost from Gray Media by placing its 2pm Eastern afternoon newscast on 37 of its broadcast TV stations.