A broadcast TV advertising sales and management veteran who joined Hearst Television in 2023 as Director of National Sales has been promoted to Vice President of National Sales. In this new role, he continues to report to Hearst Television’s VP of Sales, Gerry McGavick, and EVP/Group Head Eric Meyrowitz.
The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) has told the Commission to keep its hands off of the existing television ownership rules, and eschew any change broadcasters and the NAB seek.
A "creator-first music, entertainment, and technology platform" and British media giant Global-owned digital advertising platform DAX have renewed their audio advertising agreement. It extends a partnership forged in 2015.
Paul Burt, a highly respected broadcast engineer, has five decades of engineering leadership experience, working for stations across Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. His work spans studio construction, transmitter modernization, emergency alerting systems, and long-term technical planning.
The four Cumulus Media radio stations serving the Lexington, Ky., market will see a new VP/Market Manager take on oversight of the properties come January 1, rising from a decade-long role as Sales Manager.
The partnership brings over-the-air broadcast radio into Viant’s platform for the first time, "demonstrating how radio and podcasts together form complementary pillars of the modern audio strategy for advertisers."
Pro and semi-pro sports leagues have been signing a multitude of live play-by-play rights with the owners of broadcast TV stations, shifting away from regional sports networks. Now the NAB wants to make sure over-the-air TV doesn't lose the momentum in the face of digital "Big Tech" encroachment.
An individual who served as a General Counsel at the Commission and is today the co-Chair of the Issues and Appeals practice at Wiley Law has told the FCC that it holds the authority to adjust the national TV multiple ownership rule. Thus, there is no need for Congress to do the job the Carr FCC can.
After more than 12 years since voluntarily entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Granite Broadcasting has sold its final property. It comes after a switch of the CBS affiliate to another station in the market, placing two diginets on the station now trading hands to a Sinclair Inc. shared services partner.
A key Democratic U.S. Senator, along with two colleagues in the upper body of Congress and three House of Representatives Members, have written to the Acting Bureau Chief of the FCC and Chairman Brendan Carr urging them to greatly consider all of the factors tied to Nexstar's proposed TEGNA deal.
On December 9, the ever-flailing American Music Fairness Act (AMFA) took center stage at a Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Intellectual Property hearing that saw KISS member Gene Simmons slam Radio. The GSM of an Ohio radio pair has something to say to the rock star.
Some 219 House Members are now co-sponsors of the important resolution that is a pledge to oppose “any new performance fee, tax, royalty or other charge” on local broadcast radio stations. How many are in support of the musicFIRST-backed "American Music Fairness Act?" A handful.
Varsity Brands, known for cheerleading, dance teams, and camps and competition, has signed an exclusive broadcast deal for its Varsity Spirit unit with Scripps Sports. The result is live coverage of the inaugural Pro Cheer League season through The E.W. Scripps Co.'s ION sports and entertainment network.
New Year's Eve 2025 is rapidly approaching, and broadcast TV stations that are developing plans for their on-air, online and social coverage of New Year’s Eve now have access to this year’s official Times Square New Year’s Eve content, courtesy of Countdown Entertainment and the Times Square Alliance.
The nation's No. 1 of broadcast radio stations by AM and FM count has promoted from within to fill two Division President of Community Markets slots at the company. At the same time, iHeartMedia is promoting its President of the Portland, Ore., market, to Region President of the Pacific Northwest Area.
The National Women's Soccer League's newest franchise has secured an exclusive local broadcast rights agreement with The E.W. Scripps Co., a deal secured by Scripps Sports President Brian Lawlor that will see all non-nationally exclusive matches air on the company's two broadcast TV stations in Denver.
The Chairman of the FCC has reiterated his belief that the FCC has an obligation to enforce a public interest standard for broadcasters who have been given the right to use a "very valuable public resource" — spectrum — and will continue to do so under a Congressional statute it is obligated to follow.
While the NAB and a bevy of licensees seek a relaxation or wholesale repeal of the Commission's local broadcast ownership rules, an advocacy group for African American station owners has asked the Carr Commission to leave its current regulatory limits as-is.
The nation's largest single owner of broadcast TV stations has confirmed that it is bringing to market an in-house strategic and creative hub designed to serve as an express lane to its portfolio of media properties across the United States.
As RBR+TVBR was first to report earlier this week, Gray Media has reached a deal to purchase a full-power television station in the Volunteer State in a transaction that saw brokerage Kalil & Co. represent the seller. It is now known how much Bahakel Media will pocket from the transaction.
