Radio+Television Business Report

Just south of the Red River separating Texas from Oklahoma and casino resorts over the border, Gray Media has selected a General Manager and Director of Sales for the CBS and FOX affiliates that serve these fast-growing communities due north of Dallas-Fort Worth.

How does the Townsquare Media CFO view his company's potential revenue intake from digital advertising in the coming quarters? "The sky's the limit," he told attendees of the BofA Securities Leveraged Finance Conference, held Tuesday. Stu Rosenstein also shared that a Term Notes issuance is coming, and this InFOCUS Podcast has the details.

The nation's dominant audience measurement services provider is teaming up with TikTok "to unlock a cross-media view of ad campaign performance" inclusive of the app's stateside activity. The partnership comes amid ongoing national security concerns tied to TikTok, a Chinese operation.

As radio faces competition from an ever-increasing number of platforms, radio marketing firm DMR/Interactive is projecting a 14% increase in station marketing budgets across the radio industry in 2025, following years of single-digit declines.

In a move that the company says will "strengthen" its positioning in the province, Bell Media will "regroup the expertise" of both its Québec teams under the leadership of its provincial VP of Content Development, Programming and News. Just don't call it a reduction-in-force initiative.

A Class C3 FM serving tiny Hettinger, N. Dakota, a locale where nine radio stations may be accessible to locals, is trading hands.  What does this mean for this Country-formatted radio station?

While much optimism exists for 2025 — fueled by increased ad spend and emerging technologies — challenges abound. Kantar Media's just-released Media Trends & Predictions report seeks to illuminate the opportunities and challenges confronting the media and entertainment ecosystem in the coming year, and beyond.

A nonprofit dedicated to "fostering vibrant local media that connects, informs and inspires communities" is launching a new initiative to help local public media organizations better understand and meet the information needs of their communities.

A French technology company that has established itself as a digital television testing and video decoder compliance product provider is cheering the availability of the industry's first test suite for what will become Brazil's 'TV 3.0' digital terrestrial television broadcast system.

VIZIO and its SmartCast Operating System are now the property of one of North America's biggest brick-and-mortar and online retailers, as the transaction has closed following the expiration of the waiting period under federal regulations. 

The Hispanic-focused broadcast media company with a global ad tech arm has appointed a VP/GM for its mobile advertising and connected TV technology platform, Smadex.

His surname serves as the title of his FOX News Channel show. His full name is how his Premiere Networks-syndicated radio program is billed. Now, the "Most Influential Conservative Voice In The Country" is heading to the direct-to-consumer FOX Nation offering with a new program that uses his first name as its title.

As "Zoom expert" and public relations pro Rosemary Ravinal sees it, "private speaking" will improve your public speaking. She explains, "Whether you are leading a video conference, behind the lectern on a stage or whispering words of kindness to your grandmother, it boils down to communicating and connecting genuinely with other human beings."

 K-LOVE and Air1 parent organization Educational Media Foundation has officially relocated its headquarters from California to Tennessee. The new 166,000-square-foot facility includes ten broadcast studios for K-LOVE and Air1 radio networks and podcasts.

Improved leverage and expectations for healthy growth in fiscal 2025 have led S&P Global Ratings to upgrade its rating on the parent company of ESPN and ABC Owned Stations. That's good news for The Walt Disney Co., which has seen its stock rise  by $30 per share since mid-August.

Americans appreciate the benefits of digital life and are excited by the potential of generative AI, but respondents feel it’s up to tech providers to dispel lingering concerns about data privacy and security. That's the key conclusion from a newly released report from Deloitte that paints a vivid portrait of today's connected consumer.

He's been with the station since 1987, when Gaylord Broadcasting sold it to Gillett and some six years prior to its affiliation switch from CBS to FOX, at which time it became a foundational O&O property today within Fox Television Stations. Now, this individual, today in the role of VP/News Director, is planning to retire from "FOX 13 Tampa Bay."

At the end of 2024, Jan Wade will call it a career. What does this mean for the leadership of a Hearst Television station serving Milwaukee? That role is going to an individual who succeeded Ariel Roblin as KETV-TV in Omaha's President/GM more than four years ago.

After nearly five years, creditors owed funds by the former radio station licensee led by Doris and Monte Miller will be getting their dollars. It is thanks to successful litigation that involved one of the biggest law firms on the West Coast.

New market research from WARC and radio station owner Audacy explores the perceptual barriers that are driving the gap between audio advertising spend and audio consumption in the U.S. "This white paper challenges long-held assumptions and demonstrates audio's ability to drive multi-platform, full-funnel impact for advertisers."