Radio+Television Business Report

Beasley CEO Caroline Beasley will take on the CFO role on an interim basis, while Shaun Greening rises to CAO, both effective October 17.

NBCUniversal Telemundo Studios has launched what it is calling an “industry-first” podcast incubator in partnership with the University of Miami, giving student creators access to Telemundo’s production resources, mentorship and distribution platforms.

In the time since President Trump returned to the White House, the NAB has taken an aggressive stance on key issues that it believes are of the utmost importance to Radio and Television. In the words of President/CEO Curtis LeGeyt, the association has been on offense since Day One of the second Trump Administration.

A multifamily residential building is being proposed for a site on the west bank of the Malden River in suburban Medford, Mass., that until 20 years ago served as the home of one of the nation's most iconic Top 40 stations and its AM sibling. 

Local media ad-focused operation Madhive has made what it calls "a strategic equity investment" in Precise.AI, an AI-powered data collaboration company. This results in a new CEO for Madhive, as its current chief executive will take CEO stripes for Precise.AI.

It was a lively and remarkable panel discussion, led by one of the television industry's most respected research executives. TVB EVP/Chief Research Officer Hadassa Gerber asked hard questions to executives from Nielsen and Comscore about how to deliver data that will best support broadcast TV's ad growth. 

“Local Now is committed to bringing the audience what they want," said Byron Allen, Founder/Chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group. "Local Now continues to be the go-to destination for free news, weather, sports, and entertainment across America.”

At present, it has such local news and information portals as Clarksville Now, intricately linked to broadcast radio stations including "Q108," a regional leader. By 2030, nearly every Saga Communications market could emulate what Fort Campbell, Ky., and Clarksville, Tenn. have seen monetarily. 

He previously worked in the Audio Division of the FCC's Media Bureau under its chief, Al Shuldiner. Now, he is the newest Associate Attorney at Inside-the-Beltway communications law firm Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth.

In the eyes of the Director of Media and the Live Entertainment Equity Research head at Guggenheim Partners, the investment community and his peers in Wall Street financial houses are “still bullish” on the broadcast television sector. That said, some presently robust fountains of dollars will likely slow to a trickle in the coming years.

A new track is coming to the NAB Show New York conference in roughly two weeks that will examine AI and automation in news production, focusing on how AI is transforming how news is gathered, produced and disseminated.

The TVB Executive Summit kicked off its half-day agenda at Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday with remarks from soon-to-retire President/CEO Steve Lanzano that not only welcomed in-person attendees ahead of a keynote from ANA head Bob Liodice but also revealed who Lanzano's successor will be.

The AWM Foundation is accepting entries for the 51st Annual Gracie Awards. For more than five decades, these awards have celebrated outstanding programming by, for, and about women — while funding scholarships and programs that support the next generation of women in media.

Information shared in a "FCC Fact Sheet" on a "Fifth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" outlining what Commissioners plan to vote on come October 28 brought reaction from both the Advanced Television Systems Committee and NEXTGEN TV marketing arm Pearl TV.

As LG AdSolutions sees it, Connected TV is now the starting point for TV strategies, giving advertisers the ability to connect advanced data with advanced creative on the largest screen in the home. Yet, LG AdSolutions says, many buyers admit they have not yet brought these two forces fully together. A new report seeks to remedy that.

Saga Communications' CEO and CFO, respectively, were set to participate at 4pm Eastern in a Noble Capital Markets’ Emerging Growth Virtual Equity Conference event with Director of Research Michael Kupinski. We've got the link for you to listen in on the conversation.

"Jawboning." It's a word that the AEI's Clay Calvert used during a Wednesday online webinar hosted by the D.C. think tank to describe many of the actions they believe FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has engaged in over the last several months.

For more than 13 years, he was a Univision Interactive Media leader, exiting in February 2014 as a Director of Programming for a role at rival NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, first as Digital Sports Director. Now, this EVP of Sports is adding duties as Head of Streaming for all of Telemundo's digital video delivery needs.

The CEO of A Wonder Media Company, parent of American Urban Radio Networks (AURN), on Monday received the President’s Award for her role in amplifying Black voices in media at the National Action Network’s (NAN) 2025 Triumph Awards.

LTN and syndicated programming distribution provider Extreme Reach XR have partnered up, bringing a new live syndicated programming option to broadcast stations across the U.S. – extending to more 900 stations across every DMA. The goal? Real-time syndication management ease.