Radio+Television Business Report

Get After It Media, the Joel Wertman and Otto Padrón-led home of digital multicast networks The Heartland Network, Retro TV, The Family Channel, Rev’n and The Action Channel, is consolidating two of those offerings.

What happens when one of the most recognizable call letters in America teams up with one of the nation's most-beloved hamburger chains? The result is a renamed performance venue on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, thanks to a just-inked partnership between an Audacy Inc. Alternative icon and In-N-Out Burger.

The Telemundo affiliate serving the Jacksonville, Fla., DMA has confirmed that it will be launching a local newscast — the first en español offering of local information to the region's burgeoning Spanish-language consumer base.

Converting a LMA to an owned property in Northeastern Pennsylvania has been given the FCC's OK for Sinclair Inc. The result is the home of The CW for Wilkes Barre-Scranton will become a full-fledged sibling of WOLF-TV and WQMY-TV, creating a "triopoly" for the company led by Chris Ripley.

Her stations are in the middle of a broad newsroom tech overhaul. Can embracing AI-fueled tools help forge the clearest path to competitive differentiation in local news?  Yes, says Graham Media Group President and CEO Catherine Badalamente, appearing at a AWM Breakfast panel discussion during the NAB Show.

GatesAir has added to its Global Services organization with the hiring of two Service Support Engineers who will work within the Global Services team and focus their efforts on supporting AirWatch365 customers.

He's enjoyed a 31-year tenure with the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), including 23 years as its Chief Executive Officer. At the end of 2026, Bob Liodice will be stepping down from the role, and serve in an advisory role through the first quarter of next year.

A radio industry veteran known for his secular work has become the newest member of the Ministry Leadership Team at K-LOVE. This sees him joining the radio division of the CCM giant as Chief Media Officer, overseeing the eponymous K-LOVE and sibling Air1 Worship Music brands, live events and partnerships.

In an appearance at the 2026 NAB Show, FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty used a 1998 appearance by then-Chairman Michael Powell and what his vision was for advancing the public interest in broadcasting as a foundation for her thoughts on why the FCC's renewed focus on the subject is of vital importance.

The individual who most recently served as General Manager for American General Media's Bakersfield radio stations has joined Cumulus Media to lead its radio stations serving Ventura County, Calif. The stations include a grandfathered 105kw Class B FM licensed to Santa Barbara.

As the lone Democrat serving as an FCC Commissioner, Anna M. Gómez has been outspoken in her ongoing defense of the First Amendment and Freedom of the Press concerns seen under the leadership of Chairman Brendan Carr. On Monday, this battle continued in a 2026 NAB Show roundtable discussion she moderated.

Gray Media's main attorney at Washington law firm Cooley LLP has submitted a formal complaint to the FCC that claims DISH Network is in violation of retransmission consent rules. How so? A Knoxville hotel is bringing its CBS affiliate to viewers via a DISH-owned platform.

It's a small city due northeast of Springfield, Mo., and that's good enough of a locale for the parent of MeTV Network to strike a deal to purchase a low-power TV station in a newly filed transaction awaiting FCC regulatory approval. 

Making its NAB Show debut, the C16-AM-12G audio monitor marries a broadcast quality feature set with a compact and modernized design to benefit demanding live productions across broadcast, sports and Pro AV environments.

Matrix Solutions, the provider of revenue management and CRM products for broadcast media, is revving up for the upcoming release of an AI analytics tool designed specifically for the media advertising marketplace.

Macnica has brought to market its new MEP25 SmartNIC, and its booth at the 2026 NAB Show has placed a big spotlight on the new product. It features a 25GbE-optimized media I/O platform designed to bring deterministic SMPTE ST 2110 workflows to standard compute environments. 

Vizrt, which seeks to grow its clientele by pitching itself as "the AI platform for visual storytelling," is heralding the NAB Show launch of its AI Keyer, a product designed to further enhance visual media's virtual and extended reality (XR) scenarios.

Landover Saturn 5, a company led by CEO Laurence Zimmerman committed to the proliferation of next-generation consumer wireless, has submitted a Request for Rulemaking with the FCC to permit "the repurposing of UHF channels 28-36 for flexible 5G/6G broadband use."

The publicly traded broadcast media company has appointed a Corporate Controller and is celebrating the naming of a GM and sales head in San Francisco — moves that come as MediaCo is preparing a TV station asset expansion that, in a way, consolidates properties in which Soohyung Kim has invested in.

The UHF facility that airs the CBS Television Network in the Motor City and surrounding communities is flipping the switch this afternoon on what the Paramount unit calls "the first-ever Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) technology-driven studio."