Radio+Television Business Report

She may be reluctant to talk to the press about the flurry of radio station deals she's signed off on, but Christina Biegun has emerged as one of South Florida's biggest discussion topics in recent months.  Why? Her Little Dog Media Group has been scrappy in scooping up AM radio stations with FM translators. Now, she's struck again.

Last fall's government shutdown has produced an unexpected downstream effect for broadcasters: FCC penalties will not increase in 2026. The Enforcement Bureau confirmed this month that civil monetary penalties will remain frozen at 2025 levels.

On Tuesday, it became known that Ernesto Caballero Acevedo had returned to Spanish Broadcasting System to serve as General Sales Manager of KRZZ "93.3 La Raza" in San Francisco. Now, that station's two Los Angeles siblings have a new GSM.

As attorneys from Brooks Pierce and Cooley LLP representing all four network TV affiliate groups state, "Even if that subscriber leaves cable or satellite for a virtual MVPD provider, the broadcaster’s revenue suffers because of the below-market economics of the vMVPD opt-in paradigm." 

It's a Class B FM licensed for 20kw with much of its signal covering water. Still, it reaches enough of Newport News, Norfolk and Virginia Beach to warrant this station's acquisition by K-LOVE Inc. In exchange, it is handing an FM in the Palmetto State to the seller.

The fundraiser is an annual effort to raise critical funds that support our mission of providing financial assistance to broadcast professionals facing severe hardship due to debilitating illness or disaster. The BFOA has distributed more than $20 million in aid to radio and television professionals over the past 15 years.

The five audio brands serving Idaho's largest metropolitan area have a new VP/Market Manager overseeing the stations, and he's inbound from a small market in Arizona to the southeast of Tucson where Townsquare Media has a presence. It's an individual who is a former VP of Cherry Creek Media, which Townsquare acquired.

Valari Staab, the Chairman of NBCUniversal Local who oversees both NBC and Telemundo-branded owned stations and the NBC Sports Regional Networks, has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 RBR+TVBR Lifetime Leadership Award. She'll receive it at Forecast 2027 on November 12 in New York.

For decades, advertisers had to choose between TV's scale and digital's precision. Not anymore, say Viamedia and Hearst Television, as they have teamed to bring to market "true household-level addressability for broadcast television for the first time."

Global media and corporate trade firm Active International has opted to use Comcast Technology Solutions' Comcast AdFusion product to help modernize and scale its broadcast ad traffic and creative distribution operations.

Walmart has agreed to acquire a self-serve, connected TV advertising platform it says is designed to simplify advertising for small and mid-sized businesses and mid-market brands.

Press Communications has successfully convinced the FCC that a tiny FM translator located in The Bronx is still an interference threat to its successful Country station serving Middlesex and Monmouth Counties, in New Jersey. That results in a need for Family Stations to retool the mini-FM, which uses a frequency once home to WVIP-FM.

The Acting Chief of the FCC's Media Bureau has dismissed a Petition for Special Relief filed by "a number of former FCC officials" and a notable hopeful who requested the Commission “repeal its news distortion policy in full.” The reason is a simple one for Alex Sanjenis.

He leads Cumulus Media's radio stations in Oklahoma City, home to five audio brands, and has been the VP/Market Manager in the home of the Thunder since 2015. Now, he's adding additional responsibilities in a city that's home to the Air Force Academy. 

Auction bidding beat expectations with significant per-unit prices and gross winning bids exceeding $3.5 billion. Through the auction, valuable mid-band spectrum that was previously idle has been allocated for productive use.

It is a Class D FM translator with all of 10 watts, and that's enough to reach tiny Glide, Ore., and nearby Roseburg. Situated between Eugene and Medford, this facility has served as a rebroadcast partner for the University of Oregon's Classical service. That's about to change.

It's a direct result of ongoing litigation between DirecTV and state attorneys general and TEGNA and its owner, Nexstar Media Group, designed to prevent Nexstar from fully merging TEGNA's assets with its own: CEO Patrick Paolini has promoted four individuals to TEGNA's newly refreshed executive leadership team.

Chavez Media is seeking a revenue-focused Director of Digital Sales to build and scale the sales engine for its start-up digital marketing agency. As part of the Chavez Media portfolio, the agency will help clients grow through integrated digital marketing programs that can be amplified by Chavez Media’s radio assets, content creation capabilities, live events, […]

Since August 2020, she's served as Director of Operations and Programming for Cox Media Group's radio stations serving Jacksonville, Fla. Now, she's been promoted and will take on a similar role at the company's radio stations serving its home market of Atlanta.

In August 2023, Chuck Marsh agreed to purchase a group of stations from Three Rivers Media, with a Promissory Note put in place along with a payment schedule. The seller sued Marsh over nonpayment; Marsh countersued. A settlement has been reached, and it negates the deal after nearly three years.