Radio+Television Business Report

Across the last week, no less than six ECFS submissions have been presented to the FCC on behalf of NCTA-The Internet & Television Association.  One filing begs attention: As the association sees it, extending mandatory carriage rights to ATSC 3.0 TV stations "would violate the Constitution."

The foundation’s awards celebrate the efforts to promote responsible journalism and preserve the constitutionally guaranteed rights to do so. Past honorees include local reporters, network anchors, members of the U.S. House of Representatives and multiple U.S. Senators.

The National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation (NABLF) is now accepting entries for the 2026 Celebration of Service to America Awards. The awards honor "the critical role local television and radio stations play in serving communities across the country."

The licensee of a pair of digital Class A television stations serving the Pittsburgh area has entered into a Consent Decree with the FCC that concludes an investigation by the Video Division of the Media Bureau into why it did not comply with online public file rules.

Skyview Networks widens its existing partnership with FanServ by offering additional opportunities for streamlined management of digital audio advertising. To support Skyview Networks in this initiative, FanServ has hired Paul Lajoie, a "proven leader" in programmatic advertising and digital media sales.

For the third consecutive period, Gen AI ranks as the most important consumer trend, underscoring its growing influence on how people discover content, engage with brands, and make decisions. The bigger takeaway? "Media investment is rebounding selectively," as linear TV continues to face pressure.

Sinclair Inc.-owned AMP Sports has been selected as the official media partner of Athletes First’s "The Block," a hospitality and content destination during "Big Game Week," scheduled for February 5–7 in San Francisco ahead of Super Bowl LX.

The FCC's lone Democratic Commissioner derided the "misleading announcement" distributed by the Media Bureau of guidance "on the application of the statutory equal opportunities requirement and the bona fide news exemptions to broadcast television stations, including their airing of late-night and daytime talk shows."

The Broadcasters Foundation of America will honor ESPN’s powerhouse personality Stephen A. Smith with its first-ever Broadcast Personality of the Year Award at the charitable organization’s annual gala on March 9 at New York City’s iconic Plaza Hotel.

In April 2023, Audacy Inc. announced that would be closing its Warwick, R.I., office and consolidating its operations with its larger Boston hub, ceasing a 19-year term of sales and marketing independence for a simulcast partner of WEEI-FM. Audacy is now moving forward with the sale of that Rhode Island FM.

Filings show auto manufacturers collectively reported $6.08 million in Q4 lobbying activity that included ties to AM radio legislation it doesn't want passed by Congress. General Motors led all carmakers with $3.25 million across three filings tied to automotive, trade, energy, and communications issues. 

She's a twenty-year digital and media sales leader who most recently served as Corporate Vice President of Digital Sales & Strategy at Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS), leading all digital operations, including streaming and third-party platforms.  Introducing the new VP of Digital Sales & Strategy at StreamGuys.

One of the nation's largest audio content creators and distributors has signed a joint partnership with a Toronto-based media technology company that will lead to the development and anticipated monetization of projects for audio enabled by artificial intelligence.

It's the home of "Uplifting and Encouraging" Christian-themed programming and can be heard on stations across Ohio including WCVO-FM in the Columbus market. Now, one year after merging operations with "Rise FM," it is formally purchasing that entity's five FMs and three FM translators in the Buckeye State.

NBCUniversal Local's Hispanic-focused Telemundo Station Group has appointed a VP of its Telemundo News Service. It is a promotion from within, with her shifting into the new role on Monday (1/26).

In April of last year, a radio broadcasting company under the direction of Thomas and Cheryl Hodgins agreed to purchase a pair of Oregon AM radio stations. Now, they're selling those properties — as well as an FM serving the city of Baker, Ore.

It's a Class A digital over-the-air television station serving a portion of the Orlando DMA. And, in just a few weeks, it will become a MediaCo-operated home to its Estrella TV network, shifting from a digital multicast signal tied to a Hearst Television station serving Central Florida.

A group of low-power television stations licensed to the Pennsylvania cities of Hazleton, Berwick and Williamsport are in the process of heading to a new owner, paperwork filed with the FCC for its regulatory approval shows.

The Media Bureau and the Enforcement Bureau of the FCC have agreed to enter into a Consent Decree with a licensee of a PBS Member station in the South Pacific. It resolves "various investigative matters" — namely its failures to upload to its online public file two reports that some believe could be ripe for deletion.

The latest Media Monitors Spot Ten Cable and Spot Ten TV reports are out, and for the week ending January 18, there's a tool and equipment specialist eyeing customers of The Home Depot and Lowe's, as well as Menards, as part of a 15-year growth spurt leading the pack in the locally focused MVPD commercial race.