In 1983, a former University of Florida swim team member took a job as a Senior News Producer at WTLV-TV in Jacksonville. He'd later serve as a News Producer at WTSP-10 in Tampa, and in 1993 relocated to Western New York to become News Director of WKBW-7 in Buffalo.
Since October 1996, he's been based just to the east, in Rochester, N.Y. Now, Chuck Samuels is retiring, and the Sinclair Inc. stations will be getting a new leader.
In February, he launched a Classic Hits operation serving a portion of the Central Coast of California while investing in a Missouri FM. This after the November 2024 purchase of an FM in New York's Adirondacks. Now, Todd Nixon has made it clear he believes in local radio in the most picturesque of settings.
The longtime NBCUniversal executive chosen to serve as CEO of spinoff operation Versant has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Golden Mic Award from the Broadcasters Foundation of America.
He'll receive the honor at a black-tie event scheduled for March 9, 2026.
Autumn grid-iron action and the blossoming of a new broadcast TV season helped over-the-air broadcast and cable television combat the ever-growing encroachment of digital and streaming platforms in October, fresh data from Nielsen found in its Media Distributor Gauge show.
Introducing the latest retransmission consent impasse to result in a "blackout," by law, of channels associated with NBCUniversal. The service that is prohibiting its paid subscribers from getting these channels? Look no further than the "sports first" virtual MVPD now owned by The Walt Disney Company.
Bonneville International is uniting its sports coverage across five major markets under the Bonneville Sports Network. The multi-market sports advertising platform is designed to give brands unified access to fans in Washington, Colorado, California, Arizona, and Utah.
The operator of Eurovision and Euroradio has produced a 16-page report that focuses on a highly important subject for radio station owners in the U.S.: the connected car. When the car gets connected, there are three existential challenges, EBU notes.
The Radio Mercury Awards has selected its 2026 chief judge for the Radio Mercury Awards. It is the co-Chief Creative Officer and co-founder of Bandits & Friends, described as "an independently owned, award-winning, business-driven, minority and female-founded full-service creative ad agency."
Counsel representing Bonneville International Corp. and Connoisseur Media have submitted paperwork with the Commission seeking its regulatory approval of the sale of the LDS Church-affiliated media company's assets in the San Francisco Bay Area to the company led by Jeffrey Warshaw.
With Standard Media unloading its TV stations following its failed attempt to merge with TEGNA, it sold the non-licensed assets of the ABC affiliate in Providence and two Paducah, Ky., area TV stations to the company led by Chris Ripley. Now, Standard Media has those stations and its Lincoln, Neb., property.
In early September, radio industry veteran Tom Birch made it known that “illegal translator interference” was impacting the reach of a Clarksville, Va.-licensed FM with listeners on the northern edge of the Raleigh market. The FCC hasn't yet acted, leading Birch to renew his call for Commission assistance.
Speaking at a press conference after the FCC's November Open Meeting, Anna M. Gómez said Nexstar Media Group's proposed TEGNA merger— a deal that would put Nexstar well above Congressionally mandated local TV ownership reach limits — can't simply get the FCC's approval without a rule change.
On Thursday, BCE — parent of the CTV television network and radio stations operated under the iHeartRadio Canada banner — and the Bell Media broadcast arm both culled its manager-level employee roster in a move tied to a 36-month debt leverage reduction plan.
Nearly half of U.S. pay-TV households receive their service through internet-delivered platforms. That's the big takeaway from the new S.O.S. State of Streaming report released this week by Parks Associates.
Not only is Ryanne Saucier the VP of Legal Affairs at FOX Television Stations, but she also recently launched a podcast of her own that brings heart, humor, and honesty to the airwaves through conversations about grief, reinvention, and the often unspoken parts of becoming someone new after life falls apart.
The Hot 97, WBLS, and Estrella Media owner reported revenue of $35.4 million for the three months ended September 30, up 18.5% from $29.9 million in the same period last year. However, operating expenses climbed 15.7% to $42.5 million, resulting in an operating loss of $7.1 million.
On February 10, RBR+TVBR noted that Nueva Network, Costa Media, and MLC Media would be “aligning” their assets, ultimately impacting radio station management and operations. Now, the man behind MLC Media will become the sole equity interest holder in Costa Media's radio operations.
When two Class B1 FMs with adjacent signals butt up against each other with their contour patterns, it can create interference concerns. However, that's not the case in Maryland, thanks to the deployment of GeoBroadcast Solutions' "MaxxCasting" technology at a pair of FMs in Baltimore and Frederick.
For 100 years, KMOX-AM has been one of the only radio stations audible from coast to coast, thanks to its Class A 50kw clear channel signal. Now, Audacy Inc. is celebrating its station's centennial with special programming.
Sinclair Inc. has been tasked with compensating plaintiffs in a case decided by an Illinois federal district court as a result of failing to retain such electronically stored information as text messages. It's tied to a antitrust lawsuit filed against the company tied to alleged price fixing of broadcast TV ads.
