A Trio of FCC ‘NIPRB’ Warnings Are Issued To Property Owners
The Federal Communications Commission issued Notice of Intent to Pursue Regulatory Action (NIPRB) warnings to three New York property owners after unlicensed FM pirate stations were traced to their buildings. The FCC’s notice demands immediate action to cease the illegal broadcasts and warns of potential fines. Property owners are now responsible for identifying and removing the rogue transmitters. The enforcement underscores the regulator’s focus on protecting spectrum integrity in densely populated markets.
Birch Wins Again In Third FM Translator Interference Claim
Tom Birch, owner of Lakes Media, achieved a third Federal Communications Commission (FCC) victory against FM translator interference. After a two‑year battle that shut down co‑channel translator W234AR in 2018, a newer translator, W252EL at 98.3 MHz in Cary, NC, caused...
More Ad Revenue Woes For Corus, With Broadcast TV Dip
Corus Entertainment, owner of the Global broadcast network and several Canadian cable channels, reported a sharp decline in core advertising revenue for both its television and radio properties compared with a year ago. Despite the ad shortfall, the company posted...
Parkin Picks A Local Leader For Memphis’ ‘FOX 13’
Todd Parkin’s licensee continues to own Memphis’s FOX 13, a key station in the West Tennessee DMA. Recent reports indicate that several stations his group acquired are being transferred back from Rincon Broadcasting to Standard Media’s Community News Media LLC....
Kiss And Don’t Say Goodbye: NW Ark. FM Is Moving
Stereo 93 Inc. is selling Fort Smith’s KISR‑FM 93.7 to Pearson Broadcasting of Northwest Arkansas for $1.235 million, with a $65,000 escrow deposit and the balance due in cash at closing. Pearson, which operates the ESPN Arkansas sports network, is expected to convert the frequency...
Cumulus Offers Its Full-Year 2025 Financial Results
Cumulus Media disclosed its FY 2025 results, revealing a 10.3% drop in total revenue to $741.7 million and a net loss of $200.7 million, which improved 29% versus the prior year but remains sizable. In the fourth quarter, revenue fell 14% to $188.07 million...
Another ‘Meme Stock’ Surge Comes For Beasley
Beasley Media Group (BBGI) released a disappointing FY 2025 and Q4 2025 earnings report, yet its shares climbed sharply. The rally was not driven by fundamentals but by a coordinated meme‑stock campaign that urged retail investors to buy BBGI on the Nasdaq....
Univision Moves Ahead With 2028 Tender Offer
TelevisaUnivision’s domestic arm, Univision Communications, has initiated a tender offer for its outstanding 8% senior secured notes due 2028. The offer allows eligible debtholders to tender up to a maximum amount, which has not been disclosed. By targeting the entire...
The InFOCUS Podcast: Steve Jones, Skyview Networks
Steve Jones, Chairman and President/CEO of Skyview Networks, has taken full ownership of the company, marking a pivotal milestone for the broadcast‑technology firm. In a sub‑15‑minute InFOCUS Podcast produced by dot.FM, Jones explains the strategic rationale behind the buyout and...
Nexstar Selects Its Q1 2026 Earnings Reveal Time
Nexstar Media Group will report its first‑quarter 2026 results on May 7, amid a looming preliminary injunction that could stall the integration of TEGNA assets. Analysts expect $1.26 billion in revenue, a 2.44% year‑over‑year rise, and earnings per share of $4.39, up...
CBS Atlanta Debuts A 5PM Local Newscast
CBS has launched a 5 p.m. local newscast on its owned‑and‑operated station WUPA‑69 in Atlanta, expanding the market’s news slate. The hour‑long broadcast, anchored by Sharon Lawson with meteorologist Dagmar Midcap and traffic reporter Orelon Sidney, joins existing morning, early‑evening and...
Edison: Radio Tops As An In-Car Audio Choice
Edison Research’s Q1 2026 Share of Ear data shows broadcast radio still captures 55% of in‑car audio time among U.S. listeners aged 13 and older. Among younger drivers (13‑34), AM/FM accounts for 46% of car audio, outpacing streaming music (30%) and...
Nautel Brings Two Low-Power AM Transmitters To Life
Nautel has expanded its NX Series AM transmitter line with two low‑power models, the 1 kW NX1 and the 2,500‑watt NX2.5 use a newly engineered 250 W RF power module to deliver the same ultra‑linear modulation, digital precorrection and redundancy found in...
SBS Readies A Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing
Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) announced it will file a voluntary Chapter 11 petition in Delaware, aiming to restructure after missing payments on its 9.75 % senior secured notes due 2026. The company says operations, employee wages and vendor payments will continue unchanged...
Integrated Weather Services Now Available For Radio Affiliates
Seaboard Networks has teamed up with Local Storm Center to deliver localized weather forecasts to its nationwide radio affiliates. The partnership offers three market‑specific forecasts each day, available either bundled with Seaboard’s 24/7 formats or as a standalone product. By...
DigitCAP Unveils ‘AIOps’ For ATSC 3.0
DigiCAP announced AIOps for ATSC 3.0 at the NAB Show, an AI‑driven operations layer built on generative AI, large language models, and the Model Context Protocol. The solution replaces traditional dashboards with proactive, data‑rich automation designed for cloud‑based broadcast stations. By...
‘Influencer Marketing Is Replacing The Role TV Once Played’
Influencer marketing is rapidly eclipsing traditional television as the primary channel for brand building, a trend highlighted at a recent gathering of digital creators hosted by Sunshine Socials. Two young marketers shared data showing that influencer‑driven campaigns deliver higher engagement...
Hays At The Helm In Terre Haute For Gray
Jim Hays, formerly Gray Media’s marketing director for its Cleveland TV trio and the Rock Entertainment Sports Network, has been named the head of WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, Indiana. The appointment places a seasoned marketer at the helm of a...
Gray Media Selects Its Q1 2026 Earnings Reveal Date
Gray Media announced the date for its Q1 2026 earnings conference call, slated for early May. The company, the second‑largest holder of UHF and VHF broadcast licenses in the United States, will use the call to detail results for the...
HMPG Deal Beckons YouTube, Facebook Content Expansion
Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG) announced a strategic partnership with digital distributor Merzigo to broaden its unscripted content across YouTube, Facebook and other social video platforms. The collaboration will leverage Merzigo’s proprietary technology and data insights, which span more than...
A Swift Closing For NRG Media’s Sale Of Six Nebraska Stations
NRG Media has completed the sale of six radio stations in Nebraska, exiting three local markets. The transaction, brokered by Kalil & Co., closed on April 7 and follows an earlier agreement to sell its Omaha‑Council Bluffs cluster to the...
Caroline Beasley: ‘A Year of Meaningful Transformation’ Concludes
Caroline Beasley, CEO of Beasley Media Group, announced the conclusion of a year‑long transformation aimed at reshaping the company’s cost structure and balance sheet. The firm executed strategic divestitures in the Fort Myers‑Naples and Tampa‑St. Petersburg markets, trimming its asset...
Beasley’s Delayed Q4, FY 2025 Results Reflect Sharp Downturn
Beasley Media Group, the publicly traded radio broadcaster, released its delayed Q4 and full‑year 2025 results, revealing a sharp revenue downturn. The company has already sold its Naples‑area stations and is negotiating a Transaction Support Agreement that offers an exchange...
BSW, Lawo Partner For U.S. Radio Offerings
Broadcast Supply Worldwide (BSW) has entered a distribution agreement with German‑based Lawo to bring the latter’s IP‑based radio production and broadcast infrastructure to U.S. stations. The partnership introduces BSW’s “Lawo crystal Radio Solution Packages,” which bundle pre‑configuration, remote commissioning, and...
High Power Transmitter Switching, Simplified
Broadcast Devices Inc. (BDI) has launched the PCC‑300 3 Switch Combiner Controller, a 1 RU SNMP‑enabled platform that centralizes control of up to three motorized RF switches in high‑power dual‑cabinet transmitter systems. The device supports four common operating modes, provides built‑in...
Orban Saddles Up With Sage For Virtualized EAS Tech Demo
Orban Labs and Sage Alerting Systems demonstrated a virtualized Emergency Alert System (EAS) at the 2026 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The demo used a card‑sized industrial PC running next‑generation EAS software, feeding two OPTIMOD 5950 HD transmitters via AES‑67...
A Digital Radio Network Opportunity Arising At NAB Show
At this year’s NAB Show, industry leaders highlighted a burgeoning opportunity for digital radio networks built on IP‑based infrastructure. Broadcasters and technology vendors demonstrated new platforms that promise higher audio quality, lower latency, and scalable distribution. The showcase emphasized data‑driven...
Kybio Cloud Monitoring for 25 Devices Now Available
WorldCast Systems has launched a cloud‑based Kybio monitoring solution, now sold exclusively through Broadcast Supply Worldwide. The platform lets radio stations oversee up to 25 devices—including transmitters, STL links, codecs and environmental sensors—via a secure dashboard. Real‑time alerts and performance...
Meet WMAL Radio’s Newest OM
Cumulus Media’s WMAL, the conservative‑leaning FM talk station serving Washington, D.C., announced Luis Segura as its new Operations Manager. Segura is relocating from California and will assume the role on May 4, 2024. The appointment places a seasoned broadcast executive in charge...
Video to Sound Integration Comes To Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Premiere Pro will soon incorporate Krotos’s video‑to‑sound technology, letting editors generate and place first‑pass sound design without leaving the timeline. The integration analyzes footage and pulls from professionally recorded libraries to create ambience, Foley, impacts and transitions that are...
With TRO Hearing Tuesday, DirecTV Chimes In On TEGNA Sale
DirecTV has filed a 15‑page petition in Sacramento federal court requesting a modification of the order that currently blocks Nexstar Media Group from fully integrating the assets it acquired from TEGNA. The request, signed by at least twelve attorneys, aims...
FCC Asked To OK WFCC Sale To K-Love
The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing a proposed sale of Cape Cod’s WFCC, a fine‑arts and classical music station, to Educational Media Foundation, the owner of the K‑Love Christian Contemporary Music network. WFCC, which survived the 1987 market crash and...
Local Advertising: The Long-Term Hard Sell?
The webinar highlighted a rapid decline in traditional local advertisers such as car dealerships, grocery chains, and big‑box retailers, leaving media outlets with shrinking revenue. Corey Elliott and Gordon Borrell explained that digital commerce and changing consumer habits are driving...
Lots More Nats For Locals, Thanks To WTTG and Gray Media
Washington’s flagship Fox station WTTG and its Gray Media affiliates have secured additional broadcast slots for Washington Nationals games, expanding coverage across the capital’s DMA and adjacent markets. The agreement increases the number of over‑the‑air telecasts, allowing fans to watch...
An Integrated Visual Radio and Audio Processing Product Arrives
Orban Labs and Quu Inc. have integrated the Quu360 Visual Radio platform directly into the Orban OPTIMOD 5950 HD processor, creating a single‑chip solution for audio processing, metadata handling, and visual messaging. The embedded option eliminates the need for separate Windows‑based PCs...
Macnica: Two Speeds On One Card
Macnica will unveil an upgraded MEP100 SmartNIC at the NAB Show, adding simultaneous 100 GbE and 25 GbE support on a single card. The new version also expands GPU‑accelerated processing via GPUDirect, adds Windows DirectShow filter compatibility, and incorporates SMPTE ST 2110‑41 fast metadata...
Nielsen, TelevisaUnivision Agree To New Measurement Pact
TelevisaUnivision and Nielsen have signed a new multi‑year measurement agreement covering all of the broadcaster’s U.S. television, radio and streaming assets. The pact resolves a recent data gap that left stations like Miami’s WAMR‑FM out of Nielsen Audio’s ratings. Both...
NABLF Welcomes Staab, Hartman To Board
The National Association of Broadcasting Leadership Foundation (NABLF) appointed Valari Dobson Staab, chairman of NBCUniversal Local, and Todd Hartman, executive vice president of Kalil & Co., to its Board of Directors. Staab oversees NBCUniversal Local’s portfolio of 50 media properties,...
Saga’s Gainesville-Ocala Duo Get A New GM
Saga Communications announced the appointment of a new general manager for its Gainesville‑Ocala radio cluster, replacing the outgoing executive after a three‑year tenure. The new GM, Lisa Varner, brings 15 years of market‑specific programming and sales experience, previously leading revenue...
Licata To Lead iHeartMedia’s Multiplatform Group
Ann Marie Licata has been appointed chief executive officer of iHeartMedia’s Multiplatform Group, the company’s largest operating segment that encompasses more than 860 local radio stations, live‑event sponsorships, its Premiere Networks and TTWN radio networks, and data‑targeting products. Licata will...
TV: ‘A Full-Funnel Driver Of Performance’
A new Comcast Advertising report finds that brand recall spikes dramatically when television is combined with other media channels. Recall is 8.7 times higher when TV is paired with search, 1.8 times higher with social media, and 1.6 times higher...
Craig Fox Acquires A CNY LPTV Property
Craig Fox, a veteran owner of Central New York radio stations, has agreed to purchase a low‑power television station serving the Syracuse market. The transaction was disclosed in FCC filings prepared by David Oxenford of Wilkinson Barker Knauer. While the...
NYF TV & Film Awards Reveals 2026 Shortlist
The New York Festivals Television and Film Awards unveiled its 2026 shortlist, featuring more than 200 entries across documentary, drama, entertainment, sports, news, streaming, and corporate image categories. Highlights include multiple Al Jazeera documentaries, Mediacorp’s investigative pieces, and ESPN‑produced sports stories,...
Scripps Stations Yanked From Xfinity In Latest Retrans War
The E.W. Scripps Company’s local‑channel portfolio was pulled from Comcast’s Xfinity platform after a retransmission‑consent agreement expired. The blackout affected WSFL‑39 in Miami, WHDT‑9 in West Palm Beach and other Scripps stations nationwide. The dispute surfaced during the Florida Panthers’...
A New Events and Experiences Leader For iHeartMedia In NYC
Andrew Festo, a longtime iHeartMedia employee who rose from promotions assistant to event director for the Tri‑State market, has been promoted to Vice President of Events and Experiences for the company’s New York station group. In his new role he...
Delmarva Broadcast Media Leader To Retire
Craig Jahelka, a 50‑year veteran who has guided Draper Media’s Delmarva operations since 2008, announced his retirement. The portfolio includes 11 radio brands, seven broadcast‑TV stations and the real‑estate arm Loblolly, serving Delaware, eastern Maryland and Virginia’s Chincoteague area. A...
MOR Rays Games For Tampa Bay MLB Fans
The Tampa Bay Rays have secured a limited over‑the‑air broadcast partnership with Hearst Television for the 2026 season. Hearst’s stations in four Florida markets will air ten selected Rays games, including the April 6 home opener at the newly repaired Tropicana...
PQ: Global Consumer Media Usage Poised To Surge
PQ Media’s 13th Global Consumer Media Usage Forecast projects average daily media consumption rising to 8.24 hours in 2025, up from 7.62 hours in 2020. Ad‑supported content’s share of total time drops to 52.7% from 55.5% five years earlier. The...
Family Life Expanded To Two Keystone State Counties
Family Life Radio announced the acquisition of an FM station in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, extending its broadcast footprint into two Keystone State counties. The deal transfers ownership from longtime local broadcaster Lynn Deppen, with broker Michael J. Bergner facilitating the...
Cruz and Cantwell Unwell With Carr Over Nexstar Deal
Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell have written to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr demanding clarification on the commission’s inconsistent handling of major media transactions. Their letter targets the staff‑level approval process that cleared Nexstar Media Group’s $4.5 billion merger with TEGNA....
