Radio+Television Business Report

In October 2024, she was named SVP of Content and Development for Telemundo Studios. Now, she's adding the role of advisory board member for the New York Festivals Television and Film Awards.

A key Senate Democrat is sounding the alarm over a series of recent actions by the Trump Administration targeting public broadcasting, including cutting NPR and PBS funding and proposing a budget that would eliminate the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

"Sinclair delivered solid financial results in a challenging first quarter environment." That's the overall assessment of the first three months of 2025 from a fiscal standpoint from Chris Ripley, President/CEO of broadcast TV station ownership group and Dielectric parent Sinclair Inc.

A daytime-only Class D AM radio station in Remsen, N.Y., with an FM translator serving the Utica-Rome, N.Y., market can proceed with its license renewal. To accomplish this, it has entered into a Consent Decree with the FCC, which dismissed an informal objection seeking a stop to the renewal.

Audacy has selected the individual who will direct the sales initiatives for its media assets serving the Windy City.

After posting a double-digit revenue decline to open 2025, Beasley Media Group confirms it is actively evaluating potential station swaps amid possible FCC regulatory changes that could reignite radio M&A. “Earlier in the year, there were discussions, multiple discussions," said CEO Caroline Beasley.

Q1 2025 data makes it official: Under Nielsen's new measurement, Hispanic radio has broken away from the pack. At Hispanic Radio Conference 2025, attendees will get the exclusive breakdown from top industry leaders on how to turn that info into revenue.

The 50th annual Gracie Awards are coming May 20 at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, Calif., and ahead of the event and a subsequent June luncheon in New York, the Alliance for Women in Media (AWM) has unveiled "a bold and modern brand refresh that honors its legacy and embraces the future of all women in media."

It's an independent registered public accounting firm that Urban One did not have a positive relationship with, but Townsquare Media shareholders are pleased with. This explains why BDO was overwhelmingly appointed as the "local first" digital and radio broadcasting company's dollar manager for fiscal 2025.

The parent of ESPN and ABC Owned Stations on Wednesday released its fiscal Q2 2025 results, and there was year-over-year growth. The gains were highly welcomed for investors, which helped catapult The Walt Disney Co.'s stock by upward of 10% in morning trading on the NYSE.

"The agreement creates a seamless solution for brands to engage with tennis fans wherever audiences consume the sport, including onsite, on-air and online, allowing for a continued brand narrative across the season," Sinclair says. What does this mean?

The nation's single-biggest owner of broadcast TV stations, which controls WGN Radio, NewsNation and The CW Network, has appointed an individual with experience at TEGNA who will be tasked with overseeing the day-to-day broadcast operations of its O&Os and TV properties operated via shared services agreements.

The shedding of nearly all of Comcast’s cable television networks housed under its NBCUniversal will see the properties end up in a spin-off company that is taking the name Versant. It's an interesting choice, as Versant Health is a brand under Met Life.

A bigger loss of operations on weaker year-over-year quarterly revenue. That's what Comscore had to share after Tuesday's Closing Bell for U.S. financial markets with the release of its first quarter 2025 fiscal report card.

The finalists for the 2025 Radio Mercury Awards have been revealed, with 107 radio and audio spots advancing to the final round. The shortlisted entries span a mix of advertisers, agencies, production companies, platforms, radio stations, and student creators.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr discussed his first 100 days leading the FCC on Monday in a 20-minute "Fireside Chat" at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., during which he directly addressed the agency's controversial probe into "news distortion" conducted by Paramount Global-owned CBS.

As of May 19, the NBC affiliate serving the Cleveland DMA owned by TEGNA will have a new News Director. And, it is an individual who most recently led the CBS affiliate in Orlando owned by Graham Media Group.

On Friday night, the U.S. Department of Education notified the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) that its 2020-2025 Ready To Learn grant is terminated, effective immediately. CPB has responded to the move.

He joined the organization in July 2023. Now he will expand his leadership beyond WayFM to all of Hope Media Group’s Christian radio brands.

It is known as the "Radio Voice of the Master," and has been broadcasting the Gospel Message since 1967 throughout Northeastern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. Now, it is adding to its stable of non-secular stations focused on Christian Talk and Teaching programming.