A Senior Fellow of an independent, non-profit free market-oriented think tank founded in 2006 has taken pen to paper to alert the FCC and its Chairman, Brendan Carr, that it best refrain from reviving what it calls "social contracts" to address inefficiencies in the nation's video marketplace.
Its programs include "Discovering the Jewish Jesus." That is just a sample of what listeners to a Class B AM radio station with a booming signal stretching from Austin to close to Oklahoma City can hear on "The Truth Station." Pending FCC approval, this facility will be shifting to a new licensee.
A presently dark 250-watt FM translator using a tower site sandwiched between fast-growing Bartow and bustling Lakeland, Fla., is the latest property Ferris Waller has agreed to obtain, adding to a mix of stations across the Sunshine State's interior.
It is a widely used radio morning show challenge pitting man versus woman in a knowledge test. For a generation of listeners, the "War of the Roses" has been a part of waking up. Now, it is getting an animated take, thanks to iHeartMedia and a radio host who first rose to fame in New York more than 40 years ago.
The flagship home of Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals will remain one of North America's most powerful AM radio stations ... and its 50kw FM sibling licensed to Hazelwood, Mo.
PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays and complementary solutions, has appointed a "highly experienced and globally accomplished AV/IT specialist" as its new Global Product Manager of Philips LED displays.
It marks a step up from the Axia Altus virtual mixing console, boasting a full-function browser-based mixer for remote events and contributors. This is designed for quick and easy deployment of temporary studios, and as an option for disaster recovery sites.
The workforce of the U.S. is comprised of more and more minorities, such as Hispanics. Furthermore, there is a positive association between the rise in Hispanic workers and Hispanic buying power, a FSU Master's student writes in a column worthy of a close read. "This implication is one that marketers must be proactive in responding to," the report concludes.
The Mission Broadcasting-owned home of The CW Network in New York that is run by cozy shared services partner Nexstar Media Group has named its next News Director. He begins his new duties on July 24.
One day before FCC Chairman Brendan Carr unveiled his “Build America” Agenda, the NAB and a coalition of major radio stakeholders met with his office to continue their campaign for the use of software-based Emergency Alert System encoders and decoders.
A trio of House Members came together to lead 24 of their Congressional colleagues in calling on the FCC to include language access experts and advocates for communities with limited English proficiency in the Commission's Hurricane Season Resiliency Roundtable. There's just one problem: That event was Monday.
It's a topic that's been talked about amongst media observers, brokers, D.C.-focused attorneys and NAB Show conference attendees for months — will pending FCC deregulation lead to a flood of transactions? And, will some of them be asset swaps, rather than cash-generating sales? We now know the answer.
Free TV Networks serves consumers with over-the-air digital broadcast networks and free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels. Now, two of those "diginets" have widened their respective distribution thanks to a pair of agreements with two of the biggest broadcast TV ownership groups in the U.S.
He's a longtime owner of broadcast media properties and also served as the head of media brokerage and consultancy Rockwell Media Services. On June 15, this individual — as stated in his obituary — "made a transfer from this sphere of existence to the next sphere of existence."
The broadcast television ownership group that's also the parent of Dielectric and is shepherding the transaction of digital over-the-air signals to ATSC 3.0 has selected a new EVP/Chief Financial Officer. He's already in the role at the Baltimore-headquartered company, as Lucy Rutishauser takes an important step toward retirement.
An assignment agreement was signed and finalized on Halloween 2024. But did the parties get spooked about submitting it to the FCC for its regulatory approval? While that's likely not the case, what is known is that a LMS filing finally transpired on July 6.
Summer months typically mean an uptick in ad spend for quick-service restaurants eager to attract younger consumers and those on the road for an enticing bite. For the Independence Day holiday weekend, one QSR stood out from the pack in a significant away as two category peers saw a dip in their Spot Ten Cable ratings.
As RBR+TVBR first reported on July 1, Jim Loftus has retired as Chief Executive Officer of Times-Shamrock Communications, the radio station owner. Late Thursday, it was revealed who will lead the company. There's also a new Chief Operations Officer in place.
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Kentucky Republican Brett Guthrie, who serve as Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, is moving forward with changes to the committee's Republican subcommittee leadership and assignments in the wake of Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-Ga.)'s resignation of the Chairmanship of the Subcommittee on Health.
