With 30+ years of experience at 1010 WINS as a news anchor, NewsNation Director of Integrated Operations Lee Harris has unique knowledge and insight of both the radio and TV industries that has led him to take the role of moderator for the Forecast 2025 Executive Super Session. To learn more about what’s in store for Forecast attendees, Harris chats with Adam R Jacobson in this new audio report.
On November 16 comes the end of the Scripps News 24/7 channel with digital multicast distribution across the U.S. But, the company emphasized, Scripps News would not be disappearing, despite the erasure of many jobs tied to the operation. As such, today saw the naming of a veteran journalist to the role of Scripps News VP.
The radio broadcasting company led by Bayard "Bud" Walters has agreed to sell an AM/FM combo and two associated FM translators serving Vandalia, Ill., and nearby Greenville, Ill., to the southwest.
A radio station ownership group co-created by Chad Graves and Scot MacDonald that is today comprised of six brands — including "The Mullet" — is ready to grow, thanks to a freshly signed asset purchase agreement that sees Kalil & Co. serve as the broker.
The 2025 Radio Awards Grand Jury features over 100 global leaders from the radio industry across six continents. Eight are from the U.S., with an iHeartMedia producer and SiriusXM's VP of Music Programming in the mix.
The first Thursday of November is shaping up to be a morning with back-to-back quarterly earnings calls, with TEGNA, Nexstar Media Group and Saga Communications already on the calendar. Now you can add iHeartMedia to the mix, with an early AM conference call placed on the calendar for November 7.
The new VP will lead the implementation, expansion, and support of advanced operational technologies, including High Dynamic Range Video (HDR). He will also manage conformance testing and develop operational handoff processes for ATSC 3.0 NextGen Broadcasting.
Three decades of service as Beasley Media Group's Chief Financial Officer will conclude at the end of October for Marie Tedesco, as the publicly traded radio station owner in markets such as Tampa-St. Petersburg, Boston, Detroit and its home of Fort Myers-Naples has revealed her successor.
Neal Ardman has agreed to part ways with a 250-watt FM translator serving Brunswick, Ga., in a freshly filed transaction that awaits regulatory approval. Who is the buyer?
She's served as the Chief Marketing Officer at iHeartMedia and as one of company's key forward-facing leaders at high-profile Cannes Lions events for the last several years. Now, after a decade in the position, Gayle Troberman is shifting to a senior advisor role at the nation's largest owner of broadcast radio stations.
Add the Chris Forgy-helmed Saga Communications to the list of broadcast media companies that intend to release their third quarter earnings results on November 7. What can investors expect to hear from Forgy and CFO Sam Bush?
Looking for what promises to be a realistic, no-holds-barred analysis of the current and future value of broadcast assets? A Forecast 2025 panel discussion to be moderated by someone with leadership experience in both radio and TV is just the place you'll want to be.
The Minister of Canadian Heritage, which oversee the nation's public broadcasting giant known as the CBC, has appointed the President/CEO of TV 5 Québec as the next head of CBC/Radio-Canada. She will serve a five-year term.
The owner of seven radio brands serving Sacramento has announced who will be its next Senior VP and Market Manager, following the recent exit of market veteran Stacey Kauffman. He's inbound from Phoenix, where his replacement has also been named by Audacy.
A formal proceeding launched Wednesday by the Commission will offer a "QC" checkup, if you will, of the customer service providers of cable, broadband, satellite TV, and voice services give their customers. A new Notice of Inquiry seeks information on current customer service practices and is designed to benefit consumers.
In late August, RBR+TVBR first reported on the acquisition of an FM and Class D AM sibling to a buyer that's "driven," as the newly formed media company is led by the owner of a Chevrolet dealership in Stratford, Tex. Now, Corey Naugle is adding another FM station — this one some 75 miles southeast of Stratford — to his newly formed Driven Media.
The first NEXTGEN TV launch in the Caribbean is on its way, as the first phase of a ATSC 3.0 deployment strategy has been completed thanks to the ongoing efforts of Maine-based Sinclair Inc. subsidiary Dielectric.
The individual who served in the role today held by Adam Symson between 1985 and 1998 has died at the age of 89. Larry Leser is being remembered by many across the industry, including former Scripps head Rich Boehne, who calls Leser "a brilliant strategist, decisive and never afraid of taking risks.”
If it were up to automakers such as GM, Ford and Toyota, any U.S. legislative mandate requiring them to include an AM radio in every vehicle's in-dash entertainment system should be stopped. And, they've collectively spent millions of dollars to prevent the legislation from forward advancement on Capitol Hill.
As September began, it became known that Mike Carr would be transferring from Fresno to run the ABC Owned Stations sibling serving Houston. Now, Carr's successor has been revealed.
