Radio+Television Business Report

Amazon Ads and SiriusXM Media have "forged a strategic programmatic audio advertising integration" designed to provide marketers using Amazon DSP the ability to access the subscription-based satellite and streaming audio operation's digital audio portfolio.

Tood Noordyk and his Great Lakes Media has agreed to hand an AM radio station in a small city east of Marquette, Mich., with the all-important "AM revitalization" perk at 97.7 MHz to an entity that happens to be the second-largest licensee of radio stations in the U.S. 

On January 16, 2024, the owner of an AM radio station serving Volusia County, Fla., died. Now, paperwork has been submitted with the FCC shifting the station licensed to New Smyrna Beach to the woman who hosts the station's morning show and is a key figure behind the scenes, too.

"Making big-screen movie nights both easy and exciting, the Aurzen Roku TV Smart Projector D1R Cube offers the Roku experience in a portable, powerful design," Roku says. The new product is designed for both indoor and outdoor use, on any wall or screen—"perfect for movie nights, game-day gatherings, or weekend movie marathons," says Roku.

A low-power television station serving the city on the banks of the Monongahela, Ohio and Allegheny Rivers is being handed to a non-profit business development consortium of 32 public media organizations headquartered in Boulder, Colo.

It's being heralded as "a groundbreaking innovation in broadcast audio capture." Introducing a product from Shure that's designed for sports and studio, delivering "front-row sound to viewers while reducing the number of microphones and cables required."

The dynamics of a new school year and the return of football collided in August to disrupt summer TV trends, signaled by gains for broadcast and cable for the first time since April. That's according to Nielsen’s monthly report of The Gauge, the media industry's snapshot of total TV and streaming consumption.

New Bern, N.C.-headquartered Wheatstone Corporation is exiting the IBC 2025 conference and expo with confidence that its newly introduced spectral audio processor will be embraced by radio stations around the world. Why? Big sound ... and big savings are the lure.

Celebrating its 10th anniversary at IBC, London-headquartered plug-and-play IP video connectivity specialist NDI enjoyed its largest presence to date at the world's largest broadcast technology expo outside of the NAB Show in Las Vegas.

Solid State Logic has brought to market the latest update to its live sound platform, and it includes a new MPL 16-8 mic/line stagebox and enhancements SSL says are "designed to expand immersive mixing workflows and enable even greater flexibility, control, and performance for live sound professionals."

Tomorrow, at long last, the "AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act" is getting a full consideration by the House Energy & Commerce Committee — an important step in getting a mandate on free-to-access kHz-band radio broadcasts in all cars, trucks or vans sold in the U.S.

Nixer Pro Audio is cheering the launch of its new CV1 all-in-one Audio-over-IP monitoring unit designed for broadcast control rooms, production suites, recording studios and live performance workflows. It used the now-concluded IBC 2025 conference as the launching pad for the product.

One of Australia’s leading audio content creation and distribution companies that's the parent of the Hit and Triple M radio networks has secured an exclusive sales representation and distribution agreement with Audacy.

The FCC's Enforcement Bureau late Friday extended the deadline for stations to upload responses to their Commission-hosted online public inspection file in response to Equal Employment Opportunity audit letters for 2025.

The U.S. Black Chambers Inc. (USBC) and the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) have revealed that NABOB’s President/CEO will receive the prestigious Chairman’s Award from The Living Legends Foundation Inc. (LLF).

The NAB Leadership Foundation (NABLF) has revealed its Broadcast Leadership Training (BLT) Class of 2026. The program began on Friday, marking the start of a 10-month executive MBA-style curriculum designed to prepare the next generation of broadcast leaders.

The non-profit, non-partisan technology policy think tank is urging the nation's highest court to deny the Trump Administration's emergency application seeking to "deprive" the Federal Trade Commission of its independence.

Ad tech company VideoAmp is welcoming the addition of the former Chief U.S. Advertising Sales Officer at Warner Bros. Discovery to its Board of Directors. 

Just how frustrating is it for account executives working at local broadcast television stations across the U.S. in today's times? According to newly released data from Guideline, total media spending for local TV is down by more than 50% from just eight years ago.

The radio stations owned by the nation's largest purveyor of audio content in areas of Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin have a new Area President, and he reports to Division President Shosh Abromovich.