Radio+Television Business Report

The NAB, in an ex parte letter sent to the FCC on Wednesday, asked the Commission engaged in a "Delete, Delete, Delete" initiative sparked by Chairman Brendan Carr to eliminate the national cap on broadcast television ownership.

A company growing its name recognition for its live broadcast products has selected a VP of Strategic Accounts, and he's already settling in to his new role. Joining Live Media Group is Ryan Hatch. He will focus on client engagement, business development, and operational strategy.

As part of ASTRODESIGN’s overall strategy to release a more diverse range of products, the company plans to introduce a line-up of SRT Ready products including the recently released TR-5004 as SRT transmission device.

An option agreement allows Sinclair Inc. to purchase a television station in the Hoosier State from Gray Media while Gray is selling a property in Illinois to Sinclair. It puts the wheels in motion on a transaction nearly nine years in the making— and signed off by Ralph Oakley.

A family-owned, women-run radio broadcasting company with stations in five markets has completed the sale of its tower assets in one New England market to a Dutchess County, N.Y.-based company known as a developer and operator of communications tower facilities.

RAB and BIA Advisory Services find that local radio ranks as the fifth-largest advertising medium within the $171 billion local advertising marketplace, based on 2025 data it reviewed. The total dollars for 2025 reflect a "slight adjustment" compared to 2024.

StreamGuys has prepared a new version of IsMyStreamUp — with an update that it says effectively aligns its silence detection formula with a modernized interface and hierarchical alerting system."

A member of the Board of Directors at iHeartMedia will be concluding his service, a SEC filing shows. Who will succeed Brad Gerstner? That will be up to shareholders to decide at the company's annual stockholder meeting on May 13.

The FAA has accepted a "Declaration of Compliance for Operations Over People" from Sinclair Inc., making it the first broadcast media company authorized by the federal government to fly drones over individuals and moving vehicles for newsgathering purposes without needing an aviation authority waiver of its rules.

Florida-based USSI Global is teaming up with Sinclair Broadcast Group on a field trial that shows off the benefits gained from Eutelsat Group’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity when seeking the best ways to keep live local news production flowing.

It has been turning heads since last year's NAB Show with its machine translation and AI-fueled products for audio content creation and distribution companies. Now, ENCO is heading into the 2025 NAB Show with new offerings tied to its enCaption automated captioning and translation product line.

Don't look up. Rather, be prepared to place your gaze on a cloud-native NEXTGEN TV demonstration on a special broadcast channel in Las Vegas established by Sinclair Inc. specifically to showcase what a "full-spectrum" ATSC 3.0-powered broadcast may achieve.

A radio station licensee based in Allentown, Pa., and led by Pat Cerullo gained attention in 2021 for purchasing four AM radio stations from Cumulus Media. Now, Cerullo and his Major Keystone operation are in the news again, as he's purchasing an FM translator poised to serve Stroudsburg, Pa.

Fifty, or 1.6%, of the United States’ 3,144 counties had at least one million people on July 1, 2024. That's more than double the number in 1970. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s county-level population estimates, which date back to 1970, only 54 counties have ever crossed the one-million-person mark.

Coming to U.S. shores for the first time, at the upcoming NAB Show, is a fully software-based switcher that enables users to create complex compositions with unlimited layers via an intuitive GUI.

The radio industry's quest to mandate no-cost access to AM radio stations in all vehicles manufactured and sold in the U.S. has reached a key support level in the U.S. Senate, as a filibuster-proof number of co-sponsors of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act can now be tallied on Capitol Hill.

Beasley Media Group has changed the programming of one of its Las Vegas radio stations to a blend of English-language and Spanish-language Adult Contemporary music — with a fully Spanish-language presentation. The branding borrows from a co-owned radio property in Tampa-St. Petersburg.

Until now, a vacant FM table allotment for a Class A facility at 100.7 MHz in Kauai has appeared on the FCC's official documentation. Now, on its own motion, the Audio Division is substituting that facility for a different Class A FM, on a different frequency. And, it is a win for Matthew Wesolowski.

With just weeks to go before the NBCUniversal upfront presentation in New York and the start of the 2025-2026 ad-buying season, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises has promoted its Telemundo Studios Executive VP to its top role, reporting to NBCU Telemundo head Luis Fernandez.

The NewsON video streaming service devoted to local TV station news content has added a pair of channels associated with Lilly Broadcasting, giving viewers in the Twin Tiers and in Northwestern Pennsylvania another way to learn of what's making headlines around the globe and down their street.