In a brief message distributed midday Sunday (8/9) via PR Newswire, the radio broadcasting company founded by George Beasley and led today by his daughter, Caroline Beasley, confirmed that it needs a little more time than expected with the release of its Q2 2026 earnings report.
For some in broadcast media, professional voice cloning powered by advanced AI technology is of keen interest. For the President of Oink Ink, it is a new business endeavor he hopes radio broadcasting companies will consider for their stations.
The Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Central New York radio station owner Galaxy Media plans to retire later this year after 36 years leading the broadcaster he built into a regional player.
It was a fiscal Q1 of 2027 full of milestones, including a"20/20 True Crime" channel on its TuneIn audio streaming app in partnership with ABC News; and the July 27 closing of its purchase of Adult Hits CHUP "UP 97.7" in Calgary. Of those positives for Stingray Group Inc., the purchase of TuneIn may be its strongest.
While regional players such as Sweet James are omnipresent in some locales, Morgan & Morgan has taken an Orlando-founded entity and crafted it into a coast-to-coast offering. Spot TV has only further cemented its dominance, as seen in the latest Media Monitors report for Spot Television.
Hey, Jonas Brothers fans — the iHeartMedia podcast is one of six titles that will soon be distributed on Disney+ and Hulu, thanks to a freshly inked deal between the Walt Disney Co. and the nation's largest audio content creator and distributor.
An FM translator in the middle of Long Island holding a construction permit for 107.1 MHz — the same frequency as an FM station in Suffolk County, N.Y., rebroadcasting WABC Radio — is being acquired by the media company owned by Gotham supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis.
As key Washington, D.C., lawyers who spoke with RBR+TVBR see it, there's little consensus on whether Trump FCC Commissioner nominee Danielle Thumann Severs will get the Senate's OK. These legal pros also differ in opinion on whether a recent Supreme Court ruling gives President Trump the ability to create a GOP-only FCC.
Connoisseur Media has won FCC approval to maintain up to 100% indirect foreign ownership of its broadcast radio licenses in a structure that would place majority equity in the hands of Cayman Islands-registered entities while CEO Jeff Warshaw retains full voting control.
The Columbus School of Law's impact on the FCC is as strong as ever, with Chairman Brendan Carr a 2025 Juris Doctor recipient and President Trump's nominee to serve as a Commissioner a 2016 graduate. Also a graduate is a woman who has been appointed Legal Advisor in the Office of the Chairman.
There's been an empty seat at the FCC since June 30, 2024. The Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. has just nominated an individual from North Carolina to fill it, yielding congratulations from Chairman Brendan Carr and Democratic Commissioner Anna Gómez.
A 1kw Class C AM with an all-important FM translator in North Philadelphia are about to trade hands, based on a fresh Form 314 filing made with the FCC for its regulatory approval of the transaction.
As Montreal-based Mirko Bibic, President/CEO of Bell Media parent BCE and Bell Canada, sees it, the company's Q2 2026 results more than met the company's expectations. In particular, the Bell Media digital strategy "continues to pay off" while FIFA World Cup rights at the CTV network brought advertisers in droves.
He spent 31 years leading influential R&B radio station KBLX-FM in San Francisco, championing the "Quiet Storm" sound that paved the way for softer, jazzier sounds on U.S. radio across the 1980s and 1990s. Now, many in Radio are mourning the loss of Harvey Stone.
A definitive agreement has been reached that will see the nation's dominant audience measurement and data analytics provider acquire the NYSE-traded company known for its software platform used to verify media quality, optimize ad performance, and prove campaign outcomes.
The Atlanta-headquartered company's second quarter 2026 results were released shortly after 6am Eastern on Friday, and Gray is "particularly pleased with political advertising." It not only "significantly exceeded" its Q2 guidance but is trending ahead of 2022 and 2024 year-to-date levels.
Building off a 28-year partnership, WCBS-TV in New York has confirmed that it will air New York Jets NFL pre-season games, along with shoulder programming and other team content throughout the year. Coverage begins August 14 in East Rutherford, N.J., when the team hosts the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Just days after the company's CEO confirmed that nearly 270 individuals would be losing their jobs as part of a "refounding" effort, The E.W. Scripps Co. late Thursday released a Q2 earnings report that is wholly effected by a massive $1.14 billon non-cash impairment charge and primarily linked to a nearly $50 million decline in operating revenue.
The Chief U.S. District Judge overseeing the antitrust case lobbed against Nexstar and TEGNA for their regulatorily-approved merger — which he effectively blocked with a restraining order forcing a "hold separate" situation — has ruled that TEGNA's Board of Directors cannot be comprised of Nexstar C-Suite leaders.
The Fox Television Stations properties serving Orlando and the adjacent Gainesville-Ocala market have a new VP/News Director. She's a seven-year station veteran who is rising from the role of Managing Editor.
